Students explore electricity by conducting a series of experiments. In this physics lesson, students discover the relationship between current, voltage and resistance. They calculate voltage and power in a given system.

Middle schoolers research various events during the War of 1812 and then create magazine articles with supporting illustrations, students are in control of their learning.

Sixth graders examine a blue print and discuss the reasoning behind using blue prints. In this proportionality instructional activity,  students collaborate with their teammates to create a scale drawing. Once that is complete, 6th...

Students create various design drawings using parallel, oblique, and divergent lines and the medium of black paper and colored gel pens.

Young scholars analyze graphical forms of Eudora Welty and interpret the shorts stories in the representations. In this graphical representations lesson, students analyze the short story genre in comic strips. Young scholars then create...

Students use their senses to help describe special place they have been. They write short sensory-image essay that incorporate all five of their senses, and identify sensory language while reading different pieces of literature.

If you teach AP English language and composition and are looking for a way to address the differences between written and spoken arguments, consider this activity. Over the course of three days, class members research Charles Darwin or...

Write short stories in which events are presented in logical order, point of view is clear, theme and characters are developed. Middle schoolers also work on sensory language, concrete language and/or dialogue. They establish their...

By The Great Horn Spoon is a fantastic novel for introducing learners to life during the California Gold Rush. First, kids research and analyze American folk songs, then they connect to the text as they listen to symphonic pieces written...

Tenth graders explore mathematics by participating in hands-on daily activities. Learners identify a list of different shapes and classify them by shape, size, sides and vertices. They utilize tangrams and geometric pieces to gain...

Combine art and literature to teach greater themes and symbolic meaning. Using the plan outlined in this resource, expose your class to the story "Zebra" by Chaim Potok, conduct discussions about social issues and nicknames, and ask...

Students, as a final project, draw a picture of their ideal neighborhood on a sunny day. In addition to the sun, their drawings include homes, trees, streets, and selected objects. Each object in their drawing has a written description...

Students walk around the neighborhood and identify various polygons and lines in buildings, nature and other objects. They design a building using various geometric patterns, shapes and lines. Students complete a descriptive writing of...

Young scholars create a poem on about spring. They read final version of their poem chorally. They write reflections of their experience in creating the poem.

Students create movements that illustrate opposites.  For this opposites lesson, students discuss what opposites do for writing and relate to dance.  Students make movements based on their opposites.

Students examine the impact of colonialism on African nations, researching and analyzing post-colonial literature from those countries. They develop and present a creative display of their novel and its historic parallels.

Students empathize with the colonists. In this lesson plan on the Declaration of Independence, students collaborate to problem solve a school dilemma that enables them to understand the issues and difficulties that occurred in the...

Young scholars read the book The Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and study geometry. In this geometry lesson, students identify geometric shapes and their properties. Young scholars create a geo-critter.

Third graders read, discuss, and memorize the poem "Jenny Kissed Me." as an example of lyrical poetry. They write a letter to Jenny reliving the memory of her kiss from an elderly person's point of view. They illustrate their poems.

Fourth graders combine geometry and language arts skills while examining quilt-making. After identifying the geometric shapes contained in quilts, they write stories to encompass the quilt border. Students conclude by creating and...

Students read The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and write a friendly letter to Elizabeth George Speare, the author, discussing their points of interest in the novel with her.

Fourth graders complete a variety of activities as they study the European exploration of the Midwest, focusing on Indiana. They map the path explorers took, comparing the British with the French. They research why the explorers stopped...

Sixth graders sketch their own kites by creating a scale drawing of an original design.  In this designing kites activity, 6th graders draw a rough sketch, then accurately draw their design on large paper with a ruler, measuring...

Young scholars research on renewable and nonrenewable resources. In this chemistry lesson plan, students design and build solar panels. They evaluate their device and write a lab report.