Writers compose an original found poem by searching for words that inspire them. Words are taken from everyday conversation, books, cut from magazines, the mail, or an already written poem. 

Students research the components of W. Atlee Burpee's mail-order business. For this Pennsylvanian history lesson, students analyze three business components for Burpee's mail-order business. Students create a plan implementing the...

The other "Three Rs" are covered in this lesson plan: reduce, reuse, and recycle. Over four weeks, conservationists collect data about waste in their own homes. They combine their findings with those of other students in order to analyze...

Learners prepare for a unit on aquarium maintenance by naming all the different kinds of fish they have seen either in aquariums, at home, or in the community. They use classroom computers to email other classrooms around the world for...

Students examine the connection between a person's home and his or her personality. They practice new vocabulary.

Students examine the components that are used to make a primitive AM radio. In circuit and radio construction students often are asked to assemble parts are or what function they perform. They examine each main component on an individual...

Students have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. For this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in...

Fourth graders, in small groups, observe plants and note their characteristics. After drawing pictures of the plants, including their roots systems, they hypothesize in which environments the plants would best thrive. Finally, 4th...