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Tracking the Storm

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discuss the different types of storms that can hit land. They locate specific coordinates on a plane grid. They discuss lonsgitude and latitude to plot the coordinates of a tropical storm. They practice finding coordinates...
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Weighty Matters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze political cartoons, and write short paragraphs explaining the cartoon's meaning and the cartoonist's point-of-view.
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Just Graph It!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research presidential election voting results, and organize and interpret data on class graphs.
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When You Put It All Together!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars review information from variety of news sources found on the Internet, and compare and contrast the information.
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Literary Devices

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Learners identify and use various literary devices. They write the definitions of various literary devices on index cards, and with a partner review the definitions.
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Basic Operations with Decimals

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders practice skills adding and dividing decimals. They examine the help wanted ads and compute the hourly and weekly wages. They discuss the real life value of understanding the importance of decimals.
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Checkbook Math

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders simulate balancing checkbooks by applying required mathematical operations. They examine newspaper ads from banks and compare various services they offer. They discuss the uses of credit and debit cards.
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Planning A Household Budget

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students experience real life by utilizing math skills to plan a household budget and enhance their financial planning skills.
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Fractions: Pie

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use a pie (circle) to study fractions. They create their own fraction problems and demonstrate to their classmates how to solve the problems. They discuss ways they use fractions in their daily lives.
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Probability: How Likely Am I to...?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine various ways probability is applied to daily situations. They use marbles and blocks to calculate the probabilities of picking certain colors. They also calculate the odds of picking a winning raffle ticket.
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Discovering Perimeter

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders apply perimeter measurement to items found in newspapers and calculate the cost in terms of feet or yards. They share answers and explanations with classmates.
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Finding the Area of Triangles

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders apply the formula for finding the area of a triangle to various problems. They work real life problems for finding the area of a bathroom and the cost of tiling it. They play a game, Triangle Bingo, where they match...
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A Sensory Walk

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students define and give examples of five senses, compiling a list of sensory words to be used in a written descriptive paragraph.
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Grammar- Subject-Verb Agreement

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students practice writing sentences in which the subject and verbs are either both singular or plural. They complete worksheets including one highlighting "The 5-Step Subject- Verb Edit Process.
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Grammar Football

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore the ruloes for the correct usage of grammar. The game of football is played by classroom teams to acquire points each time an error is corrected by a member of the team.
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Resume Writing - Workshop

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars review basics of resume writing, and create their own resumes.
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I Want This Job Because...

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss applying for job, write letters of interest, and share them with classmates.
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Brainstorming

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers brainstorm, sequence topics, and write "how-to" paragraphs about real-life topics.
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Organizing Doesn't Have to Be a Puzzle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review writing process, prepare cluster maps, organize events of their lives on an outline, and utilize graphic organizers to write autobiographical essays.
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Where Am I?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply map reading skills by locating places through the use of latitude and longitude.
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Weather Maps

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret information on a weather map in order to construct a graph, and discuss how the weather impacts their lives.
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Where's My Funny Paper?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify main idea of passages, reading selections, and cartoons.
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Convey Ideas in Writing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Write an unsent letter about a consumer scam, paying attention to the writing conventions of punctuation and spelling. This lesson could be adapted to fit a variety of social issues in which letter writing is appropriate. 4
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Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Here is a classic activity used to introduce your class to the concept of probability and data collection. They will roll one die 30 times, then record and discuss the results. Great introduction, but too shallow to be considered a...

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