Students explore psychology by participating in a student behavior activity. In this group dynamic instructional activity, students identify ways to keep several students interested and focused on one task. Students complete worksheets...

A gold mine of basketball dribbling drills! There are an assorted variety of drills here to keep those players busy. Some involve cooperation, some competition, but all of them are about practicing dribbling.

Partners or groups work together to practice the correct spelling of words. They speed-cut letters from print sources and arrange them into correctly spelled words from their lists. Newspapers are suggested, but magazines might result in...

Students understand what a cooperative is and how it helps people. In this cooperatives instructional activity, students interview a member of a local cooperative and record their responses on a worksheet. Students share and gather their...

Learners develop self-awareness and discuss the importance of cooperation and communication through worksheets and hands-on, collaborative activities. 

Young scholars explore ways to build cooperation and teamwork while serving as a leader. In this team building instructional activity, students define cooperation and identify ways a leader builds cooperation. Young scholars participate...

Students work in groups to complete movement activities. In this movement and cooperation lesson, students get into groups and complete movement band skill cards with varying levels of difficulty.

What was everyday life like in Colonial Virginia? To find the answer cooperative groups work collaboratively to read an informational handout and complete a graphic organizer. The speaker of the group then shares their new-found...

Students determine the identity of a vegetable, either real or fake, and examine where the it grows. Next, they sort the vegetable by classifying them into different groups. They listen to and retell Heather Forest's, Stone Soup before...

Scholars become familiar with tagline literature with the help of the story, Alexander and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Day by Judith Viort. After a read-aloud and whole-class discussion, leveled groups complete...

The Amazon Horned Frog is the focus of a activity designed to encourage readers to ask and answer questions. A frog-themed poem opens the door to a whole-group discussion. Following a read-aloud of an informational text, a three-page...

Students recognize vocabulary necessary for applying for a job, fill out a job application and provide personal information necessary for applying for a job. They spell the names of references and tell ways of networking to improve job...

Fast, furious, and fun! An action packed kickball game that keeps everyone moving; that's why it's called cardio kickball. This game can be played inside a gym or outside on a field.

Young scholars work in groups to complete challenges. In this cooperation, endurance and strength lesson, students complete challenges from their Survivor Challenge Task Card and when complete, do the closing challenge together.

Can two lines intersect at more than one point? Using yarn, create two lines on the floor of the classroom to find out. Cooperative groups work through the process of solving systems of equations using task cards and three different...

Students move about the area doing the locomotor action the teacher directs them to do. When the music stops I hold up a card with the problem for all to see. They come up with an answer they form into a group in a hoop with the number...

Young scholars explore the human body by participating in physical activities. In this physical education instructional activity, students demonstrate their physical prowess and motor skills by performing tasks such as climbing and rope...

Can you imagine a pumpkin patch without pumpkins? Learners read how Tammy's family solves their problem in a cooperative way, followed by a set of 10 reading comprehension questions.

The story, How Many Jelly Beans? by Andrea Menotti introduces a lesson about partial quotients. Mathematicians practice rounding and multiplying, then work in small groups to connect those skills with division and partial...

Learners engage in and invent a variety of organized outdoor play activities to encourage cooperation and motor development. In this outdoor activities instructional activity, students are divided into three groups and organized in...

Students play a game about dragons and jewels to learn cooperation, coordination, communication, and to have fun. In this dragons and jewels lesson plan, one group of knights guard the jewels, and one group of dragons try to get the jewels.

Students use a ball to improve their dribbling skills, defensive and offensive strategies, cardiovascular fitness, and cooperation. In this ball handling lesson, students try to grab the ball and trap it from their partner. Partners try...

Students identify good nutrition. In this food pyramid lesson, students learn the basics of good nutrition, identify the six basic food groups, state the effects of the food on the human body, and learn nutritional information while...

Young scholars participate in a game that promotes group unity while spelling words with letter cards.  In this teamwork lesson plan, students have to work together to win the game, but may find it hard to do so without making...