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Salinity and Brackish Water Systems
Students are able to tell the difference between brackish and salt water. They also are able to distinguish water qualities specific to each type of water. Students answer various questions about all types of water.
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Our City
Second graders familiarize themselves with the town they live in by practicing their imagination, library research and writing skills.
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What's Special About Nonfiction?
Students examine the difference between nonfiction and fictional writing. They identify the characteristics of nonfiction literature and examine how a nonfiction textbook organizes information.
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Battlefield Walks
Students create a picture of a Civil War battle using Google Earth. For this Civil War lesson, students pick a battlefield and research it with a partner. They find the location on Google Earth and use colors and overlays to show...
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Spherical Geometry: A Global Perspective
Students investigate spherical geometry using a globe and an apple. In this spherical geometry lesson plan, students translate Euclidean geometry terms to spherical geometry terms using a globe. They answer 3 questions about spherical...
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What is Cacao?
Students use the Internet to learn about the cacao plant. In this plants instructional activity, students complete a KWL chart on chocolate, learn about cocoa plants and discuss the parts of a plant. Students use the Internet...
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Writing Classroom Agreements using Inspiration & Word to Go
How can you foster a thoughtful learning community for your class? First, the class brainstorms a list of behaviors that will help make the classroom a great place to learn. Then learners group similar ideas together and come up with...
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Folk and Popular Culture
Good enough for a college class, this resources discusses multiple aspects pertaining to the issues with globalization and the differences between pop and folk culture. It defines major terminology, provides concrete examples, and...
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Mr.Bubble's News
Second graders use a double bubble thinking map to compare newspapers and magazines. They browse through magazines and newspapers to identify characteristics of each type of text and find 5 features for each type of text. They share...
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Urban and Agricultural Settlements Why are They There?
Seventh graders identify types of human settlements, urban and agricultural, and determine geographic influence on why people settle where they did by use of maps and charts. They, in groups, identify the needs of a new settlement, which...
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Shopping for Souvenirs In the Middle East
Young scholars participate in a role play in which they are shopping for souvenirs in the Middle East. Using maps, they locate the Middle East and identify each country within the region. They create a key map for the types of...
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Atlas Scavenger Hunt
Students discover what type of information in an atlas by participating in a scavenger hunt. With a partner, they try to find the answers to many questions as possible. They exchange their papers with another partner group and check...
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How Many Days To America?
Fourth graders determine how many different types of immigrant groups came to America. They discuss how immigrants feel when moving to a new place. They read the story, "How Many Days to America" by Eve Bunting and discuss how some...
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The Campaign: Issues and Strategies. Campaign Press Coverage
Students discuss and fill out worksheets on the amount and type of press coverage given to certain candidates. In this press coverage lesson plan, students complete 4 worksheets and view maps of the United States to see where the press...
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Virginia Geographic Regions
Third graders observe the five geographic regions of Virginia which have distinctive characteristics based on their landforms and bodies of water. They then describe the types of landforms and bodies of water in the region where they live.
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Scavenger Hunt! Exploring the Prairie
Students participate in an online scavenger hunt activity, researching the type of housing pioneers built to match the natural environment. They design and create a poster exhibit or Web page presenting information about pioneer housing.
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Exploring Landforms
Second graders discuss the different types of landforms throughout the world. They pick one and research and present it to the class.
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Environmental Fair for our St. Mary¿¿¿s River
Students list sources of pollution and their effects on the St. Mary River environment. They discuss how pollution may effect the environment and draw up a list of possible types of pollution.
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What Time Is It?
Fourth graders distinguish between analog and digital clocks and read time from both types. In this clock reading instructional activity, 4th graders discuss the types of clocks and the time zones. Students find times in specific time...
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Transportation
In this transportation worksheet, students list the positive and negative aspects of different types of transportation. Students keep a diary of the different ways they used transportation for a week. This worksheet has 7 graphic...
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Water Ways Lesson Plan #1: Who Catches Your Fish?
Students explore the types of fish caught in the Mid-Atlantic region. In this fishing lesson plan, students learn about fishing methods and meet fishermen that catch the fish. Using the water ways website, students research types of...
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Australia
Students identify the climate and type of land that is in Australia. In this Australian climate instructional activity students create a poster that displays the uniqueness of a specific region in Australia.
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For Your Eyes Only
Students identify two major types of visible pollutants, smog, and particulate matter, They explain that air pollutants are generated during incomplete combustion. They measure and rank collectors from the most pollutants to the least...
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Simple Machines
Third graders examine and identify the six types of simple machines. Using a model of each simple machine, they demonstrate the state the function of them to the class. They discover examples of simple machines at school and home and...