American Psychological Association
Do Cookies/Donuts Improve Memory? Errors in Methodology
If the methodology is skewed, the results will be skewed. That's the takeaway from an exercise designed to get class members thinking about research methods and statistics gathering. Instructors manipulate the testing environment to...
American Psychological Association
Psychology Goes to Madison Avenue
As part of a study of well-known psychologists, class members create a name, a business logo, an advertisement for TV, online, radio, or print, and a pamphlet for the business run by one of the psychologists on a provided list. An...
Yummy Math
Penny Wars
As the saying goes, a penny saved is a penny earned. Young scholars use a penny activity to earn their way to an understanding of volume. Given three different-sized cylindrical containers, individuals make calculations to determine the...
Poetry4kids
Creativity Exercise - Describe the Sky
Scholars stretch their writing muscles with an exercise that asks them to describe the sky using similes and metaphors.
PBS
Taking A Field Trip
Field trips require a great deal of advanced planning to be successful. Ensure the success of your trips with a step-by-step preparation guide that itemizes before, during, and after activities as well as extension and adaptation...
PBS
Twirling in the Breeze
Blow classes away with a hands-on lesson investigating wind speed. Learners use common materials to design and construct anemometers. They then test their anemometers and collect data on the wind speed created by a fan.
Curated OER
Geometric Pictures of One Half
A learning task that involves creative ways of thinking permits children to use paper models as a way to visualize the fraction one-half. Learners can fold or cut their models in such a way that the unshaded regions, and shaded regions...
Wellness in the Rockies
Friendship Web
What does it take to support a friendship? Youngsters complete a group activity using yarn and balloons to demonstrate qualities of a good friend, and their importance in a strong friendship.
Curated OER
Sharing Our Strengths
In this activity, students appreciate their own unique talents-and that of others-by presenting an interest, talent, or hobby.
Curated OER
Snack Time
In this activity, students will color the correct number of boxes in a graph to show their choices. They will then display their understanding of the graph's meaning through a teacher led class discussion.
Curated OER
Class Mascot
In this activity, children will create their own tales to tell using a class mascot for inspiration.
Curated OER
Creating A Memorial Day Poster Poem
In this activity, students create a Memorial Day word web and use it to create a poem about Memorial Day. They can write the poem and illustrate it as a poster.
Curated OER
Story Quilt Project
Students investigate how quilt making was a family and community activity. They read and discuss books, complete various handouts, and create a paper quilt celebrating philanthropic activities.
Scholastic
We Are Moving on Up
Celebrate your class's achievements with this collection of reflective, rewarding activities. In a lesson plan designed to help your pupils transition to the next grade, students take part in up 13 activities that celebrate the end of...
Curated OER
Bits and Pieces
In this activity, students will use a collection of objects as the basis for writing a tale about the people who used them.
Curated OER
Friendly Poetry
In this activity, students will compile a list of the things they look for in a friend and use that information to create a simple poem. Using a familiar topic may make poetry a little less daunting for some children.
Curated OER
Fancy Nancy Online Event Kit
Students attend a celebration based on the Fancy Nancy books. In this Fancy Nancy lesson, students are invited to a party complete with invitations and decorations, then complete worksheets by adding decorations to Nancy's room,...
Curated OER
Dad's Day Message
Students use sidewalk chalk to write messages outside. In this art lesson, students use their imaginations to write and or draw items outside with sidewalk chalk.
Curated OER
Earth Day Art
Students discuss Earth day. In this art lesson, students put on plastic gloves and look for trash to put into brown bags. Students then take the trash and glue some of the trash onto paper.
Curated OER
Mother's Day Flower Poem
Students create Mother's Day card. In this art lesson, students cut flowers from construction paper, use handprints, and attach a poem to the card.
Curated OER
Thumbody Loves You
Students make thumbprints with stamp pads. In this art lesson, after making their thumbprints students put eyes, nose, mouth, hair, legs and arms on the thumbprint.
Curated OER
Mother's Day Activities
Students create portraits, short stories, hugging hands, and more crafts for Mother's Day. In this Mother's Day lesson plan, students also create flower pots and answer short answer questions.
Curated OER
Hide the Hearts Treasure Hunt
Students explore the themes of Valentines Day by participating in a treasure hunt. In this holiday lesson, students discover clues written on pink paper hearts which give directions to the location of a gift. Students locate their...
Curated OER
Eating Senegal Style
Students demonstrate how to eat as the people do in Senegal. Students present information to the class about an individual eating tradition in their family.