This is a first or second grade library skills unit, conducted by the librarian with help from the art, computer, and homeroom teachers. Students will create: their own book cover and title page containing title, author & slideshow...

In this lesson, students create a thumb print and draw a picture of themselves around it in order to investigate differences among the students.

During this lesson, students will have the opportunity to explore levers through hands-on experiences and by navigating the Internet. This lesson allows students to use their experiences to determine how levers and other simple machines...

For this lesson students develop a time line of important events in relation to space exploration.

Students will be introduced to the different federal holidays celebrated throughout the year and will be asked to place pictorial representation of these holidays using a time line.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls...

The purpose of this lesson is to apply the operations of addition to solve problems using multiple strategies. The learners will communicate their math knowledge during the process by showing examples and discussing their work. This...

The students will be collecting, germinating and planting seeds to show the process of plant growth. The students will be recording the information in their science journal. In addition, the students will be observing the water cycle as...

During this instructional activity, students will gather data from temperature and water gauges set up on the playground to learn about weather patterns. Then students will build a spreadsheet with data related to temperature, wind...

This activity is designed to help young scholars evaluate numerical expressions by using order of operations. The students will be provided a calendar for the current month of the year. Young scholars will then be provided with a...

The learners will engage in the process of statistical data comparing data using tables and scatterplots. The students will compare data using measures of center (mean and median) and measures of spread (range). This lesson can be done...

This lesson plan introduces the student to the concept of probability. Young scholars will explore the meaning of theoretical and experimental probability by viewing interactive websites. A lab activity will be performed using...

This lesson will give students the opportunity to search the Internet for weather-related words. The students will define weather words prior to creating their own weather word search.

Learners will have the opportunity to do research on a weather topic in which they are interested. This lesson plan will teach the students how to use dictionaries, encyclopedias, resource books and the Internet to find facts about the...

This hands-on model of the water cycle is a great culminating activity for a study of the movement of water through the environment. Completed in small groups or as a class project, it involves connecting three bottles to demonstrate the...

During this lesson, young scholars will write a sequel to The Very Quiet Cricket. The students will discuss and demonstrate the use of personification in the story. The class will also complete a WebQuest about The Very Quiet Cricket.

In this lesson students will visit different websites in order to decide the best mode of transportation from their home town to New York City. Students will use internet links during the lesson to gather their data. Then students will...

Over the course of the year, the learners in Human Anatomy and Physiology will design a health club. As part of this year-long project, the students will develop a brochure or print advertisement for the health club. This project will...

This activity challenges learners to identify action words as verbs. The students will go on a verb scavenger hunt and play charades using action words. They will also utilize the Internet to reinforce what they have learned by playing...

After reading/hearing Junie B. First Grader Cheater Pants by Barbara Park and discussing the concepts of cheating, following directions, and the genre of poetry, learners will write cinquains and will publish a class booklet.

This lesson focuses on solids, liquids, and gases. It has several review activities and an exciting lab experiment involving ice cream to complete the lesson.

This lesson allows students to study and learn the names and characteristics of Earth's six major biomes. The biomes are introduced with a slideshow presentation. A paper-folding poster activity gives students the opportunity to...

This is an outline for a week-long lesson usually taught in the month of February around President's Day. It is an interdisciplinary study combining coin identification with a literature-based study of the Presidents represented on the...

Learners will summarize a Leo Lionni story through drawing and writing. Students will also mix the three primary colors to make secondary colors.

This lesson will focus on career/job information. This interdisciplinary lesson integrates reading, writing, interview and research skills. Students will research careers through print and on-line sources, conduct interviews, and present...