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Mythology
Learners read Edith Hamilton's, Mythology as a summer reading assignment. They characterize one of the gods or goddesses they read about and create a presentation.
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DNA Week
Pupils perform different activities about DNA for a week in order to celebrate DNA Week and raise their awareness of DNA. The teacher is provided with a different theme for each day.
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Apply Scientific Inquiry and Scientific Habits of Mind
Students review the components of the scientific inquiry method. In groups, they apply this method to various experiments they are given to complete. They also use the correct scientific habits of mind when researching different concepts.
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The Constitution
Eighth graders watch as their teacher presents information on the Constitution, government and laws through a PowerPoint presentation. In groups, they discuss the importance of government and laws and identify the main ideas in the...
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ReQuest and Motor Imaging with My Side of the Mountain
Fifth graders read "My Side of the Mountain." They create a pantomime using vocabulary words from the story. Students create three questions about the reading. They discuss the passage they read and act out words to help them better...
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Introduce Solids
Students identify and interpret a variety of solid materials - cloth, wood, metal, plastic, paper, and rubber. After a period of free exploration, they then describe the properties of the objects and develop vocabulary in order to...
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Spelling
Students find a strategy to help them remember spelling words. In this spelling lesson, students use memory, mnemonic devices, singing and body spelling to remember words.
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Anchoring Activities - Various Subjects (K-5)
Teachers create different activities and differentiate them to meet the students' needs. For this differentiation lesson, teachers do activities such as accelerated reader, sunshine math, problem of the day, around the world or...
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Subtracting Whole Numbers
Second graders practice subtracting numbers by using a visual aide. For this number sense lesson, 2nd graders complete whole number subtraction problems by utilizing manipulative cubes to visualize the equation. Students complete a...
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Moving Objects
Second graders investigate pushing and pulling. In this lesson plan on how objects move, 2nd graders experiment with marbles to see how one marble can be moved by getting hit by another marble.
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Introducing George Washington
Students write down facts about George Washington. In this lesson plan on our first president, students listen to a story about George Washington and retell four facts about him.
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Identify triangles
Students explore triangles. In this geometry lesson plan, students will create note cards with pictorial depictions of right, acute,obtuse, scalene, isosceles, equilateral and equiangular triangles. Students will verbally describe each...
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Resolving Conflict Lesson : Islamic Civilization
Students explore the spread of Islam in ancient civilizations. In this Islam lesson, students research and discuss the Muslim beliefs, stereotypes, and history. Students write essays that address the topic and create posters to inform...
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Fractions, Decimals and Percents
Fifth graders describe parts of a whole as a fraction, decimal and a percent. In this math lesson, 5th graders practice converting fractions to decimals by dividing. Additionally, students explain how decimals are converted to percents.
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Describing Our Senator
Third graders find the narrator or speaker in a story. In this story elements lesson, 3rd graders listen to the story My Senator and Me and answer comprehension questions. They complete a descriptive writing piece from different points...
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Conflict and Compromise
Learners examine opinions about the Boston Tea Party. In this colonial America lesson plan, students analyze several primary sources about the Tea Party and then write essays that reveal efforts to compromise as well as efforts to...
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Bonding Review
Students differentiate metallic, ionic and covalent bonding. In this chemistry instructional activity, students explain how these bonds are formed. They classify substances according their bond type.
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The Perfect Man: Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography
Eleventh graders study the characteristics of an autobiography. They read from the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and discuss and write an essay regarding some of his quotes.
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Job Hiring...Who's the best candidate?
Young scholars, working in teams, assume they are the newly hired research director of a biotech firm interviewing the top two candidates for the position of research scientist. They evaluate the candidates and decide who should be hired...
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SWOOP Reading
First graders read fluently. In this phonics lesson students practice reading strategies for fluency. They write a response in their journal about the book read in class.
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Helping the Homeless
Young scholars survey their peers on the issue of homelessness. They visit a shelter and research it on the internet. They identify myths and discover the importance of job skills and education.
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Soil Slope
High schoolers study how to measure the soil slope of an area. In this soil lesson high schoolers work in groups and complete an activity that allows them to find the slope of a given area.
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Frenzied Food: Fantastic Fuel?
Pupils infer the causes of obesity. In this health science lesson, students brainstorm ways improve to their diet. They write personalized journals with goals on how to live a healthy lifestyle.
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Outdoor Seed Sowing
First graders identify vegetables and flowers that can be grown from seed. In this seed sowing lesson plan, student learn the correct spacing and planting of various types of seeds. Students label plants.