Students place different subspecies of a CA salamander are placed on grid map of CA according to where samples were collected. Then discuss patterns of their distribution, their likely evolutionary relationships, and probable sequence of...

Students to the book, Life in a Pond, then discuss the food chain and create a food chain mobile. On one strip of paper students draw and label a pond plant, on another a tadpole, on another a fish and on the last a person.

Learners discover how rivers inspire creative expression.  In this Mark Twain lesson, students list songs about rivers and discuss common characteristics. They locate the Mississippi River on a map and write a script in which a...

Young scholars explore stem cells. In this stem cell instructional activity, students research print and Internet sources regarding types of stem cells and their attributes. Young scholars discuss their research findings participate in a...

Young scholars work in groups to research and prepare an oral report about a region.  In this regions lesson, students find out about the geography, population, state capitals, and landmarks.  Young scholars assign attributes...

Young scholars research another country and its people.  In this diversity lesson, students work in groups to research an assigned country and develop a short oral report.  Young scholars use diversity beans to represent the...

Students research a biome.  In this biomes of the Earth lesson plan, students discuss what they already know about ecology and view pictures of different biomes.  Students work in groups to research a different biome. ...

Students explore literature dramatization. In this Shakespeare lesson, students discuss the characters from the play A Midsummer Night's Dream and construct costumes and a set.

High schoolers examine the Federal Reserve System.  In this secondary economics instructional activity, students view a DVD titled In Plain English:  Making Sense of the Federal Reserve.  High schoolers take notes and work...

Students work in groups to identify a topic or issue that they feel passionate about and produce a short PSA for the topic. In this PSA lesson, students select an issue or social problem to research. Students create a video or a...

Students work in groups to create a list of the items needed by the Pilgrims to bring to America.  In this wants vs. needs lesson, students must agree on what should be on the list. Students create their list by order of importance....

Students identify color schemes in paintings and discuss the ways in which color is used to convey a mood or tone in a work of art.

Students work in groups with copies of the three photo images provided with the lesson. They make observations about mussels and clams. Students discuss reasons scientists use a representative sample of a population rather than the...

This lesson plan introduces young scholars to the ways artists use color to set the tone of a painting or to convey a particular mood to the viewer. Students view "The Tragedy" by Pablo Picasso. They fill in an information chart...

Students watch an online slideshow that shows Cornelia Funke's transition from an illustrator to a writer. They discuss her writing process from the way she gathers ideas to how and where she writes. Next, they work in groups to choose a...

Students interpret the identity of a traditional culture from objects and a creation story. In this lesson on learning about a culture from a story, students read and analyze an Eskimo myth about creation and an essay on Traditional...

Fourth graders research the Hatfield-McCoy feud. In this research lesson, 4th graders study the families, photographs, and  timelines. Students create their own trivia game about the feud.

Students examine pop culture of the 1980s.  In this historical time period lesson, students view a Smurfs cartoon from the 1980s and discuss its similarities and differences to cartoons today.  Students work in groups to...

Students use several strategies in poetry to convey tone and speaker. In this language arts lesson, students read and build vocabulary as they gain a larger understanding of how to write poetry. Students then work in groups in order...

Students discuss the effect of global warming on bodies of water after reading "An Icy Riddle as Big as Greenland" from The New York Times. Students work in groups to research topics related to global warming and Greenland's ecology...

Third graders read City Green and discuss how citizens work together.  In this citizenship lesson students, group citizens by community, state or nation. Students list ways to be good citizens in each group. Students discuss the...

Young scholars explore how various ramps affect the rate of speed of a rolling object. In this physics lesson plan, students work in groups to build a ramp out of various materials. Young scholars test and record the rate of speed of a...

Second graders work in groups to identify what types of trees create which types of leaves  In this plant life lesson plan, 2nd graders analyze a set of leaves and identify the tree it came from while graphing the data in a science...

Middle schoolers complete several activities in a unit related to the eye. In this eye lesson plan, students work in groups to research information about the human eye and create a multimedia presentation. They research anatomy of the...