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Cutting Athletics = Cutting Scholarship Chances
Learners identify athletic programs to be cut from school district budget, find out how many students have received college athletic scholarships in past, and interview learners and coaches to find out how scholarship search is going if...
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Athletes Make the Grade
Learners read a story called Athletes Need to Make the Grade to Play and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events college athletes and academics lesson plan, student respond to literature by...
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Playing Vocabulary Basketball
Learners view a slide show featuring famous athletes and educational institutions that have played a part in the history of basketball. They participate in a game in which a basketball is tossed from person to person as facts and...
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LAND-GRANT COLLEGES
Pupils will explore the Morrill Acts and how the agricultural system is involved in education through the land-grant colleges.1. Have groups find the addresses of the land-grant universities in their assigned states and
write a letter to...
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Biomechanics of Sports
Students study biomechanics. They apply their understanding of sports to determine what athletes do to improve their performance. They participate in a series of lessons and activities.
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Exploring Careers in Aviation
Students investigate various careers in the field of aviation in this lesson. They watch and discuss a video, develop a list of careers in aviation mentioned in the video, and create a resume and cover letter for an entry level aviation...
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The Changing Me
Third graders study the human body. In this health lesson plan, 3rd graders discuss that everyone's body is growing, measure body parts using a tape measure, and color the body worksheet.
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Defining success: A debate about success encourages critical thinking skills
Students develop critical thinking skills while exploring new ideas about success, discuss people they consider to be successful, and identify how they measure or define their own personal success.
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Going to Bat for Girls
Learners explore gender equality. In this Teaching Tolerance instructional activity, students listen to a lecture regarding a family's struggles with inequality. Learners respond to discussion questions following the lecture.
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Theoretically Speaking
Students define probability. They determine outcome from a given situation based on simple probability. Students create experimental data using a coin and a number cube. They write how theoretical and experimental probability are different.
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Abraham Lincoln
Students, in groups, use the Internet to research Abraham Lincoln. They role-play the part of a newspaper journalist and write an article about him.
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Honor Your Special Qualities
Young scholars view different sculptures from artist Ronald Baron. They discuss what the sculpture depicts. They are to create a thank you trophy for someone they know. They are to focus on that person's special qualities.
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Names in the Field: A Simple GPS Field Exercise
Students explore basic methods of GPS data collection, uploading the data to a computer, and making simple maps of their data using GIS software. They create a map of the data using GIS software (or Excel)