[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, 2nd graders learn when it's appropriate to use technology and when it's not, and practice making family rules for device-free time at home. Includes lesson plan, slideshow, student...

An interesting collection of science and engineering lesson plans and activities for students. Covers a wide range of grades.

This ReadWriteThink lesson features an opportunity for students to respond to literature through writing journals about "Corduroy," by Don Freeman. This idea could be used with other books as well.

What makes a magnet? Learn all about magnets in this Q&A section. Educator resource materials are linked to this site.

Light! How do we see? What makes light? Find out everything you need to know through the Q&As on this site.

This 4-day lesson plan asks students to explore artistic points of view, explore the elements and principals that contribute to mood, and discuss social themes that were prevalent during the Harlem Renaissance. The 4-day process involves...

This instructional activity focuses on helping young children learn to participate in different kinds of digital communities. Students will solidify and work on what they know about being part of any community.

This site offers extensive resources for teachers for understanding how Wikipedia works and how to incorporate Wikipedia assignments into their teaching. Teachers can explore sample assignments and develop their own. Includes sample...

In response to a misunderstanding about whether food can be a technological outcome, students were given an exploratory lesson in food technology. They discussed biscuits as technological products and the testing and trialing involved in...

This lesson is for cooperative learning groups. This lesson will take place in the classroom and the computer lab. Learners will create PowerPoints on the early Americas civilizations of the Hohokam, Anasazi, Mississippians, Inuit,...

Young scholars research and create a brochure project on an endangered species of their choice integrating aspects of math, science, social studies, art, reading and writing. This project allows the students to make connections across...

This lesson focuses on students researching and learning about Iran's culture, society, and leadership before and after the 1979 Revolution in preparation for reading the graphic novel Persepolis. Students work in small groups to...

Students will plan a human expedition to the planet Mars. Through this project-based activity, they can choose to learn about the surface of Mars, the trip route, the analogical features between Mars and Earth, nutrition and exercise, or...