Would your ideal science lab be filled with bubbling beakers and zapping Tesla coils? Or would it contain state-of-the-art computer technology and data analysis? Dream big with an innovative lesson that connects math and language...

The options are vast with this Ancient Greece and Olympics research project! Using Scholastic online resources, historians have interactive and educational supports to guide them through researching and writing about the 2004 Olympics in...

Celebrate Black History Month with this lesson plan, in which middle schoolers create an essay about a famous African-American. Writers conduct research online, take notes to write an essay in proper format, and use ideas, text, and...

Fourth graders write a news article.  In this news article lesson, 4th graders complete research and answers the five W's about their news topic.  Students understand the value of interviewing for a news article. Students...

Students explore spiders. In this spider lesson, students fill out KWL charts, discover facts about spiders and how to identify different spiders. Students research spiders on the Internet and do online activities.

Fifth graders participate in a variety of math and language arts activities based on chocolate.

Pupils explore brochure writing. They work in groups to brainstorm and categorize important places in their community. In addition, they gather information from the Internet, take pictures using a digital camera, and create a community...

The many activities in this resource serve to introduce second graders to the Macintosh computer and to various programs and their creative product options. They make sideshows using KidPix, practice using email with the Journey South...

Students research treatments for problems associated with specific characters.  In this online research lesson, students use kid-friendly search engines to find information that will help a character from Charlie and the Chocolate...

Summary writing is tough for native English speakers, let alone English language learners! In this plan, high school English learners examine how to annotate online articles and write a one-page summary. They can post this summary on...

Learners study the decisions and solutions involved in winning the right to vote. After reading background information on the fight for women's suffrage, including one woman's story, and its eventual success in the United States and...

Students read a New York Times article in order to examine the importance of cultural artifacts. They create essays from the point of view of one cultural artifact to demonstrate the knowledge they gained by doing research.

Students explore different styles of writing. In this writing lesson, students look at menus to get an idea of how many different types of writing there are. Students create their own menus and add border and clip art.

Students demonstrate a working knowledge of how to produce bibliography cards using MLA Documentation. They organize information from a variety of sources and credit sources for both quoted and paraphrased ideas.

Young scholars research sea horses around the world.  For this sea horse habitats lesson, students use the Internet to take a virtual tour of a sea horse in its natural habitat.  Young scholars work in groups to study a...

Students create a multimedia presentation as a culmination of a plant unit.  In this hyperstudio lesson,  students research from assigned sites and create a Hyperstudio stack.  Students write a cinquain. 

Learners explore volcanoes.  In this cross curricula lesson plan, students use the Internet to investigate volcanoes.  The series of six lesson plan guides the learners in their search for information, thus building research...

Students read a story and complete a story map.  In this diversity and acceptance lesson, students read Arthur's Nose, make a story map, research Aardvarks, complete a Venn Diagram comparing Arthur's nose to other animals in the...

Students explore the concept of how to write a factual book report.  In this book report lesson, students conduct research on various topics.  Students then use the information to write a book report in their own words. 

Students navigate the Internet to research online encyclopedias and answer questions.  In this navigating the net instructional activity, students answers questions and compare their answers. Students discuss information gathered...

Tenth graders examine the parts of a newspaper. They observe a PowerPoint presentation. Students participate in a research project to recognize the different types of materials each newspaper section contains. They read, summarize, and...

Groups of learners investigate the persuasive genre of writing as they research and present on an issue. They research the Internet (possible websites are included) for a topic and locate information to present to the opposing team. In...

Fourth graders present research on war. In this debate lesson, 4th graders create a power point presentation debating for or against the American Revolution. Students share their presentations with the class.

Bring the Internet and the Renaissance together in this presentation assignment. Middle schoolers give a presentation on the Renaissance, using computers to both research and create the slides. The lesson includes a short assessment as...