Countries often work together to solve problems and fall into conflict when problems cannot be resolved. After learning about motivations and conditions that lead to action (or inaction), learners analyze examples of international...

Learning to engage in collaborative conversations allows children to learn about their world, to become familiar with words, and to build a solid foundation for the development of reading and writing skills. This lesson introduces rules...

Foster curiosity and awareness of the impact cultures have on people and how it affects both those within the culture as well as those outside of the culture through this lesson plan.

An interesting way for students to dissect current events in the classroom. This lesson plan has students look at bias and develop critical thinking skills in order to digest the news media.

The students will be reviewing the metric system in a cooperative group activity and then using the review and applying it to an assessment.

Through "team bowling," students not only practice their cooperative learning skills but also practice rolling and catching. At this website, learn how to plan team bowling as a gym-class activity. Included are ideas for varying the...

In this lesson students work together in small groups to diagram sentences using Tinker Toys for the lines.

"Can a plant grow from just the top of a carrot?" Learners will engage in this lesson plan to find out.

In this lesson plan, young scholars work in groups as "Season fairies," and write poems as to why their particular season is needed and valued. Groups then present to the class.

Teams of students work cooperatively to choose the ten greatest inventions from a list of likely candidates and compile the list in a graph. Teams of students work cooperatively to design, invent, and build a model of something new,...

In this lesson, students practice active listening by paraphrasing what they hear. Students will practice listening to one another and repeating what they heard. Various listening activities are included in this lesson.

A teacher lesson plan which includes a station lab; students navigate through four stations with separate activities on magnetic principles. Easily adaptable as a student project.

Students able to throw and catch, and who are able to shoot and pass a basketball are ready to play "Zoo Parade Day." This activity requires students to work in different "centers" or stations throughout the gym and to demonstrate...

Here are two lesson plans that apply geometric concepts to design objects. The first involves students as a group following step by step instructions on making a kite. After the review of geometry vocabulary, in cooperative groups the...

This is an inquiry based cooperative learning unit that can be used in biology as a graduation exam review or in botany for a nine week project. The young scholars will learn the life cycle of mosses, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms....

A lesson plan to help students interact with each other. The focus is on special education, but could be used productively in any elementary classroom.

Students will work in groups to learn appropriate uses of an almanac and how to find information in it efficiently and effectively. Each group will be responsible for explaining the steps taken to complete the task. This lesson is best...

Introduce children to bowling in this gym-class activity. Young students practice rolling a ball with partners and then practice rolling a ball toward specific targets.

In this lesson plan students are "given one hour to solve a problem that a has caused a huge drop in sales" for a clock company. All clocks are five minutes slow. Because of this, they must find a way to put the clock back on time...

At this site from the American Forum for Global Education, students learn how to plan a park through this step-by-step, hands-on activity that teaches elementary economic lessons. Not only will students plan, but they will learn how to...

Working in cooperative groups, your learners will learn how jazz musicians expressed the Civil Rights era in their music. This lesson plan focuses on the Civil Rights movement in Little Rock, Arkansas. Also, they will learn to about the...

This is an interdisciplinary inquiry-based lesson that focuses on critical thinking. Students are introduced to the true story of the first Thanksgiving with the reading of a NCSS Notable Trade Book Thanksgiving: The True Story. Working...

Teachers will appreciate this lesson plan to help guide two or three lessons on the early life of Navajo War Chief Manuelito which utilizes cooperative learning as well as internet resources. Includes a focus and a plan for assessment.

In this lesson, the students will be experimenting to show how light shines in a straight line. They will also be experimenting to see how light reflects using mirrors. The students will be working in cooperative learning groups to carry...