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Science: How's the Weather?
Fifth graders brainstorm meteorological terms to create a semantic web using SuperPrint. For each topic, they create instruments, such as barometers or psychomotors, that they use to make scientific predictions about the weather. After...
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What Am I?
Students identify various shells. In this oceanography lesson, students create a KWL chart to activate background knowledge on shells. Students read the book Ocean Day and learn about waves, tides, and the seashells that can...
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Which Method Will You Choose? Finding Solutions to Systems of Equations.
Ninth graders investigate systems of linear equations. In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders determine which method is the best for solving a systems: graphing, substitution, or elimination. Students choose...
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Commemoration of the Gettysburg Battlefield
Young scholars use a multimedia project, The Valley of the Shadow: Two American Communities in the Civil War, to create a presentation about the significance of the Gettysburg Address. They work on expert teams to explore the interactive...
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Stock and Inventory
Students create databases. In this spreadsheet lesson, students take stock of their toys and create databases. Students consider good business practices as they listen to guest speaker discuss how to control inventory.
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It's All Greek to Me!
While the ideas for Ancient Greek research are solid, there is little detail to help make your job easier. The focus here is familiarizing your class with online databases and print resources in their school library. After direct...
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A Little Reminder to Take With You
Students use information already gathered on a specific public health issue to create a public service message in the form of a bookmark. They consult multiple sources to compile sufficient information to create the public service...
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Bill Irwin: All in a Day's Work
Students perform for an audience. In this performing arts lesson, students explore the work of actor Bill Irwin in a variety of roles. Students direct and perform a fairy tale in small groups .
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Creating and Managing Drives or Folders
In this technology worksheet, students perform a hands on lab using computers to apply the skills of managing drives and files.
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The Big6 Skills
Seventh graders research a biome using the Big6 skills. They prepare their own notes and cite sources. They create a PowerPoint presentation to share their findings with the class.
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Exploring The Columbian Exposition
Fourth graders listen to a read aloud of a book that provides background information on the Columbian Exposition. They research the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the city of Chicago at the turn of the century and create a...
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See how They Grow: Butterfly
Young scholars view butterflies and participate in a butterfly activity to learn needed vocabulary. For this butterfly life cycle lesson, students access prior knowledge of butterflies. Young scholars listen to a butterfly life...
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Using Repeat Photography to Map Environmental Hazards
Students investigate the changes of their environment by experimenting with photography. In this environmental observation instructional activity, students compare historic photographs of areas with pictures they have just taken....
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What is An Electromagnet?
Students explore and define electromagnets. In this electromagnet lesson, students access an assigned web site to research what an electromagnet is and how it works. They complete a database with information from the web site and...
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Creating an Effective Search Statement
Learners identify how to turn a topic statement or research question into an effective search statement for use with electronic databases or web search engines. They apply use of Boolean operators in the searches.
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A Nation of Nations Lesson Plan: Charting African Ethnicities in America
Young scholars read a portion of the narrative, The Transatlantic Slave Trade, to explain the ethnic origins of enslaved Africans brought to the US. They create charts and bar graphs comparing ethnicities in the lowlands and tidewater...
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Tracking a Legislator
Young scholars track a member of the Connecticut legislature whose political life and choices during the course of the semester provide the opportunity for students to gain greater civic literacy and understanding through in-depth,...
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DATABASE INTRODUCTION AND BASIC APPLICATIONS USING STUDENT FAMILY TREES
High schoolers gather information about family, parents, and grandparents using the database form. They place their personal information into the database and save the information to compile class in formation. They develop skills in...
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The Internet Pizza Server - Pizza Simulation
Students simulate going to a pizza restaurant, ordering a pizza, and determining whether a small, medium, large, or family size pizza is a "better-buy." Students calculate the price/per/topping and determine whether this price is "fair"
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Artfully Searching for Treasure
Search for artwork using online museum databases. Young artists will create their own online art treasure hunts based on a specific theme and set of criteria.
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Famous Black Americans
Students recognize famous Black Americans and their roles in America's society. They create a database and slideshow presenting famous Black Americans and relevant facts of their lives.
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Links to the Missing
Students investigate the information required to identified missing persons, then create a personal 'database' of information on themselves and their community.
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Our Brilliant Careers
Students conduct Internet research to begin thinking about future career choices or to explore careers the students might think about pursuing in the future. Students create a career database using Microsoft Access.
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Exploration of the Americas
Third graders demonstrate knowledge of exploration by naming and describing accomplishments of explorers. They use the internet to find corresponding information on the explorer and fill in a chart that is provided. Students also...