Students examine and classify various types of rocks.  In this rock identification activity, students complete a KWL chart about rocks and then read Let's Go Rock Collecting.  Students go on a walk to collect rocks and then...

Learners examine artwork and create their own.  In this writing and illustrating lesson, students view illuminated letters from the Getty Museum's collection and discuss art vocabulary.  Learners examine the visual elements in...

Students make a compass.  In this magnetism lesson, students use the Internet to research magnetic fields and perform an experiment to find the magnetic fields around different magnets.  Students use the Internet to research...

Students complete an experiment.  In this water pollution lesson plan, students brainstorm information about river habitats and water pollution. Students then read the story Freddy the Fish and complete an experiment where they use...

Young scholars investigate how to draw and classify two and three dimensional figures (squares, triangles, rectangles.)

Fifth graders manipulate and draw shapes to demonstrate the concept of flips, slides, and turns using letters and arrows on graph paper.

Young scholars investigate congruent shapes using dot paper to visualize, draw, and duplicate different congruent shapes.

Students define and discuss symmetry, line of symmetry, and congruency. They cut shapes out of construction paper, identify the line of symmetry, and if they are symmetrical and/or congruent.

Middle schoolers demonstrate their ability to give and follow verbal directions. They explain steps to guide another student to reproduce a drawing, and evaluate their partner's articulation abilities.

Pupils examine several maps and consider mapmakers' perspective in early depictions of North America.They determine how the spherical shape of the earth makes any north-south and east-west orientation a matter of perspective. For...

Learners compare whole and fractional numbers using <, >, or =, with manipulatives and drawings.

Young scholars take photos of objects and write an equation. For this equations with photos lesson, students take pictures of objects around the school that have the shape of mathematical items learned in class. Young scholars also draw...

Pupils examine a variety of x-ray paintings from aboriginal peoples. As a class, they brainstorm what happens to the food once one eats in it. Individually, they draw an outline of a body and the shapes of food inside of it. To end the...

Young scholars read a variety of fiction books about dragons and visualize what they think the dragon in the book might look like. They sketch out a drawing of the dragon and then design and shape a dragon's head mask to represent the...

Students define normal distribution as it relates to the bell curve. In this statistics lesson plan, students use the central tendencies of mean, median and mode to solve problems. They plot their data and draw conclusion from the graphs.

Students generate a word bank drawing on vocabulary from fifteen school related topics. They use the word bank to write poetry in the styles of Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky.

Students discuss flowers and their parts, examine works by Georgia O'Keeffe, and draw, color, or paint large flowers.

First graders sort toys by various attributes. They, in groups, sort toy vehicles by color, size etc. and then explain how they chose to group the toys. They write, draw or dictate an explanation of their sorting methods.

Students investigate the concepts of thrust and how rockets are launched into the air. They watch a clip of the television show Thunderbirds, and draw a basic diagram of the Thunderbird ships, labeling it with arrows to identify the...

Pupils study the history of stain glass. In this stain glass lesson, students select an art period and research the use of glass during that time. Pupils create a picture presentation of stained glass pictures from their town. Students...

Population density, it is not all that it is plotted to be. Pupils analyze a scatter plot of population versus area for some of the states in the US. The class members respond to eight questions about the graph, specific points and...

First graders study the attributes of circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. They sort shapes that are the same and those that are different into groups.

Students review types of polygons and list several examples of each. They assume the role of a landscape artist interviewing for a job. They create sketches of their plans for six polygonal gardens and write an expository paragraph...

Fifth graders work with polygons.