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Alphabet Rubbings
Students create alphabet rubbings. In this visual arts lesson, students use sand paper and crayons to make alphabet rubbings. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Corn Sayings
Students create corn sayings. In this visual arts lesson, students use kernel corn and other art materials to make autumn message artwork. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Here We Go
Learners take a closer look at the World Cup of 2006. In this current events lesson, students research the listed Web sites that include information about football and the worldwide competition. Learners discuss the positive and negative...
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Outbreak!
Students study and research drug-resistant bacteria and the use of antibiotics. Through the use of the internet, and other resources, students gather information and create a board game. They discuss bacteria, antibodies, antibiotics...
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Pyramid Panic Lesson
Students research human health by identifying fatty and sugary foods. In this food choices lesson, students discuss the five food groups and examine the healthiest choices from each group. Students utilize the web to complete a health...
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To Tell The Truth
Young scholars play "To Tell The Truth" Art History style in this fun and interactive game for the upper-elementary Art classroom. Included in the lesson is a detailed set of rules and suggestions for successful classroom implementation.
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Out and About: Football
Students explore British football. In this current events instructional activity, students visit the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum, and the Manchester United Museum online or in person to discover the history of...
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Pyramid Power
Students observe human health by analyzing different food groups. In this food pyramid instructional activity, students utilize the web to complete an interactive food pyramid game as well as research the nutrition encyclopedia. Students...
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Science: Total Recall
Third graders attempt to recall details about a person entering the classroom while they are involved in another activity. They test their skills of observation and memories by playing an interactive memory game.
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Math: Football Fever Fun
Students compile statistics from high school or other football team and construct a spreadsheet on which to record their findings. Using Chart Wizard to analyze the data, they construct charts and graphs for a visual display of the...
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Simple Route Map
Students demonstrate how to locate features on a Landscape Picture Map. In this map skills lesson, students locate and circle places where they would go to mail a letter, return a library book, or play a baseball game.
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Bird Feeder
Students make bird feeders In this spring craft lesson, students follow the provided instructions to make peanut butter bird feeders. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Teaching Kids About Healthy Foods: Snacks Alternatives
Students inspect human health by participating in a class game. For this nutrition lesson, students examine an interactive food pyramid and discuss the healthy alternatives to their typical diets. Students complete a flash card activity...
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It's a Small World After All
Learners link important individuals who shaped the news in 2002 by playing a variation of a game based on the idea that all people can be connected with 6 or less associations between them. They propose appropriate New Year's resolutions.
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Euro 2008
Students discover details about the world of British football. In this current events lesson, students browse selected websites to explore the work and history of the game, the Euro 2008, and the business aspects of the game in Britain.
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How to be the Host with the Most
Students discover details about the Olympic bidding process. In this current events lesson, students research the listed Web sites that include information about London's bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.
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PE Sports and Activities Workbook
This worksheet provides 20 statements that require class members to locate someone to whom each applies; for example, "likes the same sports team." This is a good icebreaker activity that facilitates cooperation, but it has little other...
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Olympics Trivia Challenge
In this Olympics Trivia worksheet, students find and use resources on their own to complete a set of 15 questions about the Olympic Games.
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Let's Go to the Farm
Students explore corresponding letters of the alphabet with the corresponding phonemes using farm animals. They create a classroom word wall of the items they saw on a trip to the farm or zoo. Students create pictures to go along with...
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Fantasy Visualization
Young scholars view and discuss a selection of paintings from Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, and other Surrealist artists. They play a game in which each person in a group writes a sentence and passes it on to the next person without...
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Oh Deer!
Pupils discuss the components necessary to keep animal populations alive . Then they participate in a game where they interact as deer, food, water, and shelter. The activity demonstrates that nature is not static, but changes with the...
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Buying a Car
Young scholars complete the PLATO ¿¿ Educational Software instructional activity: Math Problem Solving: Car Costs to determine if he/she can afford to drive the car they are planning to buy.
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The Life Cycle of the Butterfly
Second graders study the life cycle of a butterfly by observing metamorphosis taking place in a butterfly pavilion. Students illustrate their understandings of the body parts of a caterpillar and butterfly, as well as the life cycle,...
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FUN-damental movement!
Students move within the gymnasium area while working on color/shape recognition, change of speed and directional movements, and cooperation/teamwork. For this FUN-damental movement lesson, students work in partners on a treasure chest...