Curated OER
Area Lesson Plan
Learners manipulate a variety of materials and computer applets in order to explore area and the units used to measure it.
Curated OER
How to Teach Students about Acid and Acid Rain
How acidic is your rainwater? Use these lesson plans to get students thinking about how acids affect the environment in which we live.
Curated OER
Making a Multiplication Lesson Matter
Teaching students about multiplication can be made a little easier with lessons that will peak their interest.
Curated OER
Wildflower Beautification Project
Students, in cooperative groups, design and create a wildflower garden for the community. They write letters to property owners requesting use of their land and then write invitations to their parents and to local, state, and federal...
University of Minnesota
Beautiful Brain: Do You See What I See?
Can art play tricks on your eyes, and can a still painting really appear to vibrate? The second lesson in a four-part series discusses the way our beautiful brains translate visual images. It highlights the style of optical art and...
Curated OER
Animal Science Research Report
Students research an animal. In this research lesson, students utilize various types of technology to gather information about an animal. Students create a class blog and use digital photography for their research.
Curated OER
What Is Kwanzaa?
Students use vocabulary related to Kwanzaa. They identify main ideas and details related to the celebration of Kwanzaa and summarize information about Kwanzaa. They make picture books appropriate for first and second graders.
Curated OER
Set Up Your Own Apartment
Students divide into groups and 'set up' an apartment together making lists of items to purchase from an allowance of money. They gain practice with basic equations in a real life context.
Curated OER
Lesson plan: History Underfoot
Students study Native Americans of Virginia. In this Virginia history lesson, students take on the role of archaeologists as they analyze a site and its artifacts. Students use the information to draw conclusions about the natives who...
Curated OER
Learning About the Great Inventor: Thomas Edison Lesson Plans
Thomas Edison facts can inspire students to create their own inventions, and persevere despite adversity.
Curated OER
Family Fitness
Students visit sites that contain information about a variety of health and fitness activities. They analyze the activities according to several criteria, and describe how their particular activity choices can contribute to a healthy...
Curated OER
Faces of the Family
Middle schoolers and teachers share their individual concept of families to begin the lesson. As they read different pieces of literature, they keep a journal of the activities and problems each main character gets into. To end the...
Curated OER
Whale of a Web Site
Pupils research the characteristics of toothed/baleen whales in books and on the internet. The students participate in whale projects, quizzes, and activities on the internet sites provided.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition: Complete the Addition Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video [0:56] and practice questions where students find a missing number in addition sentences with sums to 1000.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition Select the Incorrect Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice finding the addition sentence that is not equal to the desired sum.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition: 3 Digits
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video and practice questions on adding 3-digit numbers with regrouping. [1:32]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition Complete the Addition Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to work backwards to solve a 3-digit addition problem. The video is followed by practice problems covering the topics in the video.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition: Select the Correct Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video and practice questions with sums to 1000 where students determine which addition sentence matches the given sum. [1:07]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition Select the Correct Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to solve addition problems to determine which math sentence matches the given sum. The video is followed by practice problems covering the topics...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition Select the Incorrect Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to solve addition problems to determine which math sentence does not match the given sum. The video is followed by practice problems covering the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition 3 Digits
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to solve a 3-digit addition problem. The video is followed by practice problems covering the topic in the video.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition Select the Correct Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to determine which addition problem matches the given sum. The video is followed by practice problems covering the topics in the video.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Elementary Math Club: Number Paths
Learners explore connections between addition, subtraction, and multiplication. In addition, students review place value and learn about the distributive law. The lesson plan includes an overview and a lesson toolkit.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Adding Pictures Sums to 20
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video utilizes a picture model to describe how to add sums up to 20. The video is followed by additional practice problems.