Students explore addition facts with sums to 18. Using Unifix cubes, students demonstrate addition sentences. They use a variety of manipulatives to illustrate addition facts for different sums. Students participate in a flash card game...

Students research wild animals in cooperative groups and use their information to construct habitat dioramas. They demonstrate competence in using different information sources, including those of a technical nature, to accomplish...

Fifth graders explore number meanings and their relationship. Using place value clues and base-ten blocks, 5th graders build a models of numbers and determine their value. To reinforce number relationship, students participate in a...

Students predict and test different items to see if they sink or float. In this sink and float lesson plan, students predict whether an item is buoyant or not, and learn that size and weight do not matter when it comes to buoyancy.

Students design their own energy conservation lesson plan to teach elementary school students. They use this lesson to determine if they would like to pursue a teaching career

Students participate in an intercultural E-mail exchange throughout a semester. They send newsletter to international penpals/keypals.

Students research burial tombs of ancient Egypt. Acting as pharaohs of Egypt, students create burial plans to decide what items they would include in their own tombs and why. They find another student to analyze their plan.

Fourth graders research an artist, write a short report and do an oral presentation.

Eighth graders use technology to make a map of Canada in 1867 and 1873.

Students submit rough drafts of position papers and post them on computer networks for review.

Seventh graders create a brochure for a fictional pharmaceutical company.

Students explore sources for funding college educations. They compile a portfolio of information gathered during their research.

Students research colleges to determine possible choices based on established guidelines. They compile a portfolio of information gathered during their searches.

Students create two types of maps.  In this map skills instructional activity, students discuss map vocabulary and view maps of Florida.  Students draw a free hand map of Florida and include major cities, bodies of water and...

Students identify and analyze ancient Egypt and interpret how to develop bibliographical references. They research topics using multiple resources and various forms of media of media. Finally, students practice and deliver an oral...

Students locate objects using a Global Positioning System. In this global geography lesson, students explore latitude and longitude using a GPS in order to locate objects.

Students, in groups, publish an integrated and functional web page. They create action plans and establish daily and weekly objectives, and then use cameras and video cameras to tak epictures and short movies of school activities.

Fourth graders listen to different types of music, then categorize them into two different areas of classification.

Pupils ask a professional volcanologist a question online. This instructional activity allows students to ask questions that they have chosen, and it makes scientists seem more personal to Pupils.

Students create and tend to an outdoor compost pile. They research about decomposition and composting. They create two activities for their peers to complete.

Pupils build two, three, and four digit numbers using base ten blocks and round those numbers. In this rounding numbers lesson, students work in pairs and build numbers using base ten blocks.

Learners demonstrate an understanding of healthy eating habits and of following a fitness program. They visit Yosemite Institute.

Students learn about one scientist's quest to make her field of canopy ecology accessible to a wider audience and to synthesize their knowledge by developing toy figures that could potentially educate children about different scientific...

High schoolers examine classic propaganda techniques to analyze factors which influence learning and thinking processes influencing formation of public opinion through these lessons.