Young scholars determine how buying on credit adds to the total cost of an item by computing the interest. They find a major item advertised in a magazine and identify the price. Then they identify the rate of a credit card and calculate...

Students engage in a lesson about finding information from the grocery store to put into data that can be measured. The data is found in advertisements and food labels. They plan the cost of a party when using the unit cost of various...

Students answer time and money questions to solve a mystery. In this time and money lesson plan, students act as detectives to find Secret Agent Stan's identification number by answering questions from his logbook involving elapsed time...

St that people have wants and must find ways to get them. In this philanthropy instructional activity, learners understand the ways people get things and arrange a penny drive to help others. Students arrange an artistic project to...

Middle schoolers access prior knowledge to list careers working with the environment. In this environmental careers lesson, students create a want ad for environmental jobs. Middle schoolers complete job applications for specific...

Third graders draw leaves. In this tree and leaf identification lesson, 3rd graders find 4 or 5 trees that are on their home property and collect samples from them. Students work in groups to identify the leaves and compare those answers...

Students recognize that people have various opinions on the use of renewable energy.In this renewable energy lesson, students research to find the best uses of renewable energy. Students create an original design for a group...

Students examine samples from various types of trees. For this trees and wood lesson, students review The Giving Tree and complete a KWL chart on trees.  Students brainstorm what we get from trees and view wood samples with...

In this water cycle instructional activity, 3rd graders conduct an experiment where they observe and calculate how water transpires in different types of trees.  Students engage in a class discussion and use Venn Diagrams to compare...

Young scholars list all the ways humans use trees and tree by products. In this lesson students watch a video, discuss the impact trees have on humans, and research common products made from trees. The young scholars use their findings...

Young scholars create a collage of wood products labeled by type of wood product.  In this product engineering lesson, middle schoolers work in groups to find pictures of solid wood products, engineered wood products, wood pulp,...

Sixth graders observe school ground trees planted nearly 3 decades ago.  For this ecology lesson, 6th graders examine a group of trees planted near their campus and measure the diameter, circumference and growth of the tree compared...

Students examine leaves and the trees in their neighborhood that they came from.  In this ecology lesson, students read the book, I Can Name 50 Trees Today, and discuss how a tree goes from a forest to a wood shop.  Students...

Young scholars find similarities and differences between a biotrope habitat and an ecosystem.  In this hardbottom biotrope lesson, students research and respond to inquiry questions about a biotrope.  Young scholars identify...

Students compare and contrast side-scan sonar to other methods used to find objects underwater. In this underwater search lesson, students describe side-scan sonar and make inferences about the topography of an unknown landscape. This...

Students discover the relationship between tectonic plate boundaries and the communities of life that thrive at such boundaries. For this biology lesson, students find that methane from oxidized carbon in sediments provides nutrients for...

Young scholars discuss biological diversity in ocean communities. In this diversity lesson, students examine the variety of organisms compared to relative abundance. They will write an analysis and discuss their findings with the class.

Learners explore algal blooms.  In this ecosystem and health lesson, students define and describe harmful algal blooms, then discuss ways in which the impact of these algal blooms could be reduced.  Learners work in groups to...

Learners view objects sorted by one characteristic and name that characteristic.  In this sorting rule lesson, students explore to find a new characteristic and write a description of that rule.  In early grades the rule might...

Students explore how statistics can be interpreted in different ways.  In this probability lesson students complete a class lab activity then discuss their findings.

Discuss the importance of comprehension and the use of summarization with your class. Through guided practice, they follow three steps in finding and highlighting important information, deleting information that is not needed and...

HUH? WHAT? YES! Peers are prompted to label parts of a peer's writing where they find information inadequate, confusing, or effective.

Read about the ways that different cultures set up homes with a set of reading activities. Learners read short paragraphs that cover one or more different ideas, and answer four questions about what they have read, including whether or...

Get the inside scoop on the European explorer, Christopher Columbus, with a response to reading activity that requires scholars to answer who, what, why, when, and a variety of other questions about the word crew.