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Paws in Jobland: Getting to Know Paws in Jobland
Students browse occupations that interest them. In this career lesson plan, students examine the features of jobs as they explore career interests and learn how to find career information.
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Texas Regions and Native Americans of Texas
Fourth graders research to find the regions of Texas. In this technology lesson, 4th graders create a Kid Pix project showing the location of various regions of Texas. Students show where in those regions Native American...
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That's A "GIRLS" Job!
Students discuss the traditional roles of men and women at home and in the working world. In this gender lesson, students observe someone who holds a job usually thought to be held by one gender. Students direct their...
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Identification of Career Choices
Student examine gender in career choices. In this career lesson, students are given a list of careers and asked to put them in groups of male. female, and neutral. Students also look through magazines and cut out pictures of people in...
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Interior Design- Textiles
Young scholars investigate natural and synthetic fibers. In this textiles instructional activity, students pass around samples of carpet, drapes and clothing and decide what they are made of. Young scholars use KWL charts to organize...
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Construction: A Thematic Unit
Students research different city departments and organizations that make up a city and choose a type of house to model. In this construction lesson students build their own city and present it to the class.
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Paws in Jobland: Aspects of Working Life
Young scholars discover concepts related to working conditions and practices. In this career lesson plan, students research information pertaining to specific jobs and then present it to their peers.
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Child Safety Brochure
Students practice communication skills through brochure writing. In this child safety brochure lesson, students gather important child safety information and rewrite it into a brochure. Students must use correct language....
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Getting a Driver's License
Students practice study strategies for the Ohio driver license test. In this driver's license lesson, students read the Vehicle Laws booklet and highlight important information. They create questions that might be on the test.
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Pay Check Advance Loan
Students research loans. In this financial lesson plan, students explore the benefits and drawbacks of applying for a pay-day advance loan. Students compare different programs and calculate interest owed. Multiple resources are provided.
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SPACE CITY
Students learn the components of personal space by using hula hoops and role playing fire engines, police cars, taxi cabs, and cars.
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Family Search We All Came To America
Eighth graders participate in a computer based Family Search Unit. They use multimedia resources to research their country of origin, conduct interviews, and use software to produce narratives, databases, spreadsheets and graphs in this...
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Cookie Creations
Students, in teams, create and prepare an original cookie recipe. They market their cookie by designing creative packaging and advertising. They compete with other groups in a cookie contest.
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Career Exploration
Young scholars complete a unit about career choices. They conduct research on a selected career that interests them, conduct an interview, explore various websites, create a five-page HyperStudio stack, and write ten checks that relate...
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Successful Interviewing
After performing a variety of pre-activities, students will complete steps that lead to a successful interview. Activities will include preparation for the interview, marketing oneself, follow-up and assessment. The students will...
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Using Excel, the Internet, And Word To Create a Spreadsheet, Chart, And Instructions
Students improve data entry in a spreadsheet.
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A Fun Alternate Way to Teach Children Keyboarding1
Students use mnemonics rather than mindless repetition to help them remember keyboard locations. They examine the left side home row, backspace key, and space bar using large, teacher-made keyboard.
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Texture in Fashion
Students participate in an activity where they are blindfolded to guess what type of fabric it is, relying on their sense of touch. They discuss different items in the classroom that have texture and give a list of words that describe...
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Handwashing and Sanitation
Students experience and visualize first hand the importance of proper hand washing through a hand washing experiment with different temperatures of water and with a different length of time to wash. They prevent food-borne illness and...
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Internet Scavenger Hunt
Students complete a webquest. They practice the tools needed and the variety of information available on the Internet to enhance their physical education/ personal fitness classes in an internet lab/cooperative learning environment.
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Personal Learning Profile Project
Students take notes on a prepared advanced organizer. They analyze dreams and goals across many parts of life and create different types (paths) of goals to accomplish dreams. They classify dreams and goals generated across these ...
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Introduction to Photojournalism
Students reflect on the experiences of young people involved with civil rights activism They analyze journalistic photographs and how to use a digital camera
and basic digital photo editing techniques.
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Formulate an Inquiry
Students define questions and issues to be investigated through the photo essay. They practice interviewing skills and write questions defining the topics they want to investigate in their photo essays.
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Compare Ethical And Non-ethical Workplace Attitudes
Students interpret work-related situations and communicate (written or verbal) ethical responses. They l include in their response the impact of the ethical consideration in the scenarios on customer service. They create another...