Curated OER
Mississippian Regalia
Learners research the Mississippian culture and how the regalia people distinguish themselves and their different roles in society.
Curated OER
Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 9: Bringing It To A Fine Gloss-ary
Students create a glossary of geometric terms while exploring tangram manipulatives.
Curated OER
Tony's Bread
Students listen to the book, TONY'S BREAD by Tomie DePaola. They review what the first letter is of their first names. Then each child creates his/her initial by rolling bread dough into the shape and decoates it with candied fruit...
Curated OER
LET'S PLAY
Pupils explore music, patterns, notes, and instrumentation. They practice the proper technique at a keyboard and perform a simple three note pattern.
Curated OER
Turtle Sightings
Third graders research turtles and the ways they have adapted to their marine environment. They work in groups and publish their findings using SiteMaker a web-authoring tool.
Curated OER
Apple Eaters
Young scholars sample a variety of apples and graph group results for the class favorites. They orally explain the graph.
Curated OER
Textile Selection
Students identify various textiles and factors that lead to the selection of specific textiles. They put their knowledge of textiles to use by selecting the textiles that they would use in an interior that they have designed.
Curated OER
Tricky T
Students practice the corresponding phonemes associated with the letter and sound symbol to T. They identify the letter, write it and also identify pictures that display it's beginning sound. Students also interact with the book,...
Curated OER
The Earth is an Orange
Students examine and identify the various types of maps. Using two types of maps, they compare the data that can be gathered from each one. They also identify and locate the continents and the oceans. They review the purposes of each...
Curated OER
Clothing Color Wheel -- Lesson 2
Students review the primary, secondary and tertiary colors. Using magazines and fabrics, they create a color wheel to show the correct order of colors. To end the lesson, they share their color wheels to the class and discuss why they...
Curated OER
Stars and the Sun
Sixth graders research and state the differences between different stars and the sun. They tie the magnificence of space with the science fiction novel, "I Robot." Several worksheets and discussions are also covered within this lesson plan.
Curated OER
Introductions
Students participate in the introductions at the beginning of the semester. As a class, they brainstorm questions that can be asked to gain more information about their classmates. Working in pairs, the students interview each other and...
Curated OER
Pair Interviews
Students participate in the introductions at the beginning of a new course. As a class, they brainstorm questions that can be asked to gain more information about their classmates. Working in pairs, the students interview each other and...
Curated OER
Homelessness:Key Terms
Students explore the concept of homelessness. In this social issues activity, students research homelessness through key terms, in order explore the concept in more depth.
Curated OER
MAKE A STATEMENT!
Learners design and make their own bumper sticker with an environmental statement.
Curated OER
Friendships Tied in Knots
Fourth graders engage in a instructional activity which emphasizes characteristics of healthy friendships and how these characteristics can be utilized to solve the knots in the rope representing an unhappy friend relationship.
Curated OER
Going My Way?
Students discuss how each one of them leaves school each day. They create and analyze a class graph displaying the information collected.
Curated OER
Who Is That Masked Man?
Fifth graders write a narrative essay describing what happened in the classroom after a nystery person has visited.
Curated OER
Virtual Scavenger Hunt
Students use their books and the Internet to explore and find specific information about the Native Americans that were in Florida during the 1500's.
Curated OER
Finding the Missing Letters and Sequencing
Students discover missing letters of the alphabet. In this letter recognition lesson plan, students identify the missing letters in a short alphabet sequence. Students complete a worksheet as an assessment.
Other
Duke: Center for Inquiry Based Learning
Duke University has established the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning. It serves to enhance math and science lessons. Click on Resources for good examples of Inquiry-based lesson plans.