High schoolers explore vocabulary words related to groceries. Students examine words that can be used immediately, in every day life, particularly in the grocery store. They demonstrate the sounds of letters. High schoolers match labels...

Students use the internet to find pen pals to share in their weather experiment. Individually, they research the high and low temperatures for cities within the United States and email the results to their pen pal. They also develop a...

Sixth graders are introduced to online research and beginning PowerPoint presentations that are integrated. They pass a plant and photosynthesis. Students locate information on a self selected animal online. They give a PowerPoint...

Third graders investigate the concept of The Food Pyramid and its importance as a foundation for good health. They use the computer lab as a class to construct projects using the Kidpix software to make their own imitations of The Food...

Students identify the six most important hospitality habits and use them in their own jobs and communities. In this hospitality lesson, students identify the top hospitality habits and create a map of their town to use the habits in the...

Fourth graders explore what the U.S. Constitution is and why it is important, the purpose of the state constitution, and its relationship to the U.S. Constitution and the similarities and differences among federal, state and local...

Students explain the function of vitamins in their body. In this health lesson, students identify the six types of vitamins. They create a chart comparing two of them.

Students realize that aging is a "natural, continuous process" and develop sensitivity to the needs, desires, and capabilities of the elderly by interviewing elderly community members and photographing age related things.

Students explore the parts of the respiratory system in this six lessons unit. The lessons presnt the concepts of the breathing, the function of oxygen in the system, how sounds are made, and the effects of pollution, smoking and disease...

Students study using analogies between common items or occurrences and science concepts. They use the analogy of cookie recipes to that of the DNA "recipes" for living things to help us explain more about mutations.

Young scholars create a time line of their life starting at birth and each year after that up to their current age. They write and illustrate one important thing for each year, and place their time lines on poster board.

Students attempt to put puzzle pieces together with no prior knowledge. This activity shows students at the beginning of the year that history is like a puzzle, there are often missing pieces, and many ways the pieces can turn to look...

Learners observe a model of a wet scrubber. They discuss this and other methods of pollutant recovery. They discover how engineers use this information to protect the environment.

Third graders make and maintain a mini terrarium. They keep a daily journal of what happens in their terrarium and record daily observations and measurements.

Students identify which of the five senses is being used at a given time. They read "Brave Little Monster" by Ken Baker and then read the story again as they match student-made cards depicting the five senses to moments in the story.

Students identify and interpret the concept of an ecosystem and the potential impact humans have on ecosystems. They also proficient in organized and methodical Internet searches. Finally, students become proficient with public...

Students review ways to use the calculator to graph a function, solve an equation, calculate a numerical derivative, and calculate a definite integral. They practice using their calculator to solve a set of sample exercises. Students...

Middle schoolers perform a series of tasks that integrate hands-on inquiry-based activities with the Internet to explore sound and acoustics. They develop an acoustics Web page to show what they have learned.

Students recognize famous Black Americans and their roles in America's society. They create a database and slideshow presenting famous Black Americans and relevant facts of their lives.

Students explore the basics of interpreting RUSS temperature and oxygen profile data. They are introduced to the Geographic Information Systems (GIS), particularly with respect to interpreting maps.

Students research forms of and uses for pottery. They examine the people who created the pottery and create a presentation to exhibit their findings.

Students interact with the main concepts of a narrative text in the six lessons of this unit. The setting, prediction, retelling, sequencing, and the identification of the beggining, middle and end of a story are investigated.

Students practice their reading and speaking skills by expressing their opinions of characters.

Twelfth graders utilize the computer and various software programs in order to design a 3 dimensional package which they submit a cost estimate sheet of production in their oral presentation.