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Ad Creation from Admongo.gov
Young scholars explore consumerism by completing a worksheet. For this advertisement lesson, students discuss the relationship between the media and consumerism while analyzing advertisements from the Internet, magazines and T.V. Young...
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A Smarter Consumer
Young scholars explore advertisements. In this consumer literacy lesson, students discuss advertisements to help them make better buying decisions.
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Food Intake and Physical Activity
Fourth graders graph their estimations of caloric intake and caloric expenditures.
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Food Advertising Tricks
Students recognize techniques used to make food look appealing on television and in advertising, and explore the separate elements that compose media messages and products.
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Searching for Ourselves in Novels
Students select a novel of their choice and complete assignments that are self-assigned. Students display responsibility in completing self-assigned projects and meet deadlines.
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Comparisons
Second graders listen to read alouds of The Story of Ferdinand and Roberto and the Bull and view Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs online. In this reading lesson, 2nd graders compare and contrast the two stories using a...
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Government: The Mystery Epidemic
Students are able to identify some roles of government in dealing with the prevention and treatment of skin cancer. They are able to list two reasons why the occurrence of skin cancer in youths has increased.
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Habitat for Sale
Students are able to define habitat, and identify the four things that living things need to survive. They are able to describe how living things are adapted to their habitats.
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Oil Spill
Fourth graders watch a video about the types of products made from oil or oil used as energy to produce the product. In groups, they identify the positive and negative aspects of oil and participate in various activities. They use the...
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Make a Food Safety Brochure
Students create brochures that inform their families how to prepare and store food to prevent food-borne illnesses. They research food safety facts and proper food-handling techniques on the internet.
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Celebrity Philanthropists
Students research celebrity philanthropists. In this philanthropy lesson, students read an article about Andrew Carnegie and identify ways he was philanthropic. Students choose a celebrity philanthropist to research.
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Online Words
Students define spelling/vocabulary words using an online dictionary. In this Internet resources lesson plan, students learn how to use an online dictionary to look up the definitions of their spelling or vocabulary words.
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Signs of Spring
Learners identify the first signs of Spring. They track birds and butterflies on their journey North.
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Building a Pyramid
Fifth graders, in groups, research and create a poster or brochure examining the new food pyramid. They create a one-day menu that satisfies the requirements.
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Maniac Magee Lesson Plan
Fifth graders read Jerry Spinelli's, Maniac Magee, which focuses on homelessness, illiteracy, and racism. They research Jerry Spinelli's biography and other works using the Internet, and write an on-line book review of Maniac Magee.
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Animals of Madagascar
Students are each assigned an animal from Madagascar. They research their animal and design a picture book about their animal. Students design a cover page, back page, bibliography page and the title page. Their book will contain...
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Migrants and Immigration Jigsaw
Students examine facts and recognize that racism, prejudice and discrimination can result from ignorance. They brainstorm for common myths based on stereotyping. Students share their findings with their classmates.
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Flower Dissection
Students investigate th anatomy of a flower. They investigate the structures and processes by which flowering plants generate pollen, ovules, seeds, and fruit through dissection,
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Feel the Music
Students identify and demonstrate a positive learning attitude. They also demonstrate responsible emotional and cognitive behaviors and identify how to communicate clearly in oral, artistic, written, and nonverbal form. Finally, students...
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What a Character !
Students identify traits associated with a character in a biography. In this character analysis instructional activity, students select a biography and discuss character traits. Students complete a related worksheets and complete a...
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Food: Early American Food Cycles Web Quest
Learners complete a Web Quest on ways that Native Americans hunted for, harvested, stored, and prepared food and what types of natural foods were eaten. In this early American food cycles lesson, students discover many of the ways...
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How to Make Your Own Website
Young scholars explore technology by creating a web page on-line. In this digital arts activity, students identify the structure needed to create a website as well as the content required to keep visitors entertained. Young scholars...
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Stories of the Wrights' Flights
High schoolers examine primary sources to understand the work of Wright Brothers. In this aviation history activity, students study how primary documents and images are analyzed and write essays about the signifcance of primary...
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Digging Up The Facts
Students research environmental issues. In this environmental lesson, students use the Internet to research an environmental problem and list ten facts about it. Students write a summary of facts.