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Born of Blood

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use a large Punnett Square and infer how genes determine blood types.  In this blood type lesson students predict blood types and demonstrate how Punnett Squares are related to genes and chromosomes. 
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Rhythm - "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice rhythm and beat. In this music lesson plan, 1st graders sing and clap to the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy".  They find the rhythm of the music and practice making rhythm with other instruments.
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Mock Fly-Tying

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students make their own fly-fishing flies.  In this aquatic macroinvertebrates lesson, students look at images of different species of aquatic macroinvertebrates.  Students compare the similarities and differences among the...
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Feeling Flashbacks

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate feelings with their class.  In this feelings instructional activity, students mingle with their class and share a specific personal feeling with a random student.  Students record their experience in their...
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Finding Balance

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners explore how an artist uses the force of gravity to create balance in a sculpture. In this sculpting lesson, students create their own sculpture applying concepts from the lesson.
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Things That Make Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate sound. In this physics lesson, students listen to a variety of sounds on a tape recorder and use picture cards to hold up the picture card for each sound used.
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Retelling The Three Little Pigs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students retell the story The Three Little Pigs.  In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students listen to the story of The Three Little Pigs and discuss the main events of the story. Students prepare a skit of one...
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Line Symmetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify line symmetry. In this geometry instructional activity, 4th graders are given various pictures and identify if they are symmetrical. Students search through magazines for symmetrical pictures.
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Mathematics: Technology and Connections

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders interpret and replicate patterns. For this patterns lesson, 6th graders are given an item with a definite pattern which they must replicate using a calculator or computer and then justify how they relate. Students...
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The Living Environment

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders show what they know about plant and animal cells. In this cell project instructional activity, 6th graders get to choose a project based on their learning style. They can create a visual representation of cells, auditory...
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Listening and Speaking Skills, Strategies, and Applications

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders summarize a speaker's purpose and point of view. In this speaker's purpose lesson, 12th graders watch a video clip from one of the major morning news programs to observe the speaker's point of views. Students determine...
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Roman Empire: Physical Framework - Location, Borders, Dimensions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students relate the classical world to the modern world. In this map skills instructional activity, students turn a blank map into a colorful complete map by following step-by-step directions. This instructional activity allows students...
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Stories Behind Pacific Northwest First Nations' Images

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate Canadian culture by examining mascots of the 2010 Olympics.  In this Canadian history lesson, students read a Vancouver Olympics guide to identify three Canadian mascots and their importance to the First Nations...
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Earthquake on the Playground

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate earthquakes by examining chart data.   In this disasters lesson, students identify the waves that are recorded when an earthquake arises by reading sample graphs in class.  Students participate in an...
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Early Explorers

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students answer short answer questions and participate in a role play where they are explorers being interviewed. In this early explorers lesson plan, students discuss why it is beneficial to be the first one in a place.
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Immigration

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the American immigration experience. In this immigration lesson, 8th graders watch a video about Ellis Island and discuss the processing that took place there. Students write letters in the voice of American...
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Number Lines

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a human number line. In this number lines lesson, 3rd graders review how to create a number line and its purpose. Students form a human number line by drawing a number from a bag and positioning themselves on a line.
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1,000 Cranes with a Pal

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write a letter to a pen pal about the book they read 1,000 Cranes in Hiroshima. In this writing lesson plan, students write about the conflicts and events that occurred in the book.
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Immigration/Migration

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the immigration into America by researching Ellis Island. In this United States History lesson, 6th graders research the Internet to view photographs and find information about the immigration to Ellis Island....
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Governance

For Teachers K
Students explore government by researching Native American history. In this First Nations culture lesson, students define the Aboriginal action of speaking in a circle as a group. Students discuss their likes and dislikes with the class...
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Treaties

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate Canadian history by examining the alliances made in the past. For this Canadian treaties lesson, 5th graders identify the Native Americans of Canada, known as the First Nations people or Aboriginals. Students...
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Treaties

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore Canadian maps. In this map skills and Canadian history lesson plan, students locate reserves that originated from treaties made while establishing the Saskatchewan First Nation reserve communities. Students research...
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Comparing and Ordering Integers

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students compare and order integers on an umber line. For this algebra lesson, students differentiate between positive and negative numbers. They plot point in the correct order on a number line.
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How Do I Learn Best?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students discover their learning styles. In this language arts activity, students read about the various learning styles. Students determine their learning style and discuss how they can use this knowledge.

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