Learners study benthic communities in the Gulf of Mexico and explain their roles.  In this investigative lesson plan students participate in a group activity and study how to calculate and index of biological communities. 

Learners study seawater and how temperature and salinity influence it.  For this oxygen lesson students complete a lab activity on dissolved oxygen. 

Students explore an imagist poem. In this poetry lesson students write a poem in the imagist's style using "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams as an example. The poems are read aloud and discussed.

Students research and listen to a variety of American music genres and create a written comparison between three of the styles.

Students explore the aspects of a frog's anatomy that allow it to be such a good jumper and jump and record the length of each jump to determine which style of jumping allows them to jump the farthest.

Students are given an obscure topic and told to generate six related questions they think a reader might be interested in knowing. They switch papers and answer each other's questions as 'fraud' experts in their best technical writing...

Students investigate the American Revolutionary War era from the perspective of Britain and the American colonists by researching causes, effects, events and people. They compare the views of the Colonists, and the British and recognize...

Students explore the conflicts which evolved into the Civil War. Students examine the differences between the north and the south. They discuss slavery and the battles during the war. Students create a mural and write battle songs...

Students decode musical notation and then synthesize and apply by notating their own musical composition. Students draw various rhythmic examples which are equal in time duration. They notate and count rhythmic patterns. Additional cross...

Students explore pop art. They research the history of pop art and identify artist (s) responsible for this movement. Students produce a print using images from our culture. Additional cross curriculum activities are included.

Learners practice finding the least common multiple of two numbers.  In this practice finding the least common multiple of two numbers lesson plan, students play head-to-head against their classmates.  Learners play a version...

Students participate in various activities which address Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. In this holiday lesson, students are exposed to Hebrew songs and construct Haiku poems about Yom Kippur.

Students explore practical problems that are related to scuba diving.  In this oxygen lesson students complete a lab activity. 

High schoolers explore how different species thrive.  In this speciation lesson students research and complete a lab activity.

Students create unique art piece from litter. In this visual art lesson, students learn the importance of recycling and create a unique art piece. Students construct collages.

Students research the Civil War and make connections between the war and the interpretation of the war in the novel The Red Badge of Courage to help them understand realism. In this Civil War recounting lesson, students complete several...

Students examine how oceanographers use chemical and physical parameters of seawater to locate hydrothermal vents.  In this ocean instructional activity students complete an activity and worksheets. 

Students study Robert Munsch's style of writing. In this literature lesson plan, students read many of Robert Munsch's books, write a list of the characteristics found in his books, and write or orally tell a...

Second graders practice using punctuation in run-on sentences. In this punctuation mini-lesson, 2nd graders listen to the book Punctuation Takes a Vacation. They read their own sentences and try to find where they end. 

Students compare and contrast tabloid and broadsheet papers. In this journalism lesson, students examine how techniques and form differs from one type of publication to the other. The culminating activity is for students to take what...

Students study A Raisin in the Sun. Students study new vocabulary through a game of bingo. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech "I Have a Dream" as a supplementary text. Students create their own bingo cards.

Students read the story Quaking by Kathryn Erskine about a girl who moves in with people who clash with her style. In this holocaust lesson plan, students also answer discussion questions.

Students explore language arts by participating in a class game. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sounds that vowels make in words and identify the different vowels. Students utilize index cards with words on them to...

Get to know more about the characters of the novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis by comparing and contrasting their character traits using a Venn diagram.