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7 Ways for Gen Xers to Help Secure Their Retirement
Students explore the concept of budgeting. In this budgeting activity, students read an article about preparing for retirement. Students create a budget of household expenses during retirement and create a savings plan for that budget.
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Gardening for Beauty, Food, and Enjoyment
First graders create their own garden. In this plant lesson plan, 1st graders discover the essential elements for a plant to grow. They planted their own garden and read the amount of space needed and the sunlight preferred for each...
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How Can You Test Your Soil?
Young scholars investigate chemicals in soil samples. In this soil science lesson plan, students test local soil to measure the pH, nitrate, phosphate, and potassium content.
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Introduction to Nutrition and Gardening
Students examine the different parts of a plant and each ones role. In this exploratory lesson students complete several activities including a game of charades.
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Collecting and Recording Data# O
Learners observe plants growing over time, measure specific plant growth, and gather and record data on plan growth.
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Cotton Seed Planting
Students using scientific inquiry will observe and record in daily journals their findings on cotton seeds. They measure, graph, and then communicate their discoveries about plants to each other.
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Algae--Where does it Live?
Students discover algae. In this science lesson plan, students examine what green algae is and where it grows. Students test the growth of algae in four different types of water: lake water, well water, distilled water and tap water
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Sprouting Artwork
Learners complete activities to study seeds sprouting and plant growth. For this plant science lesson, students use mustard seeds and sponges to study the seed sprouting process. Learners observe their seeds for several days and complete...
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Proportions
Students study proportions. In this mathematics activity, students measure their body length, head length, and ratio of their body, write their findings on a group chart, and discuss how a person's head size or arm span are in proportion...
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Positive Tolerance
Students engage in a lesson that focuses on the principal of tolerance. They are given examples of what a school should be like. The goal of the lesson is to get the students to treat others fairly even if differences exist.
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Germs and How to Fight Them
Students learn how important it is to stay healthy. In this germ lesson plan, student learn what germs are and the effect they have on healthy bodies and explore how important it is to keep their bodies healthy through a classroom...
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Salty Sea Water
Students conduct an experiment to find out if there is salt in the ocean. For this scientific inquiry lesson, students pour a cup of salt water onto an aluminum plate and observe the changes over a few days. Students complete an included...
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What are rice farmers doing to help the environment with their water-filled rice fields?
Third graders research rice fields. In this rice fields lesson, 3rd graders discuss how fields contribute to the environment by providing an important food source for birds. They find the benefits of rice fields to water and soil as...
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Earth Day Egg Heads
Students grow their own egg heads. In this Earth Day lesson, students use egg cartons and egg shells to plant egg heads that can be moved to bigger gardens. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson to...
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Importance of Fresh Vegetables and Fruits in Our Diets
Learners explore the importance of fruits and vegetables in our diets. For this science lesson, students discuss various types of fruits and vegetables. Learners play the good health=good diet game. Students discuss types of fruits and...
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There's More To Sex Education Than AIDS Prevention
Students are introduced to the views on sexuality in the United States. In groups, they research data from five countries and compare them with the United States. Using the information, they develop reasons why the teenage pregnancy...
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"Where Do The 'Fungi's' Hang Out?"
Tenth graders engage in a lesson looking for the ideal conditions for microbial growth. The lesson is to be given once they have background knowledge about microbes. Students set up a lab in order to grow cultures over a period of two...
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Blue Planet: Seas of Life
Students study coral reefs and marine communities. In this investigative lesson students get into groups and are assigned a subject. In their groups they create a poster about their assigned topic.
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Shhh!!! I'm Reading!
Students practice reading silently decodable texts in this lesson plan. They discuss the importance of being able to read silently. They then practice silently reading "Wemberly Worried." An assessment/checklist is included in this...
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Spelling Strategies for Success
Students identify the meaning of the suffix "er" in given words and sort according to meaning. Students pair up for proofing of work, checking for correct sorting of words in categories of: no suffix, suffix that means "more," and...
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"In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae
Learners read the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. In this poetry lesson, students read the poem on an overhead transparency and discuss what actions can be used to illustrate it. Learners come up with their own movements to...
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Logs of Straw: Dendocronology
Learners investigate the age of trees by analyzing tree rings. In this dendocronology lesson plan, students examine sample images of tree rings and identify their age by the amount of rings. Learners complete a chart...
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Sowing Seeds of the Future
Young scholars explore how to preserve native wild plants and garden crops. In this science lesson, students play the role of botanists and research North American plants. Young scholars create a presentation about their findings.
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Cruise Indonesia
Students work together to create a cruise package to Indonesia. They collaborate on a travel brochure and coordinate daily activities for fictitious travelers to discover the diversity among the islands that make up Indonesia.