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What To Be or Not To Be
Students discuss and learn about jobs and workers found in their school and then in the world around them. Through the activities presented in the lesson, students will become familiar with various workers and their tools. The describe...
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Second graders study folktales and their characteristics. After brainstorming what they know about Africa, 2nd graders read a book about mosquitoes. In groups, students develop a graphic organizer about the characteristics of the...
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Oh, Say Can You See...
Learners explore the meaning behind "The Star-Spangled Banner." In this music lesson plan, students sing the first verse of the national anthem and watch several performances of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Learners define several...
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Lesson 2-Explore/Explain Sound Communication
Learners watch and listen to human speech and explore visual and audio cues that aid their understanding. During a short walk, students listen to the sounds around them and classify them as environmental, voiced, or musical.
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Applied Science - Built Environment (5) Pre Lab
Fifth graders look at the impact of sound and noise. For this sound lesson, 5th graders review the decibel and common sounds along with their noise levels. They complete a worksheet about the different sounds that one might hear during...
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Sounding Out CVCE Words
First graders explore vowels and consonants by participating in a flash card activity. In this phonetics lesson, 1st graders discuss the difference between short and long vowels and identify them within a story told to them by their...
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Vision Disorder
Students design a morning routine for a 60 year old female senior with vision disorder. In this biology lesson, students collaborate with their team to come up with possible solutions. They present at least two ideas of their design to...
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What Time Does the Last Worker Report?
Third graders explore the concepts of time and consumer goods. In this telling time lesson, 3rd graders respond to questions about the passage of time and goods and services. This lesson incorporates the use a video titled...
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Fill Me In
Second graders work on expanding their vocabulary. In this personal writing lesson, 2nd graders practice word identification and complete a worksheet by filling in the blanks.
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Pedal Triangles
Students identify the properties and theorems of triangles. In this geometry lesson, students construct angle bisectors using a compass and straight edge. They identify triangular similarity and congruency.
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Physical Differences
Students read the story The Ugly Duckling and discuss how all people are physically different. In this physical differences lesson plan, students read the book and then use flashcards and a hands on activity in order to explore people...
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If Those Dolls Were Real People
Students explore shape perceptions. In this body image lesson, students take measurements of childrens' toys and use ratios to determine what the dolls would look like if they were real human people. Students discuss the implications of...
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Rain Gardens for Controlling Excess Runoff
Students address the idea that human beings live within the world' ecosystems. They discuss how humans modify ecosystems as a result of population growth, technology, and consumption. Students discuss how the human destruction of...
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I Can See You
Second graders explore living without sight. In this senses lesson, 2nd graders review the different senses and what they use for each sense. Students discuss what it would be like to not be able to see and they read a story about a...
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Grammar and Punctuation
Students review grammar and punctuation rules from previous lessons. As a class, they work together to correct sentences on an overhead transparency. If there is a discrepancy about what needs to be changed, they must discuss the issue...
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Powerpoint Portfolio
Students create a ten slide Powerpoint presentation as the culminating project for their Language Arts class. Slides include information based on a school related topic or question. Powerpoint presentations are peer reviewed by the class.
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Modular Mathematics
Students are introduced to modular mathematics. They start by making clocks for different bases. They use their clocks to count, using the base, and then finding the mod or remainder. They explore both positive and negative numbers with...
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Physical Differences
Students recognize that everyone is different. In this physical differences instructional activity, students participate in three activities highlighting differences among people. In activity one, students discover differently "abled"...
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ESL: People Vocabulary
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students match names of people with brief descriptions. A reference web site is given for additional resources.
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A Historical and Educational Perspective on American Sign Language
Using Sign Language to Communicate with Your Special-Needs Students in the Classroom
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Looks Like Christmas: Exploring Sight
Students participate in various hands-on activities to determine what life is like without the sense of sight.
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Don't Let Pressure Get to You
Students study the ways peers can pressure them on a daily basis. They watch video segments on how to better deal with peer pressure.
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Sieve of Eratosthenes
Students discover the Sieve of Erathosthenes. They explore a method to find all the prime numbers in a group of numbers. Using models, students practice divisibility rules while examining the difference between prime and composite numbers.
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One, Two Jumping Fish
Students watch video segments of counting fish. They participate in counting fish in an activity.