Pupils identify the items and events that make adaptive sports possible. In this adaptive sports instructional activity, students research how accomplishments are obtained for people with disabilities.  Pupils research different...

After visiting websites about the Special Olympics, your class creates trading cards about people with disabilities and the adaptations that have been made for them in sports. 

Geometric shapes are really cool. Examine triangles, quadrilaterals, trapezoids, rhombuses, parallelograms, pentagons, and hexagons with your class. They draw large shapes and small shapes then compare them to understand their shapely...

In this biology instructional activity, students identify and write the various species that are still present today. Then they define evolution using three words. Students also describe what a fossil is and give some examples related to...

Third graders determine that the larger the denominator the more parts the whole is being divided into. They use fractions to communicate and compare parts of the whole. They discover what the numerator and denominator of a fraction...

Students engage in a instructional activity which uses resources from the PBS show, Between the Lions to help identify the sound "e" in words that are written, read and sung.

Students create "cowboy ballads" in this interactive, multi-day lesson. The cowboy is researched using various sources and class discussions. Students evaluate individual work at the end of the lesson.

Students identify foods that belong in each group on the food guide pyramid. They discuss how TV and peers may negatively influence eating habits.

Fifth graders investigate the basic persuasive techniques employed in advertising. They identify three examples of propaganda/persuasive techniques, complete an observation chart, take an advertising quiz, complete a spreadsheet that...

Young scholars explore air pollution. In this ecology and air pollution instructional activity, students perform an experiment in which a Vaseline coated lid is placed inside and outside the classroom. Young scholars make predictions and...

Students examine rules of soccer, focusing on basic skills necessary to play, create imaginary team, match players with positions that best fit their skill levels and personalities, and practice new skills with classmates.

Students work in small groups to brainstorm hypotheses about mysterious science photographs, read and interpret answers to the science photographs, cooperatively develop a set of clues for the images and develop their own science photo...

Students complete an activity that illustrates the concepts of giving accurate instructions and computer programming. They also identify the relationship of the instructions/code to computer programming. Students then create a peanut...

Students explore constructive ways of handling conflict. In this conflict resolution instructional activity, students brainstorm things that make them angry, sad, happy, etc. Students listen to a story and identify ways the characters...

Students explore critical thinking by conducting a reaction time experiment. In this human brain lesson, students utilize a timed Internet worksheet activity to research how fast their brain works when answering questions. Students share...

Students use Lewis and Clark's journals to identify the forms of non-verbal communication they used. They discover the problems they faced on their journey and how they overcame them. They practice using the non-verbal language of the...

Students review the conversion of fractions to decimals, develop strategies to compare fractions perform complex calculations using ratio techniques similar to the construction of fractions.

Learners explore tigers, India's national animal, discuss importance of protecting tigers and Earth's diverse ecosytems, investigate distribution of tigers in world, identify characteristics of tigers, examine natural habitat, and...

Pupils analyze global issues. In this video podcasting lesson plan, pupils research Internet and print sources regarding selected global development issues. Pupils plan and create video podcasts that feature their research findings.

Students analyze the relationship between radius and diameter.  Students read Sir Cumference and the First Round Table then take measurements of circular items from around the room.  Students compute the radius, diameter...

Students investigate the Middle Ages and it's relation to the theater.  In this acting instructional activity, students read Arthurian stories form the Middle Ages and practice using vocabulary words from the Medieval Times....

In this capitalization interactive workhsheet, students read seven sentences and select the proper capitalization for each sentence.

In this eating a healthy lunch worksheet, students fill in a crossword puzzle as they figure out the answers to 15 clues going across and down.

Students compare the amount of waste that comes from different bags of equivalent amounts of potato chips and decide which would produce the least amount of waste. They discuss recycling and other ways they can reduce waste.