What is the difference between a private and a public place? The focus in this second lesson on family life and sexual health is building an understanding of the difference between the concepts of private and public and the...

Middle school environmentalists record the pH of four different liquids, including two aerosol cleaning products. They liken the products to acid rain and speculate in writing which might affect the human respiratory system. Although...

Going on a backpacking trip? You need to plan your meals and your snacks for sustenance. Help guide your pupils in the planning of healthy foods to take, and to make sure there is just the right amount. Have students pair up to plan so...

Explore reading comprehension and child safety in this young adult literacy instructional activity. High schoolers practice using context clues to figure out word meanings after observing a teacher model this process. They read an...

Students celebrate the summer by preparing a picnic together. In this early childhood lesson plan, students word together to prepare a picnic and develop fine motor and cooperative skills.

Students chill out on a hot day with this outdoor activity. In this early childhood physical education lesson, students have fun experimenting through play with ice and toy animals in water.

Students discover their playground is transformed into a fun, challenging action spot. In this early childhood physical education lesson, students are encouraged use large-motor skills as they make their way through an age-appropriate...

Students play together and learn together. In this early childhood lesson plan, students partake in any of the 10 listed here in order to explore healthful activities and foods.

Students discuss how to protect oneself from the sun.  In this sun safety lesson, students explore the movement of the sun throughout the day by tracing their shadows periodically using outdoor chalk.  Students discuss how the...

Students engage in and invent a variety of organized outdoor play activities to encourage cooperation and motor development. In this outdoor activities lesson, students are divided into three groups and organized in lines. Students play...

Students explore the benefits of staying active by going on a hike.  In this physical education lesson plan, students discuss the concept of a hike, where a good place to hike is and what types of foods are necessary to stay...

Students can turn the block area into a travel agency. In this early childhood problem solving lesson, students use creative-thinking and language skills as they design a play environment.

Learners play with dolls to act out feelings about a common experience. In this early childhood lesson plan, students use social, language, and fine motor skills while developing an understanding of their own bodies and the role of an...

Some disabled high schoolers have a difficulty understanding what is and what is not publicly appropriate behavior. Help them build healthy social skills by defining public and private behaviors, labeling public and private places, and...

Young scholars create a graphic organizer showing the importance of Vitamin D intake. In this Vitamin D lesson, Students list problems with Vitamin D deficiency and create poster boards in small groups. Individually, young scholars will...

Fifth graders design an accident chain to show indoor and outdoor safety precautions. In this safety lesson plan, 5th graders also take a quiz that is not provided.

Students identify ways that cardiovascular fitness is achieved and maintained. For this cardiovascular health lesson, students discuss what aerobic exercise is and list various activities which address cardiovascular fitness. Students...

Students explore persuasive writing in advertisements. In this advertisements activity, students evaluate tobacco advertisements for persuasion techniques. Students then create a counter advertisement against smoking.

Students focus on several objects which causes them to move in different directions during this outdoor activity.

Students learn about preventing sunburns. In this sun safety lesson, students explore the effects of the sun and find different types of protection from the sun. When finished students create a beach scene using real sand.

Third graders, in groups, practice outdoors with communication skills, leadership, trust, respect and creativity.

Children participate in several relay games in small groups.  In this creating outdoor relay races lesson, students develop motor skills and engage in activities that encourage teamwork and creative thinking.  Students...