Is the ocean blue at all depths? Nope! Explore the science behind the light spectrum in deep, dark waters. The lesson recommends watching The Blue Planet: Open Ocean—The Deep, but it's not integral, or you can substitute another clip....

Students complete a variety of activities as they study Chinese New Year and the Chinese Zodiac. They act out a story of the Chinese Zodiac. They make several crafts including Chinese lanterns and paper fortune cookies.

Students observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They create paper plate animal masks, then in small groups participate in a reading of "Snarlyhissopus" by Alan MacDonald, using the reading...

Students select and research an animal that lives in the rainforest of Manu, Peru. They watch and discuss a video, create masks and costumes to role-play various rainforest animals, conduct research, and write a short story of their...

Students listen to the story The Mitten, and visit a website about the story's author. Students create masks of the animals from the story and present a play of the story.

Explore the Ukraine through a reading of The Mitten. Readers will determine the sequence of events, cause and effect, make predictions, and find the main idea of the story. They also use math skills to make charts and graphs. Finally,...

Students explore fossils. In this fossils geology lesson, students use tools to reveal embedded "fossils" (made with plaster of Paris by the teacher-instructions included), then describe and illustrate their findings.

Young scholars identify and present the history and legend of the Chinese New Year and respond to questions included. Students practice saying the common greetings and wishes in Chinese for the Chinese New Year. Young scholars identify...

Students explore lines of symmetry. For this symmetry lesson, students divide and combine shapes along basic lines of symmetry. Students explore symmetry in real life objects.

Choose from dozens of simple crafts including activities for the holidays, animal crafts and much more.

Assist students in creating and designing their own mouse mask. Depending on how much Spanish students know, teachers can have students define just the vocabulary for the materials needed or create the mask by reading and defining all...