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Design Project: DC Voltage Regulator
In this electrical worksheet, students draw a schematic design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of DC circuits before answering a series of 5 open-ended questions. There are no schematics available for the design or...
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Investigation of Immigration
Students assume the role of a crime scene detective and examine the lives of various immigrant groups. In this immigration instructional activity, students examine evidence, websites, and pull from existing knowledge to determine which...
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West Virginia State Museum Lesson Plan
Students explore historic West Virginia. In this US history lesson, students examine primary sources and political cartoons that depict the issues of statehood for West Virginia and the role that those played in the Civil War. This...
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Graphic Organizer Lesson
Students investigate how to use graphic organizers. In this literary elements lesson, students are introduced to several types of graphic organizers and their purpose. Students read a book of their choice and complete a graphic organizer...
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Islam & Islamophobia
Students explore the concept of Islamophobia. In this Islam lesson plan, students watch an online video to understand religious dress, Muslim practices, and the discrimination facing American Muslims. Students disucss their impression of...
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Whodunit?
First graders choose a community member, show how to resolve a conflict, and trade writing with a classmate. They match symbols that might represent the community members they have chosen.
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Around the Sun We Go
Sixth graders complete a short survey on the relationship between the Earth and the Sun. In groups, they participate in an experiment in which they test the angle of the Earth and compare it to the sun. To end the lesson plan, they...
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Why a Mock Trial?
Students participate in a mock trial. They discover how U.S. courts resolve conflicts.
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Delivering a Persuasive Speech
To prepare to deliver a persuasive speech, class members examine not only how to craft a speech, but consider body language, articulation, pronunciation, pitch, pace, and volume as well.
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Outdoor Survival
Students are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...
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Food Insecurity in a Global World: Perspectives from Africa (Lesson One)
Students investigate food scarcity. In this global issues instructional activity, students examine food scarcity issues that have impacted the people of Eastern Africa. Students use the information they gather to determine methods of...
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Food Insecurity in a Global World: Perspectives from Africa
Students investigate food shortages. In this global issues instructional activity, students examine how food scarcity issues have impacted the people of Eastern Africa. Students use the information they gather to consider how historical,...
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Batlik- Art of Japan
Eighth graders will examine the use of Japanese ar tforms. The paper lantern is the example drawn from for learners to connect with the culture. The end result is a creative project that should reflect the culture of Japan.
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Social Studies: Devastating Diseases
Students are able to critically read literature addressing historical data and answer relevant questions. They are able to formulate an opinion and support it using all knowledge documented and learned in this and previous lessons.
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My Personal Goal
Fifth graders use goal setting in order to use time and energy efficiently.
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Making The Geologic Time Scale Real
Students construct a geologic timeline the size of a football field. They work in small groups to calculate the yardage for significant events in the Earth's history and then as a class pace out all of the events.
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Making The Geologic Time Scale Real
Young scholars are assigned significant geologic events in Earth's history. They convert the date of the events into distances and then space themselves (on an outside playing field) away from other groups, to represent time between...
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Coup to Revolution: U.S. foreign Policy in Iran
Students read and discuss the Iran country Profile from the CIA World Factbook. They describe the current relationship between the United States and Iran. Students complete additional readings, and answer questions about them. They...
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Important, Interesting and Serious Exercise
In this word usage worksheet, students explore the meanings of three words, important, interesting, and serious. Students complete fifteen sentences with the correct words and write four sentences of their own.
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Cooperative Learning
Learning can be structured competitively, so that students work against each other; individually, so that students work alone; or cooperatively, so that students work together to accomplish shared learning goals.
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To Be Linear or Not to be Linear, That is the Question
Pupils use their knowledge and understanding of equations of lines to explore independent and dependent variables. They determine how to isolate a variable and how to predict data points not represented in data.
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All About Me
Third graders explore how everyone is different and have a certain way in which they learn best.
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Subtracting Integers with Counters
Students subtract integers using counters. In this algebra lesson, students solve linear equations using an online tool. They use subtraction to isolate the variable.
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The Right to Education for California's Minorities and Immigrants Offline Lesson Plan
Students examine the elements of various court cases and how state and federal laws affect them. They participate in mock trials.