In this learning module, students will learn about authors' purposes for writing. PowerPoint lessons, worksheets, and quizzes are provided to reinforce the understanding of why authors write assorted pieces. This module is designed to...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides information about using resources from the Victoria and Albert Museum to learn about costuming and staging Shakespearean plays. It includes a downloadable PowerPoint lesson plan.

Using squirrels as an example, students will understand that some animal groups' inherited traits enable them to adapt and spread into many environments. Included in this lesson are videos showing the lesson in action, discussion...

Students will engage in a lesson plan that teaches them to associate certain expressions and words with specific feelings. Included are a senses PowerPoint, a model of a graphic organizer, and a video and picture of the students engaged...

This lesson covers the National Content Standard 2: Marginal Decision Making. It provides key terms and concepts around scarcity forces, changing opportunity costs which affect incentives and choices. It includes links to a teacher's...

In this learning module, students will learn more about the differences between facts and opinions. A PowerPoint presentation and related activity are provided to reinforce the topic of facts vs. opinions. This module is designed to...

During this technology-based activity, students learn how to create slideshow presentations that are creative and inviting to the audience. They use fonts, graphics, effects, etc, to capture audience attention.

Huge collection of teacher-created lessons, activities, PowerPoint presentations, and worksheets for classes in forensic science.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn the difference between biography and autobiography with these resources. PowerPoint lessons, biographical paragraphs, and autobiographical paragraphs are provided.

This lesson plan provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of real-world integers and create a PowerPoint presentation. It contains an assessment rubric as well as ideas for grouping students and managing...

In this instructional resource, students will learn more about summarizing texts. Worksheets and PowerPoint lessons are provided to reinforce understanding about ways to summarize nonfiction texts and to identify main ideas. This module...

In this learning module, students will learn more about author's purpose. Worksheets and PowerPoint lessons are provided to help students analyze authors' purposes more effectively. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier II, and...

In this learning module, students will learn more about commas. A PowerPoint lesson and reinforcement worksheets are provided. This module is designed to support all students via hands-on approaches.

In this learning module, students will learn how to identify the main ideas in individual pararaphs. Worksheets, PowerPoint lessons, and activities are provided to reinforce the concept of main idea. This module is designed to support...

During the course of this lesson, the students will research various forms of natural disasters that occur in the United States and what someone should do in the event of that disaster. The teacher and library media specialist will...

This lesson gives learners a clear understanding of how to create a slide show presentation using PowerPoint. The students will use this information to create a slide show book report.

During this lesson, students work with small groups and partners on reptile research. They will have the opportunity to use books and the Internet for research. They will also go on a reptile adventure searching for new information about...

During this lesson plan, 4th graders begin to understand how important specific directions are to a project. Students will demonstrate detailed writing in order to instruct their classmates on how to build a snowman.

Students read about six important discoveries in microbiology and put them on a timeline. They develop an understanding of how these discoveries connect to the invention of new scientific tools and technology. The lesson and PowerPoint...

Students learn about the vulnerability of skin to solar radiation, and ways to protect it. They compare their skin to that of an orange, and measure the approximate amount of skin that each has. The lesson plan and accompanying...

Students learn about climate change as they investigate how different materials are affected by a greenhouse effect. The lesson and accompanying PowerPoint can both be downloaded.

Students investigate how solar energy can be harnessed to heat water. The lesson plan and accompanying PowerPoint can both be downloaded, and the student handout is provided in both English and Spanish.

In this activity, students create slides of plant cells and observe them under a microscope. The lesson and PowerPoint slides can be downloaded. The included instructional video on cell observation is 20 min. 44 sec.

Middle schoolers learn about the four major groups of microbes and their characteristics, and the roles microbes have in the world. The lesson and PowerPoint slides can be downloaded. The included instructional video on the four types of...