Fourth graders write a narrative from a race car driver's point of view. In this narratives lesson students use the narrative writing format to write about a race car driver's experiences in the Indianapolis 500. The students use a...

Students examine how they use batteries, then read a news article about how cars are being designed to use batteries. For this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then...

Students design and build solar-powered cars. In this renewable energy instructional activity, students view websites showing a Department of Energy contest and solar-powered car design guidelines. They work in teams to design and build...

Here is another in the interesting series of lessons that use the special State Quarters as a learning tool. This one uses the Indiana State Quarter. During this lesson, utilize a brilliantly-designed board game that is embedded in the...

Pupils investigate the history of the automobile in the United States. They complete a Webquest, explore the PBS website, answer discussion questions, and locate and discuss newspaper articles about cars and travel.

Used as a quick review of the Cold War, Korean War, and Cuban Missile Crisis, this presentation could be in many scenarios. However, the graphics and question types seem more appropriate for younger students, while the content is geared...

Students explore diversity and race by creating art. In this ethnic background lesson, students discuss their family history, where their relatives lived and how it affects their life today. Students create pieces of a quilt representing...

Students explore the life of race car driver and physicist Janet Guthrie. In this social studies instructional activity, learners investigate how Janet Guthrie followed her dream of becoming a race car driver. Students complete 7...

There is no better way to start a lesson, than with a good problem-solving activity. Give your class the chance to see if they can use each of the five clues to determine the name of mystery state number 32. Hint: It's the eastern most...

Students program RCX cars to relay information to one another via Mail when triggered by light sensors. The light sensors are appropriately spaced to allow for timed triggers.

Students plan a road trip, choosing destinations to visit and determining how much the trip cost. They create a journal that illustrates how they got from one place to another, and includes an expense sheet for each stretch.

In this community government PowerPoint, students participate in a game with a race track format in which they answer questions about local government, the election process, and the decision making process used in a democracy.

In this inventions learning exercise, students read a one page text about the new type of swimsuit used in the 2008 Beijing Olympics called the Speedo LZR Racer. Students answer 10 true or false questions about the passage.

Students read "A South African Storm" by Allison Howard and participate in a class discussion that examines Howard's letter for both content and writing form. They write a letter using some of the techniques they identified in Howard's.

A timeline can be a powerful learning tool because it reveals a pattern in events. While few would consider St. Augustine, Florida a hotbed of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, a selection of background information and a timeline of...

Students are asked to identify different parts of the Monopoly game. They discuss the different tokens, the play money, the houses, and the different places. Students are asked to hypothesize why the creator of the game, Charles Darrow,...

For this research skills worksheet, middle schoolers use an encyclopedia, almanac, web search, or other resources to answer the 5 questions about people who have birthdays on Halloween.

Students explore racial prejudice in South Africa through the reading of "A South African Storm" by Allison Howard. In this cultural and geography instructional activity, students discuss ethnicity and prejudices and cite examples from...

Students explore the details and impact of the Plessy vs. Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court case.  In this U.S. History lesson, students participate in several group discussions and group activities that examine both sides of the famous...

In this current events instructional activity, students analyze a political cartoon by African-American Oliver Harrington and respond to 3 talking point questions.

Students read a letter titled "A South African Storm" on her experiences of discrimination in the country. Individually or as a class, they answer questions about the author's purpose in writing the piece was and how she made herself...

Investigate the 50 State Quarter's Program. Learners view and discuss the images on the Indiana state quarter, develop a list of questions about the states, conduct research to answer the questions, and play a game using the questions...

In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Lewis Hamilton and then complete worksheets such as spelling, a listening gap fill, synonym matching, scrambled sentences, and more.

In this language arts worksheet, pairs of students examine, discuss, and complete a variety of activities associated with bribery and corruption. The "conversation starters" are particularly interesting in this worksheet, and should make...