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Find the Facts
Second graders identify characteristics of living organisms and nonliving objects while running on the playground. They run to retrieve a card, determine whether to place it in the "living" container or the "nonliving" container.
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Four Square Facts
Second graders play a game of Four Square. They recall the events of a story in order as they pass the ball in order around the square. Play ends once students have performed the story for the teacher.
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Rhyme Time
Second graders write poems based on locomotive skills, such as hop, skip, or run. They read their poems to the class and they act out the action word by performing it to a finish line.
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Jumping Patterns
Second graders count by fives and tens to 100 as they jump rope. They share ropes and one counts as one jumps. They may be asked to count by twos and even ones or double jump.
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"Timed" Escape
Third graders play a version of multiplication tag. The teacher calls out both correct and incorrect multiplication problems. If correct, they try to run to the other side without being tagged by students in the middle.
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A Lengthy Shake
Third graders practice measuring skills by cutting paper strips of varying lengths. They place them on a parachute and shake it until all the paper strips fall off it. They collect the paper strips and measure them with rulers.
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May I?
Fourth graders learn what a maypole is and how one is made. They write a paper about how one is made and how it be used on the playground.
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Can You Find Me?
Fourth graders participate in a parachute math game. They run under the parachute after it has been lifted, looking for a card that has an equivalent fraction or decimal on it to match the one they were given by the teacher.
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A Measuring Tug
Fourth graders participate in a length and measurement tug-of-war game. They try and pull the rope as many feet as the teacher has marked, calling out their measurement when one side has succeeded.
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They Had a Dream Too
Students research the obstacles and daily challenges that a successful person had to overcome. They create a book or mobile based on the research.
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Water Quality
Students investigate the water cycle and evaporation. They study the porosity and permeability of groundwater, and the capillary action in soil in this unit.
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The Meaning of Genetic Variation
Students investigate variation in the beta globin gene by identifying base changes that do and do not alter function, and by using several Internet-based resources to consider the significance in different environments of the base...
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Monitoring Math with a Statistical Spreadsheet
Learners use a spreadsheet to compute landmark statistics of a math
quiz. This instructional activity can be ongoing throughout the school year and it integrates mathematics curriculum and technology in a simple format for student use.
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Human Inheritance
High schoolers analyze genetic characteristics in a given family tree through the F2 generation. Students apply prior knowledge from Gregor Mendel's study with pea plants and his Laws of Heredity to answer questions.
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Agriculture Counts
Young scholars focus upon the agricultural economy found in Oklahoma. Upon the completion of research they write an essay with the topic of "Agriculture Counts". The instructional activity includes an extensive introduction for teachers...
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Health Ball
Second graders participate in a game in which they discover tips for a healthy lifestyle. They discuss that the decisions they make now affect the rest of their lives. They ask any questions they have to end the lesson.
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Jumping Multiples
Fourth graders practice their multiplication facts by using jump ropes and incorporating math into physical education. They use their jump ropes to jump the product of the multiples that the teacher calls out.
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Paraphrase/Summarize Relay
Fifth graders internalize the ability to recall, inform, or organize ideas when comprehending text. Students practice paraphrasing/summarizing by taking it to the playground. Students line up with 4B5 feet on each side of the group,...
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Ramps 1: Let it Roll!
Students perform the following activity as a group so that they can gain experience with how ramps work. Students will first construct a simple ramp and then time how fast different objects roll down that ramp.
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Missing Vowels
Young scholars fill in the blanks with the missing vowels and write sentences using the words. They then examine how to identify words, spell them correctly, and write sentences using them.
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A Day in the Life of an Employed Child
Second graders compare/contrast their lives with those of children who work. They develop a generic daily schedule of their activities, compare it with the daily schedule of a child that is employed, and answer discussion questions.
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Thumb Measurement
Learners practice measuring using the metric system and millimeters. They measure their thumbs and record their findings. Students record the findings of their classmates and find the average or mean for the two groups.
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Faces, Places, and Traces of Wisconsin
Fourth graders view a teacher-created PowerPoint presentation. They read and conduct research, taking notes as they go. Students build a storyboard of their projected slide show. They create a PowerPoint show based on their storyboard....
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Time Lesson
Second graders observe a clock and discuss at what time of day they perform a certain task such as what time they wake up, go to sleep, etc. They use a clock and show what time they wake up in the morning differentiating whether it is...
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