Students work together and investigate the shapes of 50 states. They identify the states that they find hardest to recognize. The group then list the states in order from most difficult to just difficult to recognize and create a...

Second graders create a shape garden. In this polygons lesson plan, 2nd graders practice making shapes using a geoboard and read the book The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns.  Students also design a shape garden using...

Students recognize shapes and repeating shapes can make a pattern. In this patterns lesson, students identify pictures of shapes as patterns or not patterns. Students describe how the pattern is made.

Students identify five basic shapes. They participate in a hands-on activity in which they work with the different shapes. They name the characteristics that accompany each shape.

Learners examine Lao art techniques and practice replication and modification of Lao designs. Maintaining a symmetrical image, they embellish designs with imagery and background color. They discuss the students' works and note the...

Learning how to describe an object or a person is a great way to develop verbal and written expression. Learners with special needs improve their verbal expressive skills and concept development skills while playing a guessing game. The...

It's an alphabet treasure hunt in this beginning spelling activity. Learners examine eight jumbled letters inside a picture of a dog, circling the letters in the word dog. Then, they do the same for the word hat. An...

Second graders explore fractions with a worksheet and marbles. In this fraction lesson, 2nd graders recognize the fractional parts of a shape pictured and find equal fractions.

Students recognize and name the products used to build a hamburger. They review the USDA Food Guide Pyramid. Students are given worksheets, and they match the burger parts to the picture parts. They conduct a taste test on samples of the...

Students will recognize and name three common insects.1. Share background information with students. 2. Provide students with the "bug body" puzzle pages, and have them cut the puzzles out.1. Share background information with students....

Students use plant specimens to explore how to recognize differences in plant morphology and to develop a vocabulary to describe these differences. They brainstorm: What is a plant? What parts do plants have? What is a leaf? Students...

Students participate in a lesson that covers the concepts of solving equations and inequalities. To master the concept they must demonstrate visually and verbally how both sides of an equation must be balanced. They construct a balanced...

Young scholars identify two dimensional shapes in the school environment. In this basic shapes activity, students watch a video about rectangles and squares. Young scholars find examples shapes in their classroom and draw them. Students...

Students explore Fractal designs. In this geometry lesson, students observe the different polygons created in nature and relate it to math. They define polygons on planes and rotate polygons about a point.

Shape shifters examine and experiment with pattern shapes.  In this geometry instructional activity, they work in groups to name and describe pattern block shapes, and they discover the combinations of shapes that can be placed...

Students view Elmer Holtzrichter's work Mystery Planet and discuss basic shapes and patterns. They create their own collage. and discuss the patterning they created. Students demonstrate how this pattern would sound with clapping and...

Explore descriptive writing and visual art. Listen to the story Go Away Big, Green Monster by Ed Emberley and generate a list of adjectives used in the book. Name familiar shapes and create a shapes list. Choose an adjective and shape to...

Learners, after exploring and analyzing diagrammatic and taxonomic keys and their association to marine sciences, identify and classify objects and organisms based on visual attributes/characteristics. They research and create their own...

Students explore the concept of the binomial system of nomenclature for classifying organisms. Students travel on a field trip to observe organisms displayed and their common names. Students complete several classroom activities and...

In this recognizing squares learning exercise, students trace several sizes of squares and color the squares in a group of mixed shapes. Students trace and color sixteen squares.

Students write an essay evaluating split character traits on major characters in Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. In this lesson students are guided through discussion questions, group assignments, and vocabulary work. The lesson...

Fourth graders study math and the golden mean. In this math meets Greek history lesson, 4th graders study ratios and proportions in relation to the Greeks. The use of clay is incorporated ino this lesson. 

Students recognize the states in the continental United States and find their state. In this patriotic symbols lesson, students explore unfair taxation practices. Students understand the benefits of democracy participate in activities...

Build a foundation of alphabet familiarity using this matching worksheet. Learners focus on lowercase letters a, o, c, d, g, and q as they match balloons to corresponding children. Each balloon and child has a letter inside, so...