Students examine and analyze primary source documents and pictures from the Great Depression Era. They consider ways in which the suffering of the Era could have been alleviated.

Students explore the skills and information needed to complete a science fair project. They follow guidelines to create an document their science fair project.

Introduce your class to the Core Democratic Values. The lesson focuses on defining the Core Democratic Values and related terms. Small groups look up terms and present a song based on the information they've found. After the...

Students calculate angular displacement, velocity and acceleration of gyrocopters. In this physics lesson plan, students compare data taken from 3 different gyrocopters. They explain how differences in construction material affect...

Two lessons encourage young scholars to take safety precautions while riding a bicycle. First, learners practice hand signals used to tell others on the road where they are going. Second, pupils decorate a helmet to make a safe...

Students create a workshop on basic design to introduce the concept to elementary students. In this design workshop activity, students view two videos that provide basic design concepts. After discussing the concepts as a class, students...

Fourth graders investigate endangered species to discover reasons for the extinction. Resources are examined to determine preventive measures for the endangerment. The unit contains four lessons.

Students work in groups to solve various murder mysteries using DNA evidence to implicate suspects. Teams compete to solve the crimes the fastest, while using various scientific methods to accomplish their task.

Students participate in round-robin cooperative writing groups to develop a variety of possible stories around a single prompt.

Students access the Internet. They research information about endangered animals. They share the information with the class by using Kid Pix to create a slideshow.

Students practice reading a story in order to develop character recognition skills. They participate in reader's theatre in small groups to increase cooperation and fluency skills.

Learners examine a Bahamian festival called Junkanoo. They analyze how group cooperation is related to the festival. They finally identify how factions form and how they can help or hurt a community.

Students research and write about the pencil. They organize the research using concept maps and write an essay using the writing process.

Students read and discuss a text about housing styles of the Haida and Iroquois Indians. They, in groups, complete worksheets and present their findings to the class.

Students complete an activity to improve their spatial awareness and loco-motor skills. In this spatial and loco-motor skills lesson, students pass a beanbag down the line of students.

Fourth graders examine the gifts they might give to friends and family. They choose personal mementos to give and consider the limits of their gift-giving circle.

Young scholars make connections between historical events and consumer items using their analytical skills to interpret information. Various aspects of Canadian culture are identified.

Third graders read the book "Air Pollution" by Gary Lopez. They reflect on what causes air pollution and write about it in their journals, learning new vocabulary and using it each day.

Students discuss and write about air pollution in their journals. They practice using new vocabulary words associated with pollution and write sentences using those words. They end the lesson by determining what they can do to fight air...

Students examine the functions of earthworms and their effect on soil. They conduct an earthworm dissection lab, and complete a checklist.

Twelfth graders examine the concept of classical conditioning. They listen to a lecture about the principles of classical conditioning and the basic response and stimulus experiment conducted by Pavlov. Students discuss and identify...

Fourth graders locate the poetry section of the LMC. They produce a hand written transparency based on the poem Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Students illustrate a poem from their poetry section. It is a mystery to them what...

Students examine the characteristics of different biomes. In this ecology lesson, students design biomes where given animals can live. They discuss the design within the group and share it with the class.

Students read," The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" by Tomie dePaola and discuss the way legends are passed down orally. They then create their own legend and illustrate it on a simulated "Buffalo Skin" made from brown paper.