Eighth graders practice utilizing motor skills by participating in different sports activities.  In this physical education lesson, 8th graders participate in racquetball, shuttle cock, and baseball style activities in order to...

Students identify the vertex and intercepts of a parabola. In this algebra lesson, students graph parabolas and factor quadratic equations. They perform transformation on the parabolas.

Second graders explore concept of fractions.

First graders become word detectives and find words with the vowel combinations: "ee" and "ai". In this phonics lesson, 1st graders read the words they find and create pictionaries of the words read.

Students examine the history and purposes of debate, and analyze the different debate formats. They rate the candidates' presentations in the debates, and apply debate strategies to their own debates.

Students discuss ways our environment becomes polluted. They make a list of ways to keep it clean.

Students identify product placements they see in TV programs and movies. They build awareness of the pervasiveness of advertising in their culture. They develop critical skills necessary to think independently in a media saturated...

Pupils create multi-paragraph report using the researched information. Over several class periods, students research a topic of their choosing and create a one-two page report. Student reports are presented to the class using an...

Students create a newsletter about electricity. They view a completed newsletter and discuss its information and format and research the Internet to find facts about electricity. After researching their facts, they write a rough draft of...

Student groups create slides on one of the cultures listed. They view videos that show United States families celebrating Christmas based on their native countries' traditions and a video which tells the story of La Bafana, the old woman...

Learners practice finding the sums of two-one digit numbers. In this addition lesson plan, students also record facts onto an addition chart.

Students hunt for dinosaur eggs that the teacher has made and hidden on the playground. students open the eggs to find the dinosaur inside and experience archeology first hand.

Students explain teen involvement in integrating society, and determine programs for teens in different organizations.

Students create simple, painted, themed bird feeders out of everyday items, such as paper towel rolls and small paper plates

Learners focus on individuals who discover their own special talents and sense of self-worth through the work they do. Students study accomplishments of famous people who may have had an impact on their lives. Learners make connections,...

Learners use common household and classroom objects to generate static electricity and study its effects. They discuss the video Science Rock CD called Electricity, Electricity. The video explains many things about electricity.

First graders graph a data set. Given a set of buttons, 1st graders sort them into categories using specific attributes. They graph the number of buttons in their set based on their attributes using a variety of graphs. Students share...

Students study the American sport and history of baseball. In this baseball lesson, students complete three levels of units to learn about baseball.

Students demonstrate the concept of friendship. In this character education lesson, students read the book Best Friends and discuss what friendship means. Students create a picture book about their likes and dislikes.

Students complete a 3-catch basketball activity to improve their basketball skills. For this basketball skills lesson, students participate in a 3-catch basketball activity with defense.

Students investigate the elements of a pattern.  In this geometry instructional activity, students identify different shapes in a pattern and discover which shapes are missing in order to extend it.  Students create their own...

Students participate in greeting new people. In this greetings instructional activity, students greet people after modeling by the teacher.  Sample rituals include, "Hello, how are you?; My name is...What is your name?"....

Students practice greetings and dialogues in English. In this ELL instructional activity, students watch a silent video with people greeting one another and make predictions about what they are saying. They write dialogues and share them...

Fifth graders create a quiz.  In this parts of the body instructional activity, 5th graders identify and illustrate body parts.  With a partner, students create a quiz on the terms used during the instructional activity.