Students create podcasts of information for reviewing fractions and decimals in this math-based creative project. The lesson uses GarageBand, iTunes, iTalk, and Keynote to accomplish tasks.

Students examine the relationship between the products they use and energy use. Using the internet, they identify the role that manufacturing plays in using energy and the emissions that change the climate. They discover the steps to...

Learners explore landforms and landscapes. They demonstrate an appreciation for and examine how to recognize the attributes of landforms and landscapes. Students create a landscape and reflect on their painting.

Third graders read fiction and nonfiction works for comprehension. Using the internet, 3rd graders participate in a WebQuest. They compare and contrast the Olympics in ancient Greece to the modern day Olympics. Afterwards, students...

Students discuss their goals and the steps needed to achieve their goals. They list the internal and external forces that may help or hinder their goals. Students prioritize the forces that hinder and/or help them to achieve their goals.

Students explore the concept of a community. They identify and group various kinds of communities. Students create a concept map exemplifying their membership in different communities. They write a narrative describing their...

Students summarize nonfiction text. After reviewing the steps for summarization, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the six-step process outlined by the instructor during guided practice.

Students main goal of reading is comprehension. They encounter one main strategy of summarization. They comprehend that summarization is the process of finding the most important information from a reading. Students must follow several...

Students role play an honorary detective to assist in solving a crime committed. They investigate by a bank robbery and interview eyewitnesses using their Crime Investigation Notebook and clues from an eyewitness account from the...

Students compile image information about the Junior High School using a digital camera. They survey the area making observations and recording them with the help of portable technology and transferring the data to a spreadsheet and...

Eighth graders explore the Ellis Island immigration processing station. In this immigration lesson plan, 8th graders research Ellis Island using the selected websites and create scrapbooks that contain pictures, clippings, and scraps...

Ninth graders add and subtract polynomials.  In this Algebra I lesson plan, 9th graders work practice problems as they view a PowerPoint presentation of the lesson plan.  Both the horizontal and vertical methods of addition and...

Students create their own Top 10 Facts about any topic related to space.  In this space lesson, students work in groups to produce a Top Ten List of facts about space and share with their classmates.  Groups choose a fact to...

Learners predict outcomes of a text. For this comprehension strategy lesson, students read a poem and compare it to the play A Raisin in the Sun. Learners discuss their similarities and the power of dreams.

Eighth graders research and present to the class information about cloud categories. They observe clouds and describe the characteristics of their cloud observations. They take a cloud identification quiz.

Students discuss gender bias and non-traditional career areas as they relate to governmental appointed positions. The participate in a simulation in which they apply for and decide who would get traditionally male positions in the Dept....

Students research the accomplishments of an inventor. They create a web site based on the research including historical, economic and scientific impact of the invention.

High schoolers examine the history of the game theory. They practice using new vocabulary. They write about the debate on exchange using different viewpoints.

Second graders examine graphs and charts from their local newspaper. As a class, they discuss what the data means and how it relates to the article. In groups, they are shown two sets of graphs or charts and they practice explaining...

Learners participate in a lesson that focuses on the skill of setting a goal. They practice the setting of a specific goal that can be measured and achievable given the right resources. Students generate a list of goals while going...

Students access the Internet to locate data regarding their assigned mathematician. They organize their notes on a data form, write a report, create a visual and present their facts to their classmates.

Students explore the dispositional hearing as a part of the juvenile justice system. After a brief discussion of the parts of the disposition hearing, students work in groups to review case studies involving juveniles in Utah's justice...

Students investigate thinning trees and why they are important to the forest.  In this sustainable environment lesson, students role-play as if they are trees in the forest and simulate the overcrowding and inability to move spaces,...

Students arrange coins based on their value.  In this coins lesson, students trace and record the value of each coin.  Students count up to find the total value of all the coins.