Students discuss and read about approaches to classroom learning. They write a paper comparing the educational philosophy of CALS with that of their own schools. Specific examples are crucial to a successful piece.

Learners demonstrate formats of opportunity cost. Students illustrate this concept by choosing two pictures and analyzing them for color and cost. They write a short paper explaining their findings.

Learners participate in a mock fire escape plan in this lesson. They identify the reasons for remaining calm, closing doors, ad testing doors between rooms and the main exits. They also watch a experiment that demonstrates what fire...

Ninth graders examine the problems that exist with foreign doctors not fluent in English. In this Great Britain Health System focussed for ESL lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer guided questions. Students participate in a...

Students are introduced to the process of creating story from movement through improvisation and invention. When the music is playing, they move. When the music stops, the students freeze. A discussion on the role that music plays in the...

Students combine aspects of performance with reading and writing poetry.

Fifth graders read "Tunnel Music" and then explore how words and spacing in a poem affects how the poem sounds.

Pupils listen to oral story describing mystery artifact, work in groups to write descriptive report of artifact, and creatively form hypothesis based purely on misinterpretation. Students then explore and discuss difficulty of artifact...

Students demonstrate an awareness of how to use basic safety practices accordingly. They classify substances that are safe and unsafe to taste and touch. In groups the students explore different substances and explain how they are safe...

Young scholars explore simple electrical circuits. Students experiment, using different configurations, to determine what is necessary to compeete a circuit. Young scholars observe similarities between arrangements that work and...

Students are introduced to different words that have the /a/ sound in them. They think of their own words that contain the sound and practice making the letter "a" on primary writing paper. Students who have formed the letter correctly...

Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the /e/ with its letter representation and identify the...

Students create a news program with several reports. They examine the newsorthiness of the reports. They include different types of reports in their news program. They consider how the different reports appeal to audiences.

In this reading worksheet, 1st graders are tested on short o words.  Students read and write 10 words and choose 2 words to write three times each.

In this word recognition worksheet, students test their spelling skills. Students write the ten words spelling them correctly and write a sentence with one of the new words.

Students examine how frogs change. In this life cycle activity, students create a model to show how a frog changes throughout its life. Students will show the process of frog metamorphosis, from polliwog to adult frog.

In this ESL holiday lesson activity, students read a passage about Buy Nothing Day, then complete a variety of comprehension and vocabulary activities. 

Eighth graders hypothesize what caused the break up of continents. In this earth science lesson, 8th graders study about the events that took place during Mesozoic and Cenozoic Era. They reconstruct a supercontinent and report their...

Students create and then play a game similar to Memory, which encourages them to recall what they have learned about different occupations and the related tools.

Learners learn daily positive social living skills and manners using 2 large bee pictures and 36 or so small bees with diferent sayings on them.

Students elevate their heart rate and work together in groups.

Pupils divide into two groups. One group uses their body to create a bridge. On the teacher's signal, the remaining portion of the class tries to go under (or through) as many of the bridges as possible.

Students research the animals at SeaWorld and then relate the info they have found into various types of graphs; line, circle and bar. This lesson combines math and science nicely. They access a website imbedded in this plan to do their...

Sixth graders write a 1.5 page paper explaining how to make their favorite nutritional snack. They need to assume that the audience has never seen or heard of the snack before.