Activity
Lexington Children's Theatre

Play Guide: A Charlie Brown Christmas

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
What's your favorite seasonal tradition? Before viewing a stage production of A Charlie Brown Christmas, language arts students explore the music and literary themes of the story. After they have watched the show, learners compare...
Performance
Radford University

Surface Area of Boxes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Explore surface area out of the box. Pairs investigate surface area by measuring two boxes and calculating the area of each side. Classmates trace one of the boxes onto butcher paper and create a net with the same area. Groups then...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

End of Unit Assessment and Independent Reading Review

For Teachers 7th Standards
Reader, writer, illustrator ... scholars wear many hats! Pupils become experts in recommending books to their classmates as they write reviews of their independent reading books. Next, after finishing the second draft of their children's...
Activity
Committee for Children

Five Activities to Help Bystanders to Bullying Know What to Do

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Five activities covering ELA, social studies, and social and emotional learning offer bystanders tips and the courage to help individuals being bullied. Activities include writing an acrostic poem, creating a pamphlet, reading current...
Website
American Museum of Natural History

Tornadoes Spinning Thunderstorms

For Students 6th - 12th
Tornado winds can reach more than 200 miles per hour. Learners explore wind speeds and more characteristics of tornadoes with an online lesson. They learn how tornadoes form and how scientists attempt to predict them. Can be used as an...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Introducing Module 4B: “Water Is Life”

For Teachers 7th Standards
Learners take a gallery walk around the classroom to view various images and quotes. As they walk, they write down what they notice and wonder about what they see. After discussing their notice and wonder notes, they read the...
Lesson Plan
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Smithsonian Institution

Strength in Solidarity: Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Campaign for Fair Food

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
Not all food is created equal. The lesson plan dives into the world of migrant farm workers to show their struggles to earn livable wages and better working conditions. Academics learn why the Coalition of Immokalee Workers was created...
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Edible Earth

For Students 6th - 12th
Create an edible model of the Earth using crispy rice cereal, marshmallows, and chocolate, yum! Model layers include the outer core, inner core, mantle, and crust. 
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Horse Gaits Flipbooks Walk, Trot, and Gallop!

For Students 2nd - 12th
Scholars follow seven steps to create horse-themed flipbooks. Three printable options allow them to choose from walking, trotting, or galloping scene. 
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Feed the Birds

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars use a large carton, string, an emery board, and bird food to create a hand-made bird feeder. After completing the craft, pupils keep a journal to track their observations.
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Create a Coral Reef

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars create a diorama to showcase a vibrant coral reef. Six steps walk pupils through setting up the diorama box, crafting four different types of marine life, and putting it all together. 
Activity
PBS

Reading Adventure Pack: Rivers

For Parents 3rd Standards
A Reading Adventure Pack showcases a fiction and nonfiction book followed by a series of hands-on activities. First, learners widdle sticks to build a tiny raft, conduct sensory experiments, and create a rap or folk song about rivers and...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Getting Organized

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson challenges scholars to get organized. A thoughtful discussion sheds light on time management and the benefits of staying organized. Learners then reflect on their current time management skills, organize notebooks or...
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K20 LEARN

Lord of the Flies Unit, Lesson 3: Behind the Mask

For Teachers 9th Standards
After watching a video about masks from many cultures, class members research the history of masks and build a Driving Question Board. Individuals then create a mask for a character from The Lord of the Flies, justifying elements of...
Activity
Curated OER

Create Your Own Book: The Different Tales of Raven

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
The raven is the focus of a lesson that examines trickster tales and the different stories about the bird. After listening to three tales about the raven, scholars pinpoint and discuss descriptive words. Pupils use one story to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Maintaining Plant Genebanks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the use, costs, and the need for plant gene banks. The rationale for gaining ownership over scientific information and the implications of the developing nations' reliance on biotechnology is explored in this lesson.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Juliet Opie Hopkins: Superintendent of Alabama's Hospitals in Virginia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify problems of supplying field hospitals during the Civil War. and the importance of specialized skills of volunteers. They evaluate the role of women in providing assistance during the Civil War and compare medical...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Operate and Maintain Equipment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are given a laboratory activity, they operate and maintain equipment according to manufacturer's recommended standards. Students are given a laboratory situation, comply with equipment safety zones according to industry...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drosophila Melanogaster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student manipulate flies, examine their external anatomy, begin a fly journal and make cultures of wild type flies. Young scholars cross wild type flies and mutants, both purchased from a biological supply house (Carolina Biological...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Intermediate Matching - Office Words

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL matching activity, students draw a line from the names of office supply items to their definitions. They match 8 office supply items such as copier, printer, computer, and fax machine.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's Your Future

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students learn about productive resources along with their requirements, supply and demand, savings, investments and interest rates. In this supply and demand lesson plan, students create a career plan and personal budget of their own...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oregon Trail Diary

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Young scholars pretend they are on the Oregon Trail and keep a diary of their adventures. In this Oregon Trail lesson plan, students write about their decisions to move, crossing rivers, buying supplies, and more.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Integration of Science and Math Through Ecosystems

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use the disciplines of math and science to examine ecosystems. In groups, they calculate the amount of supplies they would need to live in the classroom for one day, a week and a year. Using this information, they apply it to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Architecture Drawing/ Door And Window Schedules

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars engage in the study of door and window schedules while focusing on the headings. They practice drawing the plans for installing windows and doors into a home and cover the process of ordering supplies and arranging...

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