Students practice reported speech. In this speech lesson, students discuss the structure of speech and practice writing conversations using images with speech bubbles. Lesson is designed for those whose native language is not American...

Students visit a local creek or stream. They collect water samples from the creek and observe and sort the "water critters" they find in the sample, observing smaller organisms under a microscope if necessary. They identify each organism...

In this English worksheet, students, working with a partner, negotiate all the jobs that will be required to pull a Christmas party together for their friends.

Students record and examine migration data, and calculate how fast and far a migrating animal travels and what influences its progression. They utilize the Journey North website to follow their migrating animals.

Students consider the stories of two immigrants and translate their past, present and future into original pieces of writing or artwork.

Third graders design a political cartoon. In this fact and opinion lesson, 3rd graders examine political cartoons and distinguish fact from opinion. Students create a political cartoon on the topic of their choice.

Students name the factors (concentration, temperature, and a catalyst) which can affect the rate of a chemical reaction. They use their knowledge of particle theory to explain their observations. Pupils comprehend that the...

Students explain how the food chain works. They contrast predators with prey and describe their function in nature. Students discuss how the food chain aids in keeping nature balanced. In small groups, they play a game that simulates the...

Learners engage in a lesson that is concerned with the study of native plants and classifying them according to a kind. They press them into a journal while identifying them according to species. Students compile the samples into a...

In this making predictions learning exercise, middle schoolers complete 8 sentences by using the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Students also use the 6 prompts to discuss future plans with partners.

Students read and discuss, "Nicholas II and Family Canonized for 'Passion,'" researching the place of Nicholas II and his family in Russian history and in the Bolshevik revolution.

Students discuss the transmission of diseases from exotic pets to humans. They research different aspects of particular zoonotic diseases from the perspectives of the animal vector, the parasite, the infected human, and the carrier human.

Students investigate the Internet's role in preserving ancient monuments. They create an Internet scavenger hunt, a collection of Web sites and related questions about an ancient monument and how it reflects its culture.

Students explore the concept of human rights by developing and defending their own 'Bills of Human Rights' and by writing a reflective essay that compares their notions of human rights and the protection of them.

Students analyze a work of art from a variety of cultural perspectives, and give their own personal evaluation of the work.

Students create photography timelines of the Civil Rights movement and write journal entries reflecting on the capacity of photographs to evoke personal and collective historical memory.

Students consider the purpose of various types of maps and their different uses throughout history. They create their own maps and reflect on the map-making process.

Students investigate the case of a German ship containing Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution in the late 1930s. They conduct Internet research, watch a video, and role-play passengers from the St. Louis on a simulated...

Students discover how the public's perceptions of science have changed throughout recent history; then research scientific and technological breakthroughs in a variety of areas. They then create plays that allow scientists to encounter...

Students learn about new technologies being used to update what is known about human evolution and migration. They then compare the new theories to the traditional knowledge.

High schoolers explore, experiment and analyze the concept of using dummies in a car crash test. They collaborate in a series of tests designed to simulate what really happens in a two-car collision. Each student incorporates...

Students examine the differences between the portrayal of characters in books and in motion pictures. Using the novel, The Kite Runner, students discuss the ways in which the characters can be interpreted. Students create original...

Students discover how hard it is for animals to find all the items needed in their habitat. In this habitat lesson, students play a game in which they pretend to be an animal, they discover that not all animals can find the food needed...

Students examine a historical photograph to gather information and draw conclusions.