Learners work as magazine reporters to produce a print or multimedia magazine about rain forests.

Pupils practice formulating a hypothesis and designing an experiment to test the hypothesis. They identify several sampling techniques they can use to test their hypotheses.

Learners use Microsoft Word to create the family newsletter which can be mailed out with the family Christmas cards.

Students investigate the practices their school uses for pest control. Depending on their findings, students may suggest alternative, non-chemical methods. They present a pest control plan to school officials. Great, real life lesson!

Fourth graders discover the appropriate way to construct and analyze bar, line, picto, and circle graphs. They set up frequency tables and perform some statistical analysis (mean, median, and mode) on their data.

Students use graphs to calibrate an RCX car. They must then program the car to traverse a maze using their calibrations

Students brainstorm the ways we use energy sources in our daily lives and what our lives would be like without it. They answer questions based on sections from the Human Activity and the Environment 2004, "Energy in Canada" article.

Students complete studies to learn about tolerance for gender groups. In this gender study lesson plan, students are divided into gender groups and discuss how it feels to be grouped that way. Students brainstorm messages about what it...

Sixth graders explore language arts by writing basic paragraphs. In this writing techniques instructional activity, 6th graders define an "example" paragraph and discuss techniques to prove a point in one paragraph. Students practice...

Second graders listen to the novel, "Love That Dog." students reflect in a journal each day about the poetry form learned that day. They create their own poems following that format and have it for class the next day.

Students use candy to explore fractions and percentages.

Students use guided questions and research to compare two biomedical imaging methods. they effectively present their findings to the class. Students use new technical knowledge to summarize and compare new techniques with those they...

Students practice counting money. In this consumer math lesson, students identify the various U.S. coins and group them in various ways to equal a dollar. Students will use the money they collected for a donation towards a non-profit...

Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this technological advancements instructional activity, students research and share information regarding technologies and inventions featured at the...

Students study geographical maps and their functions.  In this geography lesson students work in groups to build a map to scale.

Explore proofreading strategies with this instructional activity. Eighth graders practice finding errors in punctuation, capitalization, and formatting. Then, they write about a given topic and then proofread their compositions, looking...

Eighth graders investigate the concepts that are related to measurement while focusing upon weight, mass, and capacity. They estimate the weight and mass relationship that is found in different problems. Students compare and contrast one...

In this writing prompt worksheet, students read the questions and story starter about Ellis Island. There are provided lines for the story which the students will write.

Students create books about their favorite animals using graphic organizers.

In this ESL me/myself and I worksheet, students fill in blanks to complete sentences, choosing the correct pronouns from a drop down list. Page has link to additional activities.

In this ESL their, theirs, them, they worksheet, students choose the correct word from a drop down list that completes a given sentence. 

Students use art with subject matter to communicate meaning and enhance learning.

Students use Latin and Greek words to figure out species names for whales.

Young scholars construct the Metric Pyramid from the handout. They use the Metric Pyramid to convert from standard to metric measure and vice versa. They compute their own Body Mass Index.