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Secant Line Approximation of the Tangent Line
Students perform operation with secant and tangent lines. In this calculus lesson, students find the derivative and relate it to the slope of a line. They differentiate between secant and tangent as they intersect a circle, using Cabri.
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Come Fly with Me
Students identify rhyming words from the book A Fly Went By by matching words written on index card with same endings, eliciting word when prompted by teacher, and by identifying rhyming words in the text.
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Rainbow Spelling (Kinesthetic Approach To Encoding)
Second graders demonstrate their encoding skills by spelling words using color coded paper, match correct letters with the colored paper to spell the words in standard form, and self correct any errors made in the spelling with colored...
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How an Idea Becomes a Law
Students create posters that demonstrate the step-by-step process of how ideas become laws. They list the fourteen steps of a bill becoming a law, describe a presidential veto, and define override.
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The Process of Sequencing - A Picture Card Game
Learners play a picture card game where they have to sequence the pictures in the correct order. In this sequencing lesson plan, students can do this for any subject.
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Light and Angles
Students work together in groups to test light and how it reflects at different angles. They create their own hypothesis and answer questions given to them by their teacher. They complete the experiment at home and test if it changes the...
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Extreme Weather: Hurricanes
Students demonstrate the ability to define key words and verbally recall conditions that must be present for a hurricane to form.
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Terrific Tessellations
Learners create, transform, and critique their own piece of artwork. In doing this instructional activity, students get more experience working with angles, lines, and measurement. They gain experience seeing, and creating their own...
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Break Down
Fourth graders apply their understanding of the elements of plot structure and conflict to cooperatively create storyboards and speak effectively as they present their products. They create storyboards for some of the classic Disney...
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How to Create a Powerpoint Presentation
Students experiment with the Powerpoint program and create a presentation based on a subject they are studying.
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Piggies
First graders listen to the book, Piggies, and act out the events of the story with premade puffball pigs.
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Fraction Fun!
Fourth graders play a fraction game removing a fraction of a whole as the spinner dictates.
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Picture a Business
Middle schoolers create helpful books about local businesses to show what resources are available to their community.
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How Are The Properties of Covalent Compounds Influenced By Chemical Bonding?
Students work together to observe the bond lengths of single, double and triple bonds. They make their own predictions about the strength of the bonds and chemical reactions. They answer discussion questions to complete the...
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Refugees
Students investigate the affect of refugees have one their host country. They examine where refugees go and decide on things that might be affected by their influx such as medical care, moral issues, economic issues, and language barriers.
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Vowels: review of short and long e, o
First graders investigate sounds of short and long vowels for e and o. They develop phonics skills through drill and practice sessions. They use a variety of activities that include games. This is a whole unit plan.
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Angles
Fifth graders identify different angles according to its type that is determined according to taking a measurement of the degree. They also explore the vocabulary related to the concept.
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Human Rights/Civil Rights
Students connect their examination of the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry to a historical and contemporary study of the issue of human rights and civil rights by creating a HyperStudio stack.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Communicate Effectively on Health and Nutrition Topics
Students analyze/recognize/identify basic body parts in connection to communicating productively on health and nutrition in the event that a need arises requesting medical attention.
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World War Ii - Holocaust Oral History Project
Seventh graders conduct an interview with someone who lived through World War II. They watch a video of an interview, develop a list of interview questions, record their interview, and write and publish a summary and transcript of their...
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ESL Integrated Literature Unit
Students read and analyze information related to the book Island of the Blue Dolphin. They select appropriate information for the purpose of investigating part of the book.
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Discovering the Linear Relationship between Celsius and Fahrenheit
Students discover the linear relationship between degrees Farenheit and degrees Celsius. They manually compute the slope and y-intercept of the line passing through points. They convert Celsius to Fahrenheit degrees.
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Computer/Grammar: Dinosaurs
First graders practice computer skills while visiting a dinosaur Website. They write sentences there beginning with assigned letters, circle the beginning capital letter, and underline the ending punctuation.
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Oobleck
First graders explore Oobleck. They manipulate and observe the properties of Oobleck. Students discuss the differences between solids and liquids. They investigate Oobleck. Students write a sentence describing what they observed about...