Students identify the benefits of the process of land reclamation. They discuss examples of reclamation projects, and complete a word puzzle, word find, and energy sentence puzzle.

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

Students identify and correctly name three-dimensional solids; cones, spheres, and cubes. In this three-dimensional figures lesson, students  build a cube by matching colored square faces to a correct word. Students then...

Middle schoolers cut an index card to create three similar right triangles and explore the congruencies and proportions that exist. They investigate the properties of lines and concepts of congruency, similarity, tangency and symmetry of...

Students investigate how gases are different from solids and liquids and that they can evaporate and condense. They observe water boiling in a teapot and discuss what happens when the steam touches a cold window, complete an online Heat...

Pupils visit five learning stations to explore various aspects of trees. They look for tree names, match visual pictures to the written words of tree shapes, and observe the benefits of fencing and preserving new cut from wildlife.

Pupils, in groups, use song lyrics and math to descrie two and three dimensional shapes.

Second graders identify congruent figures and match shapes using transformation. They work in groups, utilizing a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice identifying congruent shapes.

Young scholars participate in a Web Quest activity in which they identify common exotic invasive plant species of the Southern Appalachian Region. After identifying the top 10 exotic invasive species, they choose one to research in depth.

Students learn new vocabulary words in ways that are fun and enriching. They brainstorm lists of words to be used in sentences, stories, or conversations.

Students review previously written essays, draw pictures of shapes, and write descriptive essays.

Students explore concepts of plants they eat, where and how they grow and are introduced to genetic diversity. They examine seed characteristics, look at their different sizes, shapes and germination time. They also set up seeds to...

Students review the correspondent /ai/ = long a and break into groups of five. They use a fishing pole with a magnet attached to "fish" for words that contain the /ai/ sound in it. If they catch a word that does not contain the /ai/...

Students use shape puppets to review geometry content. They take turns singing songs, reading students poems, reciting class bulletin board notes and choral poems. They prepare for their summative assessments through play and interview...

Students create a rainstick decorated with repeated patterns of shape and color, out of paper towel tubes.

Second graders identify the correct location of their city and state on a map. Through a matching activity, 2nd graders correctly identify their state on a shaped cookie map of the Unites States. They identify their city on a shaped...

Students become familiar with dance vocabulary and, with their bodies, create shapes and transitional movements to depict emotions related to the theme of 'courage.' They coordinate their movements to music and critique each others'...

Students listen to the story The Lorax. They identify natural, human and capital resources in the book. They identify the scarcity problem and brainstorm solutions. Students view a map of Arkansas which shows natural resources. They...

Students, with help of teacher, create pretzels shaped like letters. They then bake the pretzels and create words with the pretzel letters.

Second graders write a short story about train track safety and make a train shaped book.

Young scholars practice reading and writing in this cross-curricular lesson plan for the early-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on daily practice, individual improvements, and positive reinforcements for jobs well done during...

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

Students research and discuss the social ritual of drinking chocolate in viceregal Mexico. They explain its cultural and historical and geographical roots. Students create their own "drinking" vessel from papier-mache. They experiment...

Students take pictures of items related to parent functions around the school. In this parent functions instructional activity, students take photos of an item that has a shape of one of the parent functions that they studied in class....