Ask an Expert Lesson Plans

Students review and use the steps in the scientific method to complete the experiment. In groups, they research the importance of water to plants and animals in their local area. They examine how water can become contaminated and take a field trip to test the water. They create their own solution to help clean up the site.

Fourth graders place packets of cards in order to sequence the life cycle of a meal worm. They then become familiar with the mealworms and their habitats in discovering how to take care of them and make lists of questions about the mealworms.

Pupils explore India through maps, as well India's tigers.  In this investigating India lesson students use the Internet to research the tiger and its environment. 

Second graders experience and study the literary genre poetry, They practice utilizing rhymes, jingles, songs, word combinations, sound patterns, alliterative patterns, phonics and spellings in writing simple poetry and categorize their poems into a class anthology.

Third graders use the internet to conduct research about the subject of volcanoes and the related features. They describe the relationship between active volcanoes and related geological features.

Twelfth graders ask an expert about details regarding economic downturns. In this economics lesson, 12th graders create question lists about the status of the economy and then listen to guest speaker field questions about American economic principles.

Young scholars invite community members to visit the classroom and interview them about water in the community. Students prepare for, conduct, and follow up an interview and record their responses in their Water Journals.

Students conduct oral histories about water issues in their community. They plan, conduct, document, and follow up an interview with community members and record their findings on a school website or create a class oral history journal.