Homework Help Lesson Plans

Students discuss ways to get homework help. They receive an activity sheet "Got a problem with Your Homework?" Students identify offlin strategies they could use. They read and discuss "Still Having a Problem?" and visit several homework help sites. Students discuss information included on the "Problem Solved!" worksheet.

Students use an online site to ask for and give homework help. For this technology lesson, students use 99Chats to discuss homework assignments and ask for help. They discuss the steps required to solve the problems.

Students use a visual thesaurus and Vocabgrabber to interpret a news article. In this vocabulary building and comprehension lesson, students analyze quotes from the article. Students use the visual thesaurus and Vocabgrabber to interpret the message of the article. Students then use the information from the article to write guidelines for internet use.

Students discover strategies for getting immediate help with their homework, including online sources in which an adult is available for assistance. They work through a simulated situations in which they visit one of these sites to gain help with a given problem.

Students work in groups to research, design, and create model water park using line segment theories coordinate. They produce individual design portfolios that include their ideas and opinions, design solutions, sketches and research notes. Student trip to water park for field testing is suggested. Four lessons on one page.

Students identify the characteristics of special right triangles.  In this special right triangles lesson, students use rulers and protractors to draw triangles to specified conditions.  They label triangles.  Students use Java Sketchpad to complete triangle activities.  Students discover the ratios for special right triangles.  As an enrichment, they complete a math puzzle.  Worksheets and activities are included.

Students investigate the formula used to solve quadratic equations. In this algebra lesson plan, students solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula and the discriminant to tell where the graph will intercept the x-axis. They set the equation to zero and solve for x.

Tenth graders analyze the causes of the Great Depression. They analyze the causes and the consequences of the Dust Bowl. Pupils examine how the Great Depression helped change the role of the federal government in the American economy. Students examine the change approach to the Depression from the early years of the Hover Administration through the Second New Deal.

Tenth graders examine the impact of the Great Depression on the United States. In groups, they use the internet to research the causes of the Great Depression and the effects of the Dust Bowl. To end the lesson, they compare and contrast the federal government's role before and after the Great Depression.

Students explore and analyze how homes have changed through time, which helps them realize and develop a positive, warm sense of history. In addition, they incorporate stunning artifacts, customs and lifestyles from the past.