Professional Development Lesson Plans

Students listen to a lecture about Telnet, IP numbers, and MOO's. They log onto SchMooze University and follow screen prompts to enter the classroom. Students complete lessons from this web site.

In this professional development lesson for teachers, staff members access sites (links provided on the lesson) to practice highlighting text. They copy text from the web site and paste it onto a blank Word document. Staff members practice selecting all text, changing to a different font and size.

Students experience the difference between a scientific experiment and a demonstration project in order to successfully guide themselves through the science fair process.

Students explore force and motion through a series of experiments. In this physics lesson, students create and interpret speed graphs. They build an electromagnet and explain the factors affecting its strength.

Learners examine Aboriginal people of the Americas. In this history lesson, learners make connections between their own lives and those of Aboriginal people. Learners engage in a 'talking circle' and use storytelling as a mode of cultural transmission just as it was done by Native Americans long ago. This interdisciplinary lesson includes stories, crafts, modifications, and extensions.

Learners identify several professions in the healthcare field and characteristics of effective healthcare providers. They consider if any of the occupations covered in class are appropriate career paths.

Students study how contemporary lifestyles/cultures/traditions are influenced by the contributions of the settlers of that region; and use their prior knowledge of German to discuss photographs of people.

Students view video and conduct research on how baseball has reflected the social context of American history. They work in groups to investigate outstanding minority baseball players, including racial minorities and women, and develop dramatic monologues to present their findings to the class.

Learners create an earthworm habitat. In this worms lesson, learners construct a KWL chart about earthworms and research their habitat. Learners create a mini habitat for their earthworms by using gravel, sand, cloth, and soil.

In this lesson learners explore the concept of endangered species and teach the names of selected endangered species in Spanish and English. The position of selected cat species as "endangered" or not "endangered" is developed in Spanish and in English.