Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is a great trade book to teach many concepts across the curriculum. This lesson has activities to excite your students in all subject areas. Students will be familiar with the metamorphosis...

A unique and flexible way to introduce vocabulary. The instructor introduces three new words to the class, then as the book My School's a Zoo by Stu Smith, is read, the students raise their hands when they hear the new words. The...

After a discussion of what makes water safe or unsafe, students will visit a local tributary, test the water, and complete tasks concerning the water. This lesson plan is designed for a 6th, 7th, and 8th grade gifted education enrichment...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is for enrichment in subtraction.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart has students engage in a research project looking at how geographical features affected the colonists' settling of the New World. Web links to aid the research process are included. An...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to explore 3 basic types of maps, physical, political, and historical. Characteristics of each are discussed and web links to additional examples are given. A short quiz...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a colorful and informative discussion of facts about Alaska. It contains interactive activities for students to do at the Activboard.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes life in ancient Egypt, the Egyptians belief systems and the mummification and burial process during those times. Discussion questions are posed throughout this activity.

Find eight video-enhanced lesson plans to enrich a study of the Roman empire, from the producers of the four-part PBS documentary "Roman Empire in the First Century." The lessons take students on multidisciplinary explorations of the...

A teaching resource for use with in-class screenings of the PBS documentary "Pete Peterson: Assignment Hanoi" about the former POW who returned to Vietnam as the first post-Vietnam War U.S. ambassador. The guide includes previewing and...