Lesson plan designed for eleventh graders. Students discuss giving and reading multi-step directions while drawing simple pictures of dogs and cats. Includes student handouts and a scoring guide. It comes from a thematic unit on challenge.

Explore this helpful Skillswise English resource and get some hints on how better to follow instructions. Includes games, videos, worksheets, and more.

Genius Hour is inquiry-based, student-directed learning. It gives students an opportunity to look at the big wide world around them and explore their own unique interests in a loosely structured, but supported way. This article gives...

Students use the free computer game Pingus to learn how engineers, specifically environmental engineers, use their technical writing skills to give instructions and follow the instructions of others. Students learn to write instructions...

Can you make a balloon hover in one spot and move without you touching it when you create air currents? Give it a try!

Can you build a rubber band-powered, paddle boat that paddles across the water? Give this a try and have a paddle race with a friend.

Can you design and build a device that will let you grab and drop objects from at least two feet away? Give it a try!

Can you design and build a watercraft that will keep 25 pennies afloat for at least 10 seconds? Give it a try!

A model of a quick survey to give students to help them activate their prior knowledge of subject matter. Alter this survey to suit your particular subject.

This website gives an excellent explanation of how to find the least common multiple. It offers two different methods and gives easy to follow step by step directions.

This lesson is centered around an Olympics 2004 Treasure Hunt designed to give students an opportunity to learn about the history of the Olympic games and to generate interest in the modern Olympic games. Students are able to see the...