First graders create classroom graph of their family members after reading book, Family.

Students identify sources and importance of sound, discuss sounds heard on way to school, explain why sound waves can be "seen", and participate in various classroom activities and experiments that illustrate how sound travels.

Learners listen to literature selection, describe life cycle of silkworm, discuss what they know about growth in living things, observe silkworms for one week and record observations in science journals, and review stages of growth.

Students create a newsletter that tells others about themselves and their family. They use publishing software to create their newsletters.

Young scholars discover gardening by documenting plants grown on school grounds.  In this botany instructional activity, students utilize digital cameras to capture images of plants on photo hikes which are turned into a slide show....

Students identify and describe three states of water. They predict how water will change states.

Students share and express feelings in order to build a sense of class community. They participate in an activity entitled Mill and Mingle.

Students participate in hands-on activities using maps and globes to identify geographical features. Students use map legends to identify direction. Students locate oceans, continents, countries, states and cities. Handouts and...

Students identify examples of community services, identify jobs/services performed by community helpers and relationships between community needs and community services, and work cooperatively to create Bubble map, flyer, and Powerpoint...

Learners participate in a community walk. In this communities lesson, students use a digital camera to take photos during a community walk. Learners take photos of store signs and street signs. Students design a poster with their pictures.

Young scholars investigate feelings with their class.  In this feelings lesson, students mingle with their class and share a specific personal feeling with a random student.  Young scholars record their experience in their...

Young scholars use shapes and manipulatives to demonstrate patterns. In this patterns lesson plan, students also break up patterns to identify a pattern unit.

Students practice using reference materials to locate information by making a nature calendar.

Learners use unconventional units of measure to estimate and measure.

Learners create spreadsheets and bar graphs based on results of survey of favorite holidays.

Students examine examples of cause and effect. They participate as a teacher engages them in activities with an egg.

Young scholars understand how they can participate to help people in need. In this tzedakah lesson, students organize a charity collection of food, coats, toys, or canned good. Young scholars present information about their drive in...

Students investigate both short and long term goals while completing worksheet. They share their goals with classmates.

Pupils practice their addition skills through this game using 10 bingo chips and a marker.

Young scholars maintain a compost bin and build a worm observatory. They design experiments relating to worms and record observations in a worm journal.

First graders measure a plant using unifix cubes and record their measurements on a class chart.

Students compare and contrast objects and are introduced to a Venn Diagram. In this alike and different lesson, students make observations regarding properties of objects. Students classify object and build ideas about variables....

Students develop and practice observational skills through lab activity.

Students view a video on a culture and list what would be preserved over time.  In this investigative lesson plan students study preservation and what gets preserved in different cultures.