Learners engage in a lesson about the state of Wyoming. They complete a worksheet looking for facts and identify some common symbols used to represent the state. The symbols are used to practice sounds and give context to class discussion.

Students locate Maine on a classroom map and discuss if Maine is where the nation's first light is found, where would the nation's last light be seen. They explore the idea of the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.

Students invite community members to visit the classroom and interview them about water in the community. Students prepare for, conduct, and follow up an interview and record their responses in their Water Journals.

Students produce e-books using themselves and their physical surroundings to demonstrate content standards, such as number sense or color recognition. They provide evidence using a digital camera, props, and the presentation tool.

Students explore the family unit. In this family lesson, students read books about families and identify the role of each family member. Students create a family album and share their finished album with the class.

Students define what having respect or showing respect means. They distinguish between a respectful and a disrespectful situation. They role-play examples of showing respect and disrespect to others.

Students discuss the connection between culture and art and why people create art. Students discuss Mt. Rushmore, The Sphinx, the goddess Athena, Roman columns, The Great Wall of China, The Buddha, and use tools and techniques to create ...

Students conduct simple bartering and trading activities and consider how product value can be altered by the market.

Young scholars design a car with two motors and then program the car to accomplish specific tasks within Pilot 4. They work in teams in order to program their own car in order to accomplish specific tasks outlined by the teacher. They...

Students discover how a fax machine works including: how a light sensor works, how light is reflected and how signals move across telephone lines. A "bingo" type game is played where students simulate the work of a fax machine to create...

Learners sort tarnished metals by type and experiment with different cleaning solutions and techniques to restore them to their natural color and shine.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, this short story helps students understand how countries solve problems. Questions that assess multiple reading skills are provided.