+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scrambled Eggs Anyone?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to Nursery Rhymes highlighting GRAVITY, pull ropes during a Rope Pull Activity and even drop eggs from a height during a Gravity Contest. This is a fantastic instructional activity which highly motivates Students!
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Collecting Leaves with Lewis and Clark

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders collect data on leaves collected, observe different species of leaves, and implement different methods of leaf preservation.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making the Connection With Quilts

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a lesson which integrates the study of the Underground Railroad in Indiana with a Language Arts unit on quilts. They write a book report on one of the quilt books read in class and design a quilt block for the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Contours, Curves & Lines

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discover how straight lines and curves function in both art and the science of conservation tillage by building model "hills" and experimenting on them.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Favorite Animal and Me

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research their favorite animal. They create their own fact book to share about their animal and their habitat.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Canada: A Land Rich in Beauty and Culture

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders in groups research the different regions of Canada. They create a timeline to put the major events of Canada's history in order.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Engineering: Simple Machines

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in activities to examine how simple machines help build things. They identify the six types of simple machines. They discover how simple machines where use historically to build pyramids and how they are still...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Newton Gets Me Moving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss Newton's laws of motion. The conduct motion experiments by building "Newton Rocket Cars" from assorted materials. They propel the cars with rubber bands and wooden blocks and record the distance traveled on data sheets.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Floodplain Modeling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students simulate the impact of fluctuating river volumes on structures and landforms. They experiment with table top-sized riverbed models and water. Students consider how human design can help mitigate the effects of a flood.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Thar She Blows!: Wind Power

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how wind energy is transformed into electrical energy. In pairs, they build miniature wind turbines and measure how much electrical current they produce. They asses the importance of design and position in energy...
+
Lesson Plan
2
2
Curated OER

Tracking Fall's Falling Temperatures

For Teachers K - 8th
Young meteorologists track weather from day to day and record results on graphs, maps, or other places. They see firsthand how weather temperatures trend cooler as fall progresses and practice grade-appropriate skills in geography (map...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Modeling Mania

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students describe techniques helpful in solving spatial problems which utilize the notion that a model is a simplified version of something complicated. They utilize methods such as sketching or drawing possible solutions to a problem.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Art Through the Eyes of Youth

For Teachers K - 8th
Students take a field trip to an art gallery reflecting on the paintings they like the most. Individually, they use magazines to find pictures related to their personality. In pairs, they make a mask to represent their ethnic group and...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hot Problem Solving

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students follow the steps of the engineering design process to meet the challenge of getting their entire class from one location on the playground to the sidewalk without touching the ground between. The class develops a well...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

TE Activity: Wow! That Captures It!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine how motion capture technology allows computer based animators to design realistic effects in animation. They study how the center of gravity contributes to animation and how to use the center of gravity to write an...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interdependence: A Colonial Example

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a variety of activities related to Colonial America and how people lived at that time. They conduct research on a selected colonial trade and present an oral report as role-playing that craftsman, and participate in a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Fulcrums

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students engage in a lesson that concentrates on the use of a lever and fulcrum. They define how a lever is used to lift a load. The lesson has background information to justify it. Students demonstrate how to use the lever while lifting...
+
Lesson Plan
Aiken County Public Schools

Claymation in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design an appropriate and usable storyboard and then create a claymation video. They take digital photographs frame by frame, then assemble the stop-motion movie using video software.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

THE TRAVELS OF BABAR: An Adventure in Scale:Conflict Resolution an Safety

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners research new techniques to solving conflicts without violence. Many new vocabulary words are uncovered within this lesson. They discuss Jean de Brunhoff's The Travels of Babar as an example of how a conflict can be resolved in a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Long Until Dirt

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the difference between composting and wasting food. They problem-solve what to do about leftovers after lunches so good food doesn't go to waste.They study food storage techniques that are environmentally friendly...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making the Connection With Quilts

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore history of Underground Railroad in Indiana and discover how slaves were assisted on their journey using codes displayed in different quilt blocks. Students examine connection quilts have to ancestry and family...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lighten Up!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe light as a form of energy, that it can be reflected/bounced, refracted/bent and absorbed. They explore how different types of light affect our lives as a whole. Songs are researched that involve light (ex. "You...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Food Chain Game - A Lesson in Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners are divided into three groups, herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores which receive a certain number of lives. Once in their ecosystem (outside or the gym), the carnivores chase and eat either the herbivores or omnivores, the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solar Car Series: During what part of the day can t most Sun power be collected?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in an outdoor activity in which they make direct but safe observations of the Sun. Students use a solar cell and voltmeter apparatus to collect data on the amount of DC voltage produced by the solar cell during a...

Other popular searches