Third graders locate Jamestown settlement on a historical timeline and research colonial life. They name a restaurant, identify who their potential customers might be and prepare a typical colonial menu.

Students research a historic timeline and other texts to explore life in the colonies and the Jamestown settlement. Students investigate what the settlers ate while in the colony. Students prepare foods similar to colonists' foods.

Third graders examine life in early colonial settlements. Students investigate what settlers ate and create a menu for a fictitious restaurant in a settlement.

Students identify differences in information found on the internet and in print books. They practice navigating between different pages and using shortcuts. They evaluate a site and share their findings with the class.

Students complete a handout dealing with the languages spoken most frequently at home in Canada. They interview a person with a home language other than English or French. Students contribute to a bulletin board display representing...

Learners describe difference between immigration and emigration, and summarize impact that immigration and emigration have on a community.

Students describe the differences between an estimate and a guess. They create reasonable estimates based on comparison and activities. Students explain how estimation is helpful in showing the relative size on a scale. They also...

Students read and write newspaper articles. In this newspaper article writing lesson, students collect and share current news articles, examine how they are written, then choose an event from the 20th century and write their own news story.

Students explore healthy snacks. In this nutrition and cooking lesson, students observe and identify food groups on USDA's MyPyramid food guide. Students discuss how fiber helps our digestive system and follow a recipe using yeast to...

Students use the USDA food guide pyramid to choose items for a balanced diet. In this food pyramid lesson, students play a game naming the items and their foo groups.   Students participate in cross curricular activities...

Learners practice using the Internet through computer matching.

Students participate in a simulation activity to visualize what the Internet is and how it works. In groups, students work as information seekers, computers or messengers to simulate how computers work. After the simulation, students...

Students utilize a compass to determine where North is in the classroom. In this direction lesson, students label the four main directions. Students locate features in the classroom and describe the directions to get to them. Students...

Third graders read about Italy and the complete activities that investigate the spice trade. In this spice trade lesson plan, 3rd graders analyze characters, write a thank you note, speak Italian, and complete language activities.

Third graders practice their geography skills. In this Polar Day-themed instructional activity, 3rd graders use their research skills to compare and contrast the place, regions, and human systems in their community to a Canadian northern...

Students discover that the Earth rotates on its axis in a cyclical fashion. They examine how this rotation results in day and night.

Students investigate the ways in which people greet each other. They read a book about greetings, participate in a role-playing game about greetings, interview family members about greeting styles and report their observations to the class.

Students explore self analysis by investigating other cultures. In this personal characteristics lesson plan, students utilize the Internet to read about a child from Niger, and many other students around the globe. Students compare...

Students research an animal using online research .They create a multimedia riddle using the information and share it with the class.

Students participate in a creative project where they construct globes. They label specific places on the globe that helps them learn how to read an actual globe.

Third graders read the story The Stolen Smell, and complete language arts activities based on the book. In this The Stolen Smell lesson plan, 3rd graders complete activities such as discussion, reading, researching, drawing, role...

In this sentence completion learning exercise, students complete the sentences with the correct word. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.

Third graders compare their thoughts about Africa before and after reading an associated book. In this cultural understanding lesson, 3rd graders write down their thoughts about Africa. They receive information from the book, Somewhere...

Students, after locating different marine habitats on a globe, play a card game about ecosystems, food webs and organisms.