Students practice using an online encyclopedia to research native animals to Virginia. Using the information from the encyclopedia, they identify the main and supporting ideas. They share their information with the class using the...

Students explore the planets in our solar system and create a brochure on each planet. They read the book, The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System and write notes about solar system facts and watch a video. After the video, they...

Third graders listen to several broadcasts from the WWII era. They research, write and perform simulated radio broadcasts concerning topics related to American society in World War II.

Students work on summarization as a skill to increase their comprehension of full texts. They focus on determining the most important ideas from the texts they read by using the four steps to summarization. Using an online article, they...

Young scholars research local leaders and create a web page showcasing the leader.

Students brainstorm to list as many instruments as they can and try to guess which instrument family into which they fit. They research each instrument on a website and find the family, hear the sound and learn about each one.

Students examine the concept of symmetry. They use photographs in front of a mirror to see symmetry. They write an explanation or drawing of how a mirror always produces a line of symmetry.

Students read a story called Carts Give Mobility to Disabled Dogs and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions, recalling details,...

Young scholars research the uses of water and complete related activities. In this water uses lesson, students investigate the ways their family uses water. Young scholars complete a collage activity, an illustration activity, a trace...

Students make sets of nautical signal flags and use them to communicate in the classroom.

Learners explore the Underground Railroad communication system.  For this cross curriculum fine arts and United States history Civil War lesson, students view several websites that feature quilts constructed by slaves during the...

In this vocabulary and reading skills learning exercise, students complete 12 sentences by selecting the appropriate words and phrases from the word bank to do so.

Students create photographic family histories. In this technology skills lesson, students create family trees with digital photographs that they take of the family members.

Students explore the function of the human heart. In this heart anatomy instructional activity, students participate in activities offered at an Internet website to discover the characteristics and jobs of the parts of the human heart.

In this social studies worksheet, learners complete social studies activity sheets including changing the world, historical women, travel, and more. Students complete 52 sheets.

Young scholars investigate how efficient different substances are at melting snow. Students collect and analysis data.

Students explore their hometown newspaper for ideas. They create their own classroom newspaper.

Students explore reasons why the dinosaurs became extinct, and the specific needs (habitat, environment, food) of individual types of dinosaurs.