Students use  digital camera to document the needs for daily living. In this life skills and visual arts activity, students create class books that include photographs of everyday objects that they use in their home, school and...

Students research an animal. In this research lesson, students utilize various types of technology to gather information about an animal. Students create a class blog and use digital photography for their research.

Students investigate how energy travels through glass. In this energy usage lesson, students conduct an experiment in which they decide if window film affects how much energy travels through the glass. Students use a journal to make...

Learners categorize information in the Yellow Pages. In this Let the Phone Book Get Them Talking! lesson, students find pictures in the Yellow Pages and thus gain a better understanding of how the book is organized. Learners locate local...

Students build their own kite following certain procedures. In this physics instructional activity, students explain the aerodynamics concepts involved in flying kites. They trace the development of aviation.

Students explore ocean environments. In this ocean environment lesson, students identify the things ocean animals need for survival. Students use KWL charts and search the Internet collecting information about ocean habitats....

Fifth graders analyze the Mayan culture. In this Mayan culture lesson, 5th graders study the Mayan culture noting similarities and differences between the Mayan culture and their own. Students examine hieroglyphic writing and the Mayan...

Students, with a partner, examine the relationship of fractions to whole numbers through the use of Fraction Pizza software by Panasonic.

Students participate in a lesson designed to illustrate these concepts using simple materials. They use Science process skills to observe, measure, predict, make inferences, and communicate while completing the activity. Proper safety...

Students use candy to explore fractions and percentages.

Fifth graders solve career word problems using math.

Fifth graders investigate conflict resolution through the study of justice.  In this justice lesson plan, 5th graders are put in scenarios of unfair conditions.  Students discuss the unfair situations and their feelings about...

Students participate in various activities which address Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. In this holiday lesson, students are exposed to Hebrew songs and construct Haiku poems about Yom Kippur.

Students evaluate human health by participating in an interactive activity. In this food choice lesson, students discuss the decisions they make each day in order to stay healthy with the food they eat. Students utilize the Internet to...

Young scholars compare and contrast where friction occurs in robots and bicycles. In this science activity, students label the diagram of bicycle and robots. They investigate how friction affects their different parts.

Students, in groups, make chocolate chip cookies following a recipe.

Fifth graders, after inventorying, add up the numerators of their fractions to see if it is the same number as the denominator. If it is, then they are ready to build whatever they wish, but using only what is in their individual inventory.

Students develop algebraic equations to solve problems involving farm animals. They watch a video, use manipulatives to determine the number of birds and pigs on the farm, and create original problems for their classmates to solve.

Students explore Geometry with Twizzlers Candy, pipe cleaners, paper, pencils, and protractors. They manipulate these items to create different angles introduced by the teacher.

Students use a Hersey bar to help them practice with fractions. The teacher gives a fraction and they are to create it with the chocolate bars.

Students review adding without regrouping the numbers. They are divided into groups and have to write the answer to the problem given on their papers.