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Exploring Space Fact
Students visit web sites to gather information about space and space exploration.
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Severe Weather Action Plan
Students obtain and review copies of school's severe weather action plan (if one exists) and discuss how plan can be used in an actual severe weather emergency; if no plan exists, students develop, write, edit, and present one to school...
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Writing and Editing a Research Report
Students research report on their severe weather pattern for presentation to the class.
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Introduction to Severe Weather Patterns
Students review basic weather concepts and terminology, and explore weather modeling tools.
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Internet Research
Students research and gather information on immigration, synthesizing the data they find.
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Exploring Space Fiction
Students visit web sites with information on space fiction and collect information for their stories.
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Earth Day Trash Survey Unit
Learners participate in local Earth Day activities. They keep track of the types of trash they pick up. They aggregate their data to develop whole-class statistics of what they found.
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Classroom Comparison of Fat Intake
Students bring in their fat diaries and work in pairs to calculate their average fat intake per day during the week of data collection. The whole class gathers to calculate their total fat intake and average fat intake per student per...
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Counting Fat in Our Diet
Students take home a fat diary and, with the help of their parents, keep track of how much fat they ingest every day. The fat diary should include entries for each day, as well as items eaten, servings, and total fat intake.
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Introduction to Architectural Philosophies
Students familiarize themselves with some of the competing philosophies underlying architecture. They explore structures as a form of artistic expression as well as a practical undertaking.
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Current Events Research
Students look for news stories on the Web that highlight some of the prominent issues in modern American history they outlined in Lesson One. They see the connection between historical issues and current events.
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Family Fitness
Pupils visit sites that contain information about a variety of health and fitness activities. They analyze the activities according to several criteria, and describe how their particular activity choices can contribute to a healthy...
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Climate and Weather
Students become familiar with weather terminology and different representations of data as they explore various on-line weather sites. They practice using and interpreting data determining the effects of the time of day, time of year and...
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Introduction to Neoclassicism and Romanticism
High schoolers research the Internet to answer questions about Neoclassicism and Romanticism.
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School Newspaper Unit
Students assemble and format their stories and layout their electronic newspaper.
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Global Warming Unit: Presentation to Class and School
Students present their research reports on global warming, along with any other associated products (models, diagrams, Web-pages, etc.) to the rest of the class and school.
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Global Warming: The Greenhouse Effect Debate
Learners gather information about the Greenhouse Effect and participate in a debate about the merits of this theory on both sides. They explore the Greenhouse Effect, and its possible long-term effects, from a variety of resources.
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Global Warming: Introduction to Global Warming
Students gather information about global warming and climate changes in preparation for future lessons on the Greenhouse Effect.
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Exploring Space Fact and Fiction Unit: Creating Space Fiction
Learners create stories about imaginary planets.
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Administering the Survey
Students administer Media Violence Survey to family and friends locally, and to students in remote locations.
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Individualizing: What Does Your Name Mean?
Students access Internet (links provided on thsi lesson plan) and library resources to find the meanings of their first and/or last names. They also discuss the evolution of the concept of naming individuals.
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Investigating Neoclassicism/Romanticism
High schoolers practice accessing and evaluating Internet resources as they perform research and answer, in written form, a series of general and specific questions about Neoclassicism/Romanticism.
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Investigating Neoclassicism/Romanticism
Young scholars use the internet to research neoclassicism and romanticism. Using various websites, answer a series of comprehension questions on the topic. They develop a presentation and share their information they gathered with...
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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit: Immigration Explorations, Part I
Young scholars visit John Schick's Virtual Ellis Island Museum created by students in his classroom in order to develop criteria for their own research.