Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nonsense Dictionary

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore various media. They identify the characteristics of various sources and use that material effectively. Students identify the characteristics of Dr. Seuss' work and the characteristics of a dictionary. They create a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Art of Illustrator Eric Carle

For Teachers 1st
First graders use two-dimensional and three-dimensional media and techniques to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories in works of art. They use media and tools in a safe and responsible manner
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Communication, Day 3: Asking What You Want

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Mild to moderately disabled secondary students practice asking for what they want. They discuss a scenario, list things they want, then practice asking for those things. Our special needs students need to know how to communicate...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

HIV/AIDS & Other STDs, Day 1: Germs & Risk

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Assist your secondary special education class for understanding risky behavior, hygiene, and STDs. The class discusses how germs spread, how people get sick, and what needs to be done to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. They...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

STD & HIV/AIDS, Day 2: HIV/AIDS - Staying Safe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Decrease risky behavior and inform your secondary Special Ed class about AIDS/HIV. They talk about germs, AIDS, transmission, and staying safe. Developmentally disabled individuals need to be informed about safe sex and disease...
Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Scientific Inquiry Using WildCam Gorongosa

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How do scientists determine what questions to ask to meet their research goals? Help your class develop an inquiry mindset with a lesson based on studies in the Gorongosa National Park. Partners create their own research questions by...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2005 AP® Environmental Science Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th
Can the increase in meat production keep pace with the increase in population? Individuals analyze data to determine when human populations will exceed meat production at the current rates of increase. They also consider infectious...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2000 AP® Statistics Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
A little communication goes a long way. Free-response questions from the 2000 AP® Statistics exam require pupils to communicate their results—not just perform calculations. The questions ask individuals to explain, discuss, and interpret...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2003 AP® Statistics Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th
Hypothetically, knowing the structure of a test should help. Pupils use the released free-response questions from the 2003 AP® Statistics exam to become aware of the structure of questions on the test. Half the questions in the set...
Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

West Nile Virus: Vectors and Hosts Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The spread of an infectious disease can be a complicated process. Using a game approach, learners reenact the spread of the West Nile virus. They learn the need for the vector in transmitting the disease and how different organisms react...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Unspoken Words of Media Ethics: Do we know what they are?

For Teachers 10th
Students read codes of ethics from the New York Times, Washington Post, Society of Professional Journalists and the American Society of Newspaper Editors.  For this Civics lesson, 10th graders role-play ethical dilemmas faced by...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biography: 15 Years and Counting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars witness the evolution of an episode of Biography from inception to final airing. They follow the procedure used for research, editing and producing the final project.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Online —On Stage—and Action

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Use your tablets to participate in a culture-sharing project with a class in a foreign country. Your class can communicate and share ideas with a class in another country, swapping information regarding language and culture. Together you...
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

It's a Whatchamacallit

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learners formulate new applications for simple machines in an original invention that solves a common problem. They brainstorm ideas for a new product using simple machines and communicate a finished project through an oral,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ASL: Lesson 10

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Focus on learning how to sign cardinal and ordinal numbers, nouns, and lexicalized fingerspelling. Here is instructional activity 10 of the series on learning ASL. Provided, are multiple links that provide a visual guide to proper...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Communicate and collaborate using technology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a collaborative project with another class and view their process of creating the project using technology. Then they use a digital camera and send pictures electronically, saving the pictures to the school's...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun"

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students translate the print based content of the play by utilizing mixed media skills to communicate an argument. In this play translation lesson, students analyze and translate the play A Raisin in the Sun and explore themes from the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring the Asian Cultural Tradition Through Multimedia Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct research using different varieties of resources that include the internet. They organize the research to make it usable. Then they discuss how to present the information in the form of a class project.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who am I? Bookmaking

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the process of bookmaking that has its origins from many different international cultures. The multicultural symbolism represented by the medium is utilized by students to expres their identity.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

South Africa World Cup 2010 – The Fever Mounts

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the World Cup in Africa. In this South African instructional activity, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students complete a quiz on their reading.
Activity
Novelinks

Sense and Sensibility: Final Assessment: Movie Maker

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Assess your class's understanding of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility with a fun and creative final project. Using what they have learned about the novel's characters, they create presentations featuring music and images that...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Ten: Your World Without Oil

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in the World Without Oil game as they examine the effects of a prolonged oil shortage. In this oil shortage lesson, students play the online game, World Without Oil, before making an audio clip based on the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Puberty/Adolescence Day 5: What Will I Decide About Touch?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students follow the thoughtful decision model and decide which kind of touching is okay and which is not as a teen. For this touch lesson plan, students also learn how to communicate those decisions.
Unit Plan
College Board

AP Physics 1 and 2 Inquiry-Based Lab Investigations

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Have you ever wondered what type of AP Physics investigations The College Board wants? This is the guide for you! Sixteen labs covering both Physics I and II will get you started and inspire you to meet the requirement of 25 percent of...