Guide your pupils through the process of creating a free e-mail account on Gaggle.net. Once the accounts are established, class members contact authors and practice letter writing techniques. This lesson includes resource links and is...

Young journalists create newspapers of individual biomes after researching their biomes. This lesson can be completed in three phases and concludes with each person publishing their individual newspaper pages.

History comes alive as groups work cooperatively to create short iMovies about a specific historical period of their choice. Ideal for late elementary grades, the lesson includes a video demonstration and a short materials list.

Students investigate how the sun travels across the sky at different latitudes using Solar Motion Demonstrator. In this earth science instructional activity, students explain why seasons change. They study how the tilt of the Earth's...

Students create a timeline detailing the events of the Great Depression to identify causes of the Great Depression. Then students organize the programs created by the New Deal using a graphic organizer.

Students investigate the illness borne in concentration camps. In this Holocaust lesson plan, students participate in a simulation that requires them to consider how ailments became epidemics in concentration camps.

Second graders explore the basic concepts of economics through a puppet called Eco the Gecko.

Students study the changes in travel methods over time.

Soak up the sunshine in this ESL presentation about summer and words associated with summer. Clear, bright illustrations help to define words and phrases like "sleep in a hammock" and "build a sandcastle." Helpful for a unit about...

In this science activity, learners investigate water sources and the environment. Students complete a rebus, a home water survey, a game about the journey of water, an activity on waste water, a water cleansing experiment and a water...

Students record classroom procedures and use iMovie to edit their movies. Audio tracks are then added to the movies to enhance the action. Lesson alternatives and extensions are provided.

Sixth graders play through a duet, on part A and part B, with out stopping or giving up. Students become comfortable with playing in small ensembles. They also get more comfortable with their peers listening to them perform.

Students come prepared with their strips previously cut and sew some strip sets together and have them cut the completed strip sets into sections. They stack the needed sctions for the required blocks of units and set all units together.

Young scholars examine how to analyze musical performances and utilize practice techniques to improve their performances. They listen and evaluate another student's performance, then reverse roles with their partner.

Students sing "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" with others in small groups and as an entire class. Using correct posture, correct rhythms, and accurate pitches, students play improvised melodies as accompaniment to the song. This lesson emphasizes...

Students draw ten frames for a cartoon and then use iMovie to create an animated movie in this technology-based art lesson. Transitions and audio tracks can be added to enhance final products.

Students discuss the use of transitions in film and video using prior knowledge, a Nike film, and a teacher-created iMovie as examples. The lesson ends with the creation of student iMovies using transitions.

Students review the song "Laudamus Te" while focusing on the dynamics and style of the piece. The lesson incorporates the appreciation of different learning styles as students use multiple sensory inputs to learn music.

Learners sing and perform the song "Festival Hosanna" by Carole Stephens in this Choral instructional activity for the High School classroom. Emphasis is placed upon the National Standards for Music and singing proper Latin text in a...

First graders examine the word and sentence structure of reading, writing, speaking, and listening effectively. In this structural analysis lesson, 1st graders review the ending of compound words, root words and their usages.

In this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about government secrecy and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this environment worksheet, students identify and explain the importance of water and farming. They identify the differences between food items and whether they are a fruit, vegetable, or animal. Students also respond to 5 yes/no...

In this water worksheet, students answer 10 multiple-choice questions about the water cycle. Students also describe how they think their community is involved in sustaining water resources and write a pretend radio announcement about...

In this ESL/ELL reading and speaking worksheet, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Paul McCartney's Space Station Concert." They complete a variety of comprehension activities including true/false, listing life songs,...