A valuable skills lesson for all grade levels and subject areas, encourage your learners to consider how they are spending their time throughout the day and offer tips for prioritizing and managing daily tasks. 

Explore the idea of self-esteem through different mediums. Research what is needed for increased self-esteem: list three things one might do well in, take a photo of an activity where each student is performing well, and examine how the...

Stress the importance of authenticating online resources and understanding the sources of websites' information with this activity. Using a Web-based activity, the lesson plan prompts young learners to think critically about determining...

You needn't take a stress pill or don a space helmet to take a tutorial in artificial intelligence. In fact, HAL might recommend the course with great enthusiasm and confidence for those seeking an introduction to AI.

Recognize risky behaviors and avoid them! That's the big idea behind two activities designed to teach middle schoolers to think critically about online safety. After reading background articles about protecting online identity,...

As testing season is upon us, give class members a way to prepare their minds and bodies for the big day. A resource promotes deep breathing exercises and comfortability to reduce anxiety. Along with multiple choice, short...

Avoid donuts on test days! Teach your classes how to prepare for assessments, ranging from pop quizzes to major exams, with a lesson that helps scholars identify and practice effective test-taking strategies. Participants learn about the...

Students apply basic time management skills to their lifestyle and implement study skills. Also, they should be able to implement management techniques in their daily lives as well. Students list activities and assignments and determine...

Are you looking for a way to teach sequence of events in your narrative writing unit? Bring this activity to your middle school class, as it prompts young writers to create a narrative sequence map of events that have happened at school...

Do your hands cramp up after a long day of typing? Learn the proper and ergonomic ways to type on a keyboard with a helpful "hand" book. From relaxing elbows and wrists to massaging and stretching tired hands, the strategies in the book...

When school and community leaders are at odds, what's a young person to do? Grouped pupils examine the details of a difficult situation during the 10th in a series of 12 leadership activities. Presented with a decline in community...

Students refine their knowledge of HTML, placing special emphasis on using graphics in their pages. They become familiar with the program Paint Shop Pro and develop original graphics using Paint Shop Pro that they can use on their own...

How do you grow crops in a area with insufficient rainfall? Why you irrigate, of course. Class members investigate irrigation systems by designing a system of their own. After examining irrigation related concepts, vocabulary terms, and...

Young scholars critique a power point presentation. They create power point presentation.

In this technology activity, students match six pictures of computer parts with the Spanish word that names each. Directions and words are all written in Spanish.

Young scholars will use research techniques for finding information on the internet. The goal is for them to become used to finding information from a variety of search engines. The key to the lesson plan is teaching students to be...

Students complete a homonym quiz activity. In this online homonym lesson, students read the sentences and select the correct homonym to complete the 20 sentences.

Food webs lesson, which focuses on Chesapeake Bay habitats, integrates biological concepts with literacy knowledge and skills. Lesson directs students to answer the question, how does a human-caused stress placed on the environment...

Have you ever felt stressed, angry or frustrated? Have you had a hard time managing those emotions? Chances are, you have and so have your children. In this video produced by the Parent Toolkit, you'll find strategies to help you and...

This personal site provides a student activity that allows learners the opportunity to practice computer skills in creating a bulleted list. The activity also involves student's in completing research on repetitive stress injury to...

Learning how to make the best use of your time can become easier with a daily planner. Discover how to set daily attainable goals to minimize stress levels by using a tool best suited to your lifestyle.

Web site in which author Steve Pavlina provides 5 steps for tripling personal productivity through time management. Articles in site are based on Pavlina's book Personal Development for Smart People.

This resource provides training for students that will help them identify emotional triggers and then handle these triggers in socially acceptable ways.

Article reports on the negative ways in which loneliness can impact health. Includes a vocabulary list.