Students create a spreadsheet that calculate the amount of concrete needed to pour various concrete forms.

Students read an article about dirty bombs and then use a worksheet as a discussion guide to consider surrounding issues. They use balloons, cornstarch and iron fillings to demonstrate the possible impact of a dirty bomb.

Tenth graders explore how to describe the weather in their own town or city. They complete a paragraph that describes a city by filling in the correct words into the sentences in the paragraph. Students translate English weather...

Tenth graders engage in a lesson looking for the ideal conditions for microbial growth. The lesson is to be given once they have background knowledge about microbes. Students set up a lab in order to grow cultures over a period of two...

Students investigate an environmental problem in order to find and propose possible solutions. The problem is real to add to the engagement of the lesson. This is found through conducting research and then brainstorming is done in small...

Tenth graders research Nuclear Energy and Radioactivity, how is this form of energy used for the good of mankind in solving the energy crisis and the hazardous aspect of using this form of energy. They cooperatively work in groups to...

Students are introduced to the concept/idea of a vector, what it represents and why they are used. They develop an understanding of what vectors are, how and why they are used.

Students review the parts of speech to begin the lesson. Using computers, they listen to instructions from their teacher and write the word under the categories respresenting the different parts of speech. Using the same word, they find...

Tenth graders test their saliva for enzyme activity. In this enzyme lesson, 10th graders conduct an experiment to test the enzymatic activity of their saliva. They relate the lack of certain digestive enzymes with alcoholism.

Students analyze parent involvement in their high school children's lives. For this journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Value of Parent-Teacher Meetings Increases at High School Level", respond to discussion...

Pupils plan how to manage a fictional timber resource.  For this earth science lesson plan, pupils research the options and repercussions of logging a forested plot of land.  Pupils consider the implications of logging to the...

Tenth graders recognize the allegorical meaning in The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe. In this poetry lesson, 10th graders analyze a poem for allegorical meaning.

Students explore triangles. In this geometry lesson, students will create note cards with pictorial depictions of right, acute,obtuse, scalene, isosceles, equilateral and equiangular triangles. Students will verbally describe each type...

Tenth graders compare the activities of the Underground Railroad with the Amistad Case. In this slavery lesson, 10th graders research primary and secondary sources to discover information about Connecticut abolitionists. Students use...

Learners examine the cell cycle and how its duration can vary.  In this cells instructional activity students complete a worksheet and answer questions. 

Tenth graders study disease and how it changes normal body functions.  In this research lesson students research a disease and use a word processing software to construct a presentation. 

Students compare two lengths using the area of a square. In this geometry lesson, students solve problems using ratio and proportion of the two shapes. They solve equations by taking the square root of both sides.

Students calculate the surface area of different polygons. In this geometry lesson, students practice calculating the volume of spheres. They work with cones, cylinders and rectangular prisms.

Students write equations of a line. In this algebra lesson, students investigate the assassination of JFK through linear equations. They calculate the length of given line segments.

Tenth graders study the diversity of life in the world. They classify and sketch organisms into the 6 kingdoms.

Students read aloud Langston Hughes poems. They select a poem and read aloud to music.

Students conduct an experiment with potato cores and a sucrose solution to investigate how salt water fish process water. They develop a lab report of their experiment.

Students explore the history of Halloween and what people do at Halloween. Also, the compare Halloween with Lantern Festival and Ghosts' Day in Taiwan.

Tenth graders complete a unit of lessons on the story elements of Sherlock Holmes short stories. They analyze the plot elements, complete graphic organizers, read and discuss the plots, observe a person and take notes, and analyze an...