Eleventh graders explore the three basic trigonometric functions. In this trigonometry/Algebra II lesson, 11th graders use GeoGebra and the unit circle to define the ratios of sides is a right triangles as they examine the full domain...

Second graders discover what magnets can do. In this magnet lesson students make predictions about magnets. They experiment with the magnets and record their data on a chart.

Students study the origin of the Fibonacci Sequence.  In this investigative instructional activity students identify works of art where Golden Spiral or Ratio appear. 

Learners examine the "Cult of Domesticity." In this women's history lesson plan, students visit the specified Web sites to engage in research related to the characteristics that were thought to represent true womanhood as well as...

Learners research nutrition by examining the food pyramid. In this culinary lesson, students identify the concept of a balanced meal by researching the different groups on a food pyramid. Learners utilize the web to play a game titled...

Students discuss the different stages of mitosis. In this biology instructional activity, students work in pairs as they draw and diagram the stages of cell division. They discuss reproduction using pro, meta, ana and telophase.

Students use FoilSim to demonstrate that the graphic analysis of the airflow around one object can be used to hypothesize airflow graphs for objects as they are elongated from a sphere to an airfoil shape.

Young scholars use the FoilSim educational software program to complete an activity regarding lift. They solve a multivariable equation for each of the variables and apply the results to various problems in different situations.

Students use FoilSim to design an airplane wing that generates a given lift. As they change parameters such as airspeed, altitude, angle of attack, thickness and curvature of the airfoil, and size of the wing area, the software...

Students use FoilSim (downloadable) to determine how lift is affected by varying parameters on the Airfoil simulation.

Students use 3-D modeling techniques to observe the characteristic signature of the stall condition apparent on an airfoil at high angles of attack. They use FoilSim to compare the above with ideal airflow.

Students use educational software about different dinosaurs to determine what group of dinosaurs each belongs in.

Learners examine different dinosaurs and what groups they belong in. Educational software is used to guide the lesson.

Fourth graders research the Native Americans of Texas using the Internet. They create a Power Point presentation over the four Indian tribes of Texas - Caddo, Jumano, Karankawa, Apache.

Twelfth graders identify the difference between a primary and a secondary source, and use writing as a tool for learning and research. They compile information from primary and secondary sources using available technology.

Students compare and contrast the ways that penguins are different to flying birds.

Students use the web to explain how the bones serve as protection for organs in the body and recognize some of the bone structure that protect certain organs. They comprehend the different structure and functions of support tissue...

Ninth graders practice pre-algebra and algebra skills by solving and entering the correct answers.

Students define criminal and tort law and explain how they are different.

Students explore various parts of the heart and blood vessels . They begin with an overview of the components of the cardiovascular system. They see a cross section of an artery and watch how a blood clot develops.

Pupils put together a 3-D interactive "heart" puzzle and learn the names of heart parts.

Students, by participating in a classroom toy store, are introduced to the penny.

Second graders and teachers identify geometric vocabulary word by searching a geometry website. They create a Quilt Word Wall using the geometry words.

Third graders complete their KWL charts from the first activity of the unit as a review for the summative. Then they decode a secret message using the four basic components of DNA, adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine.