Students feel items in a bucket and describe them using descriptive words. For this sensory descriptive lesson plan, students use words such as smoothe, rough, and bumpy.

Young scholars develop catching skills using a launch board and a small ball, beanbag, or Koosh ball.

Students get moving instantly while reviewing already learned dance movements, the levels concept, and the self-space concept.

Students to get a feel for different rhythms through throwing and catching. They are asked to throw to their partner keeping time with the beat of the music. The partner catch the ball and throw it back to their partner in rhythm.

Students practice identifying the five senses using such things as a fluff ball, train whistle, tennis ball, package of potpourri, lollipop

Students identify, extend and create patterns using various types of manipulatives and then work a pattern game in the computer lab to reinforce what was learned.

Students count to 10 by using cheerios as manipulatives, identify numbers 1-10 by sight, and go to a website by using the Internet and computer keyboard (numeric) to answer questions (with help of teacher).

Students study ordinal positions through class reading and discussion, complete an Animal Parade activity sheet and Internet activity to demonstrate knowledge about ordinal positions with 100% accuracy, and play a math computer game.

Fourth graders propose possible sites for the heart of Florida state capital by mapping collected data onto a Florida state map and recording data in a Travel Log.

Students demonstrate grouping pretzels into twos, fives and tens, then eat their groups of pretzels! After a lecture/demo, students work in groups practicing the proper grouping.

Pupils compare whole and fractional numbers using <, >, or =, with manipulatives and drawings.

Students sort, classify, and write about how they sort a variety of shells.

First graders sort toys by various attributes. They, in groups, sort toy vehicles by color, size etc. and then explain how they chose to group the toys. They write, draw or dictate an explanation of their sorting methods.

Second graders measure surface area and perimeter using estimation. They complete a variety of measurement activities using Cheerios breakfast cereal.

First graders sort and classify, and complete a T-chart using Students' shoes.

Third graders use nonstandard concrete methods to estimate and record measurements of their body.

Third graders, in a foreign language class, identify and use adjectives in sentences.

Students add to a class Shape City by designing and constructing new buildings.

Second graders explore how seasonal weather patterns affect temperature and their lives.

Students demonstrate knowledge of sorting and classifying by color as they sort gummy bear candies.

Students have oceans of fun transforming a wienie into an octopus they can eat! After counting, cutting halves and fourths, observing steam and the effects of heat, they mix colors as they create a yummy dipping sauce from mustard and...

Second graders, in groups, develop models to show how forces such as gravity, friction, equal, unequal forces and change in direction work on marbles.

Second graders investigate friction by pulling a cup of marbles across a variety of surfaces, without the marbles spilling out.

Fifth graders study the structures of a plant cell and animal cell. They create a graphic organizer and a food model. Finally, they write an essay comparing and contrasting plant and animal cells.