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Washoe Indians: Dat-so-la-lee

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the life and crafts of Washoe Indian, Dat-so-la-lee. In this Washoe Indians lesson, students read and study the life of Washoe Indian basket weaver Dat-so-la-lee. Students study images of her crafts and discuss the...
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Native American Homelands

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the Navajo, Sioux, and Iroquois tribes, noting their distinctive characteristics. They trace the homeland of each of the tribes on maps and create map keys. Students explain how they developed their map keys.
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Magpies across the milky way

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make origami birds after studying about Asian legends and culture. In this Asian legends lesson plan, students also learn about Asian art, constellations, and the Milky Way Galaxy.
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The Emperor's New Clothes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this comprehension learning exercise, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story The Emperor's New Clothes. Students complete 14 questions.
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Reading & Writing: There is a Little Boy in the House

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students will read a story about a little boy and his coat. Then students will complete 5 short answer questions about the story.
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Navaho Rug

For Teachers All
Students wget a chance to enhance their manual dexterity and follow a sequential process. Students gain an appreciation and an understanding of a culture other than their own.
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Current Connections

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize that history can be easily altered and changed, and consider ways to prevent deceptions about the Holocaust. They create class quilt that shows how to create harmony, understanding and tolerance of others.
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Hula Hoop Together

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use hula hoops and music to develop a motor skill. When the music stops students should find a blue hoop. This is also a good instructional activity for socializaiton.
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Contour Wrapped Animal Portrait

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students will select a high interest animal portrait. After completing an n accurate light line drawing, the portrait will be finished using contours lines constructed of implied wrapping using pencil and pen. The eyes will be completed...
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Patterns in Nature

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students learn about artist Larry Schulte and view examples of his work. They create addition sentence for the first seven numbers of the fibonacci sequence and use unifix cubes to build that sentences. Students color and create three...
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The Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research evidence discovered during Mesa Verde archaeological dig, view images of ancient artifacts, simultate real dig and reconstruct items buried on school grounds, and create newsletter or video tape skit.
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Life in the Kelp Forest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research and create a marine food web to learn about plants and animals in a kelp forest. For this marine food web lesson, students draw lines between kelp forest predators and prey and show the flow of energy in the food web....
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Decimal Maze: Pathways

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this decimals maze worksheet, students make a path through a set of decimals that should total 16.4 at the end of the path. Answers are included on page 2.
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Dream Catcher

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discover the purpose of dream catchers. For this Native American customs lesson, 7th graders read stories that feature dream catchers, discuss their significance, and then create their own.
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Make a Spider

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create spider crafts. In this spider craft lesson, students create three different spider based crafts. Students create a spider, a spider web, and a spider collage.
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Philanthropy in History Lesson 3: Self-sufficiency And the Community

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the characteristic of self-sufficiency in people that lived during Colonial times. They investigate the contemporary movement of Habitat for Humanity. They listen to the story of Donald Hall's, The Oxcart Man and write a...
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Name Illustration Portfolio Covers

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students design a portfolio for their class artwork. They artistically incorporate their names into the portfolio cover design.
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Fitness Disc Golf

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a disc golf game. They throw the flying disc to each hole/cone on the course, completing various fitness tasks and monitoring their heart rate on a heart rate monitor.
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Food Chains

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners, in groups, create a model of food chains to create a food web.
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How The Weather Effects Us

For Teachers K
Students discover how weather affects their lives. They review the climates of Florida, Alaska and New York. They need choose the place they would most like to live in based on the climate of that state.
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Road Trip!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students plan a road trip, choosing destinations to visit and determining how much the trip cost. They create a journal that illustrates how they got from one place to another, and includes an expense sheet for each stretch.
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On the Road

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the history of the automobile in the United States. They complete a Webquest, explore the PBS website, answer discussion questions, and locate and discuss newspaper articles about cars and travel.
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Compare Fabric Materials

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify different fabrics and their properties. They test and observe the fabrics and record their results. They suggest differnet uses for them. They discover how engineers want to design products that are durable.
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Best Nest Builders

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students construct a nest out of mud, string, sticks, and grass using only two fingers or two popsicle sticks to simulate a bird building a nest. They compare/contrast pictures of various bird nests and draw the differences between the...

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