The way you use statistics can tell different stories about the same set of data. Here, learners use sets of data to determine which person sends the most text messages. They use random sampling to collect their data and calculate a...

Read this interesting background information regarding the presidential election of 2008. Your class will read the provided passages and then answer four critical thinking questions that require them to consider the reading and what they...

Pupils are divided into teams to make a presentation about their state. Each team is responsible for making one part of the presentation. At the end, all parts are combined to make one complete presentation. While creating the...

First graders participate in a celebration to end their examination on primary sources. In teams, they guide special guests around their classroom to show what they have done with primary sources. They share their peronal primary...

Learners write their own poem about immigration. They are asked to write a kind of "welcome to America" update of Emma Lazarus's classic verse.

Students solve word problems using a spreadsheet, strategies, and algebraic variables. They disuss the given problem, which can be printed, write the unknowns, and employ the strategies into a spreadsheet. Students then use Microsoft...

Young scholars explore propaganda. In this lesson plan about personal opinion, students discuss a topic of interest. Young scholars will determine their opinion about the topic and vote. Students understand propaganda and how it affects...

Students participate in a game that focuses on the proper way to shoot a basketball. In this basketball lesson, students are divided into two groups and use foam balls and beanbags to score points. The winner is the team with the most...

Sixth graders observe the physical and chemical change that can occur in an acid and a base. In this acids and bases lesson plan, 6th graders use cabbage juice to identify, compare, and contrast acids and bases.

Students review the foil method used to multiply two binomials. In this activity on evaluating algebraic expressions, students are able to identify the coefficient in an algebraic expression, "act out" the foil method of multiplying...

Young scholars investigate copyright violation laws.  In this media copyright lesson, students read two articles that discuss copyright laws, then they develop their own perspective on the laws.  Young scholars then divide into...

Learners think about designing and, perhaps, creating their own public park or space. It helps students think about community needs, park design, and civic activism.

Students explore their classroom tastes. In this lesson plan, students list the four tastes that the tongue can detect, map the individual areas of taste on the tongue, and demonstrate the ability to identify objects through the use of...

Students conduct research on the events of the end of the 18th century in order to identify critical factors leading to the development of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican political parties. They summarize the key positions of...

Students examine the concept of non-violent social change. In this lesson on social change, students research and role play to demonstrate ways in which this might be accomplished while making connections to various events in history.

Students work together at figuring out the definition for what cold war means. For this social science lesson, students listen to "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss and recognize how this story relates to the cold war between the...

Which one is divided into halves? Learners examine two squares; one is divided into quarters and the other halves. They determine which one is divided into halves, but you could also challenge them to identify what the other is divided...

Give your WWI study collaborative energy using a group research project. Groups are assigned one of the six main themes (included). Each group has an outline to guide research but will need an assignment guide. Consider supplementing the...

Students, in groups of three, research a topic about the Civil War. They present thier research to the class in an orally.

Learners can actually see the numerators and denominators as they examine three segmented shapes. For each, they must write a fraction representing the shaded regions of the shape. Only one of these can be simplified, so decide whether...

Young scholars use iMovie to reinforce, apply, and share what they have learned about how electricity works by making a movie as a unit culminating activity.

Pupils research the pros and cons of wind farm technology as an alternative source of energy. The class is divided into two groups that should formulate a debate on each side of the argument. Groups use a debate guide to help develop...

Students research the HPV vaccine and discover what it is supposed to do. In gropus, they consult with doctors and local health officials to discover the possible side effects of the vaccine and presents their findings to the class. They...

Boggle, Jot Thoughts, Trading Cards, Commercial Breaks, Snowball Fight, Bingo, Draw it! Here’s a bunch of review games that would make a great addition to your curriculum library. The games can be easily adapted to address the Common...