First graders develop skills of scientific inquiry. They determine which objects float and which sink.

Young scholars complete a variety of written and discussion activities regarding Rosa Parks and the Alabama bus boycott and how they changed an accepted way of life in America.

Students use the internet to research the trade status and needs of a country of their choice. Using this information, they determine which three main products their nation needs to import and which ones they can export. They write a...

Students research life in Plymouth during the Civil War. Using the internet and other resources, students examine the historical effects of the Civil War. In groups, they publish a newspaper explaining the events of the day.

Students investigate the concept of sectarianism and racism within the context of becoming a citizen. They develop the understanding that this is not acceptable social behavior through classroom discussion that involves many examples to...

Students discuss examples of resistance. In this anti-slavery lesson, students analyze a portrait of James McCune Smith and listen to a lecture about his life and involvement in abolition. Students analyze his actions and write a letter...

Seventh graders use educational software in order to practice lesson objectives. They define rate and ratio. Students solve distance problems given two variables. They also use a problem solving strategy that can be defended in its usage.

Students examine the Parliamentary and Legislative functions of the Canadian government. They select an idea they believe should be made into a law, and research the area of the government capable of responding to their ideas.

Students use communicative activity strategy, Go, Ask and Tell, or more traditional whole text comprehension activity to read, discuss and explore issues in article, Free Speech Comes at a Price, by Hugh Mackay.

Students participate in a mini lab to explore density.  In this density activity students view a demonstration and answer questions. 

Fifth graders identify the physical activities that are related to certain jobs.

Second graders create puppets out of pipe cleaners and, in groups, put on a puppet show based on a section of a story they have read from their readers.

Students analyze people's sources of power: resources, organization and numbers. They determine when and how power is exercised by analyzing specific examples.

Students perform an experiment to determine how different salt concentrations affect the liver's ability to break down toxic hydrogen peroxide. They record and average their data which is then graphed.

Learners create kind sentences or compliments for each classmate in this feel-good instructional activity ideal for a Language Arts classroom just before Winter break. The instructional activity includes examples of positive comments...

Second graders listen to a read aloud of a fictional story about a frog. They compare the characteristics of the main character with a real frog. They work with two partners to create a creature; one student draw the head, one the body,...

Sixth graders meet in small groups to reflect on and share their thoughts after reading a short story, poem, or chapter in a novel. Groups of students utilize a book share evaluation worksheet that's imbedded in this plan.

Students study grocery receipts to simulate the archaeological activity of classifying items. They discuss the receipts as if they were find lists.

Fourth graders view non-fiction videos. They write questions that can be answered with information in the video. Every 10 minutes the video is stopped and the class discusses the questions.

Second graders write poems based on locomotive skills, such as hop, skip, or run. They read their poems to the class and they act out the action word by performing it to a finish line.

Pupils select one song and write the lyrics on the blackboard. They segment the lyrics into meaningful phrases or sentences and visualize each unit of meaning to convey the message of the song. They select a different song and act out...

Seventh graders begin the lesson by comparing and contrasting the Bill of Rights with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For each document, they highlight the material that is the same for both and discuss the items that are...

In this English grammar activity, students study a chart of definitions and pointers.  Students then read 5 explanations as to how to separate fact from fiction.

In this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are related to the concepts that are the theme of the word search. New vocabulary is the focus of the puzzle.