Students, in groups, represent a single deparment in the executive branch and research the work of their department and their current budget via a provided Internet site and then must decide how to cut their budget for an emergency.

Students explore and study what they already know about grammar and sentence structure to reinforce their mastery of assessing the eight parts of speech. They match a set of colored word cards with their correct part of speech and create...

Second graders find missing addends by solving math word problems. In this missing addend lesson plan, 2nd graders work in a whole group setting to find the missing addends in word problems before using the strategies to work...

Students see that by manipulating sound we can arrange a series of notes referred to as a musical scale. They explain the relationship between pitches and notes. They compare the sounds of different-sized bottles.

Young scholars complete lab activities to investigate the "sticky" properties of water, such as surface tension and capillary action, due to the polarity of the molecules.

Students explore the value of recycling. They consider the importance of giving back to their school community. They calculate their earnings using multiplication and addition.

Second graders count by 5s, 10s and 25s to add money amounts and make change.

It all about money! Explore the concept of money in this real-world, unit plan. A collection of six lessons where students practice skills such as coin identification, mental math, menu math, making change, math operations with coins,...