Students create checkerboards using paints, glue, rulers, and masking tape in this upper-elementary/middle level Art lesson. The lesson emphasizes the history of checkerboards, strategies and rules, and the checkerboard as an example of...

Students graph demographic information. In this graphing instructional activity, students choose what type of graph to create and what information to display. Links to examples of graphs and statistical data are provided. The graphs are...

Sixth graders examine earthworms and their parts.  In this earthworm lesson plan students complete a lab worksheet on the earthworm and test its response to certain factors. 

Learners create a timeline on the history of evolution. In this biology lesson plan, students research their assigned scientist's contribution to evolution theory. They write a three-paragraph analysis about the timeline.

Students dance in lines to "Baby Likes to Rock It" by The Tractors. They begin to learn dance formation: Lines or scattered facing same direction, and learn counts while rocking out to country music.

Students practice and perform a dance to the song, Baby Likes to Rock It.

Young scholars rotate through Halloween named stations in the gym using their throwing and striking skills.

Students play a game of marbles outdoors on an iced area. They begin by playing a warm-up game of tag and proceed to sliding their marbles on an iced surface into holes. They attempt to gain points by sliding the marble into holes of...

Students analyze mask visuals provided by the teacher. They experience a paper-mache hands on activity that produces a three dimensional product. Students produce/make a mask.

Ninth graders explore the country of Bratislava. In this Eastern European lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer comprehension questions. Students create a presentation for their classmates on Bratislava.

Students identify the different sources of air pollution andevaluate knowledge of air pollution concepts in school and community. Students brainstorm ways of reducing air pollution and instruct school and community in reduction of air...

Young scholars explore WW I through the publication of a completely student-compiled newspaper.

Students review the basketball skills learned in class and are challenged to perform specific skills to the beat of the music.

Students identify voiced and unvoiced sounds. They practice using short and long vowel sounds. They identify consonants only after paying attention to the length of vowels. They use rubber bands to help them determine the difference...

Students graphically show how metamorphic rock is formed by pressure and heat using bread.

Second graders research the Internet as they classify different forms of energy, investigate electrical energy and how to conserve energy.

Students capture the serve motion of a tennis player with a digital or video camera. Using transparencies or a software package, analyze the speed, acceleration, displacement and time of the racquet head and ball in the tennis stroke.

Tenth graders are to discuss the subject of fate in The Twelfth Night and try to predict the fate of the other characters in the play.

Students sort a variety of trash items and determine thier sorting decisions.

Students investigate the effect of day length on animal migrations. They view a Powerpoint presentation, identify their own personal migrations and cues, answer discussion questions, and test a hypothesis about seasons.

Middle schoolers, in groups, develop questions on topics listed on a worksheet. They compare the results with other groups.

Students research the obstacles and daily challenges that a successful person had to overcome. They create a book or mobile based on the research.

Learners engage in a discussion of both sides of the arms trade and landmine ban argument. They gain a broader understanding of the impact of landmines on human rights and development. They introduce solutions to the landmine issue.

Students complete this lesson before visiting the National Museum of the Pacific War. They examine the patterns and characteristics of landforms, climates, ecosystems and cultures as they interact on areas or regions especially on...