Students complete an art project. In this gargoyles lesson plan, students learn about gargoyles and other medieval architecture features and discuss their purposes. Students create their own monsters using an etching technique. This...

Students discuss cyber-bullying and how it relates to their emotional state. In this cyber-bullying lesson, students watch a short video that identifies how cyber-bullying occurs. Students participate in an active learning...

In this picture scramble worksheet, students arrange the numbers, in three picture scrambles, in the lettered boxes to create the image of each animal.

Images can inspire powerful writing. Engage your class in narrative writing with the idea included here. Individuals each snap a digital photograph that includes action. The teacher then mixes these up and hands each class member a photo...

Students understand the way the dictionary is laid out as well as the purpose for why people use dictionaries. For this language arts lesson, students recognize the need for alphabetical order and are able to find words using a...

A wonderful worksheet on dwellings of Native Americans awaits your learners. For this reading comprehension and American history worksheet, students answer questions about the dwellings, create pictures of them, and complete a matching...

Students organize objects in terms of form and function. In this architecture lesson plan, students are introduced to the ideas of form and function by playing a game in which they organize spoons in different ways. Extension activities...

Sixth graders participate in mapping and other activities to understand why ancient civilizations developed as they did. In this ancient civilization instructional activity, 6th graders recognize that there were three important climate...

Students complete activities with the story Anansi and the Tug O' War. In this literature lesson, students listen to a story, answer comprehension questions, and complete three worksheets. They discuss facial expressions and try to guess...

Students explore the penguin life cycle. In this penguin life cycle lesson, students read the book The Emperor's Egg by Martin Jenkins. Students look at the pictures and make predictions. Students identify facts about penguins and do...

Students explore biology by participating in a dietary habit activity. In this food chain lesson, students discuss their own diets and the animals we feed upon daily. Students create a poster demonstrating the animals that we feed upon...

Students locate the definitions and synonyms using a variety of activities that involve handheld computers and specific software. They read and discuss definitions, and create an illustration/animation for assigned words.

Have your class write fables using this resource. First, learners read fables, and then they discuss the characteristics of these types of stories. This could lead to a writing activity in which they write their own fables.

A visit to the local zoo launches an integrated life science/ language arts research project into the habitat, feeding habits, offspring, lifespan, and other interesting facts about animals. Each group selects two animals to photograph...

First graders participate in a variety of activities that feature the consonant blend 'st'. They read "Stan the Squid" and "Stella Started for the Station", answer comprehension questions for the stories, manipulate beginning sounds and...

In this animal names worksheet, students first trace and then write the names of animals 2 times each. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this letter k worksheet, students color the animal whose name begins with the letter K, choosing from a set of 3 total. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

Fifth graders read the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH." They discuss the various characters in the book, and the different types of conflict that take place within the book. They also research owls and rats to make comparisons...

Students create a Senufo painting in the same style as the Fakaha tribespeople from West Africa. They listen to a teacher-led lecture on Senufo painting, develop a sketch of an animal and masked figures, and draw their figures on burlap.

Students examine how animals create a unique space in which they can live. Students read a poem about animals' habitats discuss the habitats. They draw a space of their own and write a poem that describes their habitat.

Fourth graders read "Koko's Kitten" and complete an Internet scavenger hunt. After reading the book, they visit Koko's Website, focusing on the Kid's Corner section. Once there, 4th graders complete worksheets to answer questions posed...

Student create a fish and listen to music while imagining their fish are swimming.  In this music lesson, students identify instruments played and move their fish to the movement.  Students work with kangaroos and elephants...

Young scholars trace their hands onto white paper and cut them out. They create a holiday art piece by adding a "head" and a "body" and then decorating them to resemble an angel. (Their handprints become the wings.)

Students use corduroy to make a creative name board. They are read to from a corduroy book and draw pictures based on what they heard.