Students complete activities to become more aware of environmental issues and the effect on plants and animals. In this environmental issues instructional activity, students use a globe to discuss issues with the environment. Students...

Learners compare and contrast the roles of federal and state governments in the United States. In this government lesson plan, students research state and national governments' joint and individual powers prior to debating a topic...

Students practice using a globe. In this geography instructional activity, students review globes and practice locating the earth's oceans. Students use the globe to locate and identify the seven continents.

Students examine and identify the similarities and differences of two-dimensional shapes. They play an I-Spy shape game, participate in a classroom Shape Search, and create illustrations of shapes for a shape collage.

Students create abstract compositions based on the later works of Wassily Kandinsky using the primary colors in this early elementary Art lesson. The lesson emphasizes the use of color, lines, and shapes to create the abstract works of...

Students investigate the dirt in the air. In this air quality lesson, students use aluminum foil and petroleum jelly to discover if there is dirt in the air. Students discuss results.

Students create geometric shapes with a jump rope. For this interdisciplinary lesson, students review the different shapes while getting some physical activity.

Students observe the construction and workings of an aquifer. They record and react to the effects of pollution on the aquifer.

Third graders discuss light sources and collect data about energy sources. They compare data and create a multiple line graph showing energy used by light sources for each student in the group. They present their graphs and write a...

Students define the boundaries of their community by comparing the community's official boundaries with other historical, political, physical, and perceived boundaries of the area and create a community map.

Students learn about Japanese culture and make a mask. In this lesson about Japanese mask-making, students use research and art to explore the Japanese culture. Students research Japanese masks. Students design their own Japanese mask....

Students collect data and describe how and why the high and low tides change from day to day.  In exploring tides lesson students study tides by taking notes, recording data and analyzing their findings. 

Students investigate gold. In this gold panning lesson, students demonstrate the process of mining through an experiment using two boxes of sand. Students design a safe way to mine gold.

Students identify real world problems from given story problems. In this story problem lesson, students find places, events or items in the school environment that can be used to create story problems. Students take a picture of the...

Students will measure common everyday objects in order to calculate pi. In this measurement lesson plan, students measure the circumference and diameters of objects and fill them into a chart which helps them calculate pi.

Pupils investigate basic geometric concepts. In this geometry lesson, students explore solids through measuring and modeling. This assignment models the importance of understanding concrete objects in geometry.      

Sixth graders study Canada's northern territories and four settlements above the Arctic Circle. In this northern Canada lesson, 6th graders maps and timelines to locate physical, political, and economic features of northern Canada....

In this online math worksheet, students consider a variety of scenarios which include elements of geometry and probability. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers, and to get "hints" should they run into...

Students identify their continent, country, and state on a globe. In this geography activity, students use a globe to identify the seven continents, the United States, and the state which they live in. Students define key terms.

Students explore the United States using a map. In this map lesson, students discover how to use a United States map and a globe to locate places.

Young scholars input words into a machine to see if it will read it. In this language arts lesson, students follow the orders given to them from a machine. The machine decides whether it will accept the words the young scholars come up...

Pupils determine expected values of experiments and explore distributions of experiments. They guess as to how many times a coin will flip heads in fifty tries. They flip a coin fifty times graphing the results on a histogram. They...

Students define the meaning of country capital. In this country capital lesson, students identify the symbol and find country capitals. Students locate and label capital cities on a map and insert the capital symbol.

Students build and apply concepts of geometry. In this geometry lesson plan, students create a building using proportions and scale drawings. They use Cabri technology to create a virtual drawing first.