Students explore how recycling helps save trees and protect the environment. In this environmental concern instructional activity, students color a handout of animals that live in forests. Students discuss how recycling paper can save...

Young scholars explore the paper recycling process. They experiment with ways to conserve and recycle paper products.

Students discuss the importance of reducing, recycling and reusing materials to help the environment. As a class, they create a worm bin and observe how it turns material in to compost. They use the internet to research the...

Students create an invention, or simple machine, out of items taken from the recycling bin. Students draw diagrams of their proposed inventions, then create simple machines.

Students go through old magazines and select pictures of things which ultimately become a waste product. They paste these pictures into a small "recycling" book. They dictate a story about reuse and/or recycling of these materials.

Students make paper from recycled paper. The student estimates, counts, and measures he amount of paper consumed in a classroom daily. They discover that if we use too much paper, it fills up landfills. Some activities they are doing...

Students work in teams to identify and sort types of packaging used in food production. They consider ways to reduce the environmental impact of packaging and reflect how consumer choices play a role in trash production.

Students use misprinted photographs donated from a photo processing company to create paintings of a snowy landscape at night.

Young scholars examine and discuss artwork by the artist Ellsworth Kelly. They create an abstract picture of two-dimensional geometric shapes using Kid Pix software based on a photograph taken by the student.

Students investigate U.S. Geography by creating a map in class. In this natural resource activity, students create a map of the United States and research the Northeast based on their resources and recyclable materials.  Students...

Students read and analyze the article, "Lexical exploitation of texts," and become aware of the concept of recycling new words. They practice this concept several times in class before they take on the memory game pelmanism in the follow...

In this transitions review worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they fill in the blanks in 3 paragraphs using the appropriate transitions.

Pupils create "love bug bags" using pink pipe cleaners, construction paper, glue, glitter or sand, and a lunch sack in this Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. This can be used in the Springtime or as a Valentine's Day project.

Students create bouquets of roses using tissue paper, pipe cleaners, masking tape, paint, and construction paper in this early elementary art lesson. A possible extension includes making Vlentine's Day cards to go along with the flowers.

Students study the artwork of Frank Stella and create a piece of art that represents a sport.

Learners create miniature "brussel sprout" bunnies using clay pots, brussel sprouts, mini poms, Easter grass, and fake silk flowers. This lesson is intended for the upper-elementary classroom during the Spring season (March or earl April...

Students create small shamrock replicas using green and white paints, paper, bubble wrap, and gold glitter. This activity intended for the early-elementary classroom is ideal for celebrating St. Patrick's Day or spring-time in general.

Learners create an abstract, non-objective paintings. Students use the various lesson plans to create abstract paintings that include an art with text instructional activity, a sand textured paint instructional activity, and a radiating...

Students create fringed Valentine's Day hearts in this Art instructional activity for the elementary school classroom. The instructional activity includes step-by-step instructions and a materials list. This was created by an 11-year...

Learners discover optical illusions in this instructional activity that uses a red shamrock and white construction paper. Emphasis is placed upon inquiry, experiment, and then a short discussion on optical illusions and complimentary...

Students create a diorama of the Secret Annex in which Anne Frank and her family hid during the Holocaust.  In this Anne Frank diorama lesson, students brainstorm a list of ideas about the Secret Annex.  Students create the...

The student reflects on concepts of ecological footprints and climate changes. In this Art lesson, young scholars will produce a visual representation showing understanding of how ecology and climate affects the world.

Students write a five sentence paragraph with varied sentence beginnings. In this paragraph writing lesson, students use a teacher modeled procedure. They complete a worksheet about their favorite things, happenings, and places before...

Using an interesting reading passage about global warming, learners answer true and false questions related to the topic. This 6 question activity could be used in upper elementary or as part of an ESL lesson.