Students define specific waste materials that could be used as aggregate in concrete. In this aggregate and waste lesson plan, students brainstorm on how to incorporate waste in construction and define different aggregate materials.

Students examine the methods of effective characterization. In this writing skills lesson, students discuss how emotions, dialogue, actions, and physical descriptions build believable characters. Students then use the methods of...

Students explore how plants depend on pollinators to reproduce.  In this pollination lesson students dissect a local flower and collect and identify pollinating insects. 

This plant structure and function PowerPoint addresses the main organs and the factors that affect its development as well as going into detail about the specializations at a cellular level.   The cell functions and system...

Students observe seeds growth and examine the different parts of the seedling. In this biology activity, students compare the growth of seeds planted in soil and in hydroponics. They record their observations in their science journal and...

Students complete an organizer listing five important events in their lives, use the dates to create a timeline of their life using Timeliner program, print and save their timeline and write a paragraph based on the timeline too.

Students investigate the concept of self-love. They determine the meaning and develop an understanding of their own status of self-concept. Class discussion is used to encourage deeper research.

Fifth graders research the earthworm and write a one paragraph report on its anatomy and habitat. They learn about worms and how to dissect them through Video Streaming and virtual dissections, along with actually dissect a worm as...

Students explore the influences that geography has on a Native American tribe's culture and lifestyle. They examine how the first encounters with Europeans affected that tribe.

Students explore the Panama Canal. They study its history, location, reasons for being built, ownership, and so forth. They create presentations that demonstrates what students learned through their research activities.

Third graders create Powerpoint presentations to explain their ideas about inventions. They include research information they have collected on the slides and choose background colors and fonts to use.

Young scholars are introduced to the five food groups. In groups, they place different foods into the correct section of the Food Pyramid. Using different types of technology, they create one page of a class ABC book sharing what they...

Third graders brainstorm a list of inventions used daily. They use Kidspiration to create a web with inventions in the middle. Students choose three inventions from the web and rank them according to interest.

Students research and record on a timeline the biography of a chosen poet correlating the poetry of the bard with those events which shaped his or her life. The events of the poet's life are examined to contrive meaning of the writings...

Second graders use prior knowledge about the community to create a quilt. They use complete sentences to explain their block and also use oral language skills to tell about their caption for their quilt piece.

Third graders, in groups, discuss their chosen invention and how it works. In preparation for a Powerpoint presentation, they research the inventor, the impact of the invention on society, and what llife would be like without it....

Students create an electronic scrapbook of a virtual field trip to Alaska. They first check the weather and plan what to bring for a real trip. As they explore various websites representing five stopovers on the trip they copy photos...

Students investigate the concept of half-life by conducting an M&M experiment. In this chemistry lesson, students differentiate nuclear fusion and fission. They present investigation findings to class.

Pupils practice planning budgets as they create a budget for ten employees of a company to attend a professional convention. They use the Internet, and spreadsheet software to complete their assignment.

Young scholars compare and contrast their lives with one other teenager in the United States (or another country!) who has aspirations of becoming an Olympic athlete. They address quality of life issues.

Students view the Olympic Games events in real-time via satellite feed, Olympic Games sites on the Internet, or CNN. They report results as soon as they happen and quickly edit their news flashes for correct spelling, grammar, and usage.

Second graders use KidPix software to create a slide show demonstrating their understanding of cause and effect in literature.

Eighth graders investigate the Holocaust and the persecution of specific ethnic groups in Europe during World War II.

Pupils research the geography and history of Los Angeles and its surrounding communities.