Student are welcomed into a new learning environment through reading and age-appropriate activities that help relieve the anxiety of beginning school in a new place and with new friends. In this Clifford-themed lesson plan, students...

Students examine how to conduct simple investigations and use simple equipment to gather data.  In this magnet lesson plan students decide what types of objects are attracted to magnets. 

Young scholars study the relationship between circumference and diameter to come up with Pi. "In this pi lesson, students measure, record and find the ratio "circumference/diameter" and their average which is an approximation of pi.

Students create jewelry out of wallpaper. In this jewelry lesson plan, students cut strips of wallpaper, link them together with a stapler, and make bracelets and necklaces.

Learners explore competition by participating in a peg race. In this pattern creation activity, students utilize an egg timer and pegs or colored cubes to create patterns quickly while competing with fellow classmates to finish first....

First graders "excavate" a story. In this creative earth science lesson, 1st graders become archaeologists and dig through a box of dirt or other material to find pictures from a picture book. It is their job to then put them in order.

In this math word problems worksheet, students read the story about Gina and the gift she wants to buy and make for her teacher. Students then determine if she has enough money to make the specific patterned necklace.

Students make generalizations about weight and mass by engaging in two hands-on experiments. In this weight and mass lesson, students weigh both an empty beaker and beakers with various amounts of weight inside of them in order to find...

Third graders research the clothing and jewelry of the Wappo tribe. They discover their use of natural resources for their needs. They trace the indians' trek to the coast for materials and make necklaces from strands of grass.

Students, who are teachers, discover how to make a quadrant in their classrooms. They use the given pattern to make the tool which they would have their students research.

Learners use inquiry and observation to explore Newton's third law of motion: for every action there is a reaction. In this physics lesson, students rotate through six stations set up with materials and picture directions illustrating an...

Students create power shirts that were highly important in the culture of many Native Americans.

Students create and decorate a drum made from a coffee can.

Young scholars identify different objects from Japanese culture and their purpose. They read Japanese folktales and discuss common themes. They create a sketch and clay sculpture of a character or animal in one of the folktales.

Young scholars use the internet to research a sailing vessel of their choice. Using toothpicks, they create their own models of the vessel and put into blue jello to appear like it is in water. They write a report based on their vessel...

Second graders encounter the need to assess the code in English for tens is that the word ends in "-ty." They explore the meaning of two or three digit whole numbers to realize that the meaning of words like sixty can be decoded by...

In this language arts learning exercise, learners read 20 sentences that might contain errors. On the blank before each sentence, students write S if the sentence is correct, CS for a comma splice or FS for fused sentence (run-on).

This site describes different techniques of bead weaving used by the Eastern Woodland tribes. There are five different topics discussed as well as a bibliography. The five topics provide detailed descriptions of the types, techniques and...

A beautiful string of beads that is the only remaining part of a collar, the rest of which has been lost with time. This part was bought by the Egyptian Museum from an antique dealer in 1905. It consists of semiprecious stone beads...

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students use counting strategies to determine all possible outcomes from an arrangement of different situations (e.g. the different ways to seat knights at King Arthur's table, different...

The necklace is composed of two strings of large round beads that are almost balls, with two gold ones in the center and forty six ones of lapis lazuli with beautiful colors varying from clear green to dark blue. This type of necklace is...