Students explore the different types, visual appearance and creation of crystals. They grow an edible crystal - rock candy.

Fourth graders, in groups, play Jeopardy using newspaper, scissors, paper, pen, and large chalkboard with chalk.

Students broken into teams try to score a touchdown having to get through another team first. They have flags and change positions many times throughout the game.

Learners explore DNA structure using materials such as Twizzlers, small colored gumdrops and/or toothpicks.

Students research and explore Viking culture, distinguishing between fact and fiction, and examine their contribution to our society.

Students practice describing their symptoms to a health care worker. They follow certain statements and practice answering them as well. They practice dialogues they might find in an emergency room.

Students discover the interaction of American Literature, politics and the environmental movement. They explore the changing concept and philosophy of wilderness, and explain the development of The National Park System. They read...

Students are introduced to the concept of genetic engineering. In groups, they participate in a variety of experiments, in which they analyze the effect of chemicals on different substances. Using the internet, they research gossypol,...

Students listen to the song "Wipe-Out". Individually, they jump with their invisible jump rope while the drums play and use different movements when the guitar plays. To end the lesson, they practice all of the locomotor skills they have...

Students are introduced to PE rules. They are given feedback on their behavior in class using a bulletin board. Students gather around the bulletin board at the end of each period, if the class followed all the rules that are written...

Students play a game for fitness, skills and exercise. They practice chasing and fleeing, dodging skills, running and freezing in place to the score of The Chronicles of Narnia.

Students explore the history of the Olympics. They read a story about London's bid to host the Olympic games. In groups, students produce an arena for the Olympics and create a creed for the competition. Students discuss and share...

Students discover that magic squares are interesting objects in both mathematics proper and in recreational mathematics. So they are objects that students should have heard about and experienced.

Students observe, record, and report weather conditions to learn how air mass densities determine the weather we experience daily. They demonstrate how clouds form, name clouds and predict the weather.

Students hold a Thousand and One Nights storytelling festival with each one memorizing a story to relate to classmates. While examining provided resource links, they select and practice a story they would like to retell. As a dress...

Students role play their favorite judge and chase the other students to try to take their flag football flags away. Then they travel around the gym freely trying not to lose their flags. Students who lose their flags help the judges to...

Students practice aiming with the underhand hit in striking with short-handled implements to introduce them to a underhand hit in volleyball. They encounter the manipulatives of tape, hula hoops and a variety of balls to assist them with...

Students discover many facts about horseshoe crabs. Students identify the main body parts of horseshoe crab. They explore the habits of the horseshoe crab and their importances to the ecosystem. Adaptations for younger students are...

Students read, analyze, critique and study the novels, "The Centre of the Universe," by Danny Wallace and "I Love Football," by Hunter Davies. They evaluate an extract from each novel and explore the concept of private passions.

Students explore the variety of 'other worlds' in fiction and their uses in reflecting our own. They explore the role of myth and legend as the basis for modern story telling. Book extracts are provide for classroom use.

In this technology worksheet, students practice writing e-mails with the purpose of arranging business meetings in different contexts.

Students examine the U.S. map and identify cultural areas. In this archaeology lesson, students locate cultural areas on the U.S. map and fill in the proper locations.

Students examine health related careers.  In this career lesson students create a presentation of health related careers and present it to the class. 

Learners distinguish between open and closed circuits. In this open and closed circuits lesson plan, students use their bodies as electric conductors and understand how electricity is a form of energy.