Students examine the law of conservation of momentum. In this physics lesson, students play marbles in order to compare the mass of the marble and velocities effects. Students receive directions of the marbles game and collect data while...

Learners examine tidal currents.  In this tides lesson plan students describe how the tides affect lives and explain why it is important to monitor them. 

Students analyze art and war and the Futurist movement. For this art analysis lesson, students define manifesto and its role with artistic movement. Students explore art as a response to political and social issues through image based...

In this math instructional activity, 10th graders are given a riddle and are asked specific questions about the riddle. The goal is to figure out who in the story is telling the truth and who is not. This instructional activity contains...

Students investigate human psychology by completing a worksheet in class. In this self-esteem instructional activity, students identify the importance of confidence in life situations and discuss why they should feel good about...

Students have a general discussion what illegal drugs and harmful substances are, some reasons people use them, and how those people's behavior changes.

Students explore apostrophe usage. They read a story and locate examples of apostrophes. Students examine the difference between apostrophes for abbreviation and possession.

Students produce a report on the types of dinosaurs found in our state of Texas using a word processing software.

Students explore body mass index, calculate theirs, compare theirs to Canadian guidelines, and discuss possible reasons for being underweight.

Students create a work of art using specific color scheme guidelines studied previously. State standards for the arts are addressed in this six day instructional activity for the high school art class.

Students define raptor, explain why raptors are important, describe unique physical characteristics of various types of raptors, and explain life cycle of raptors. Students then play Habitat Game, describe food and hunting habits of...

Students explore rational, irrational, analytical and non-analytical methods of reasoning. They participate in numerous exercises and hands-on activities to understand assumptions and how most people think. Students establish the...

In this possessive activity, learners review and discuss how to recognize whether a plural noun is possessive or not and decide if five sentences are correct or wrong.

For this math problem solving worksheet, students examine and solve 8 math word problems that require them to use problem solving skills.

Third graders compare how the lives of African American slave children differed from children's lives today.  In this analysis of slavery lesson, 3rd graders evaluate and discuss the conditions of slavery in collaborative groups....

Pupils examine the Coriolis Effect and its effects on the different hemispheres.  In this Earth science lesson students divide into groups to  they make predictions. Pupils then complete an activity to explore movement as it...

Students create a learning tool based on information given on the assigned website. In this ocean life lesson, students read about the horseshoe crab and develop a worksheet, scavenger hunt, board game or any tool to aid learning. They...

Students examine the liberation of concentration camp survivors from two different points of view. In this Holocaust survivors lesson, students read and discuss personal accounts of liberation from the perspective of a concentration camp...

Young scholars identify part of the Native American culture and perform a "rain dance".

Students experiment with color mixing, using paints as the medium to discover tint, tone, shade, value and intensity.

Students identify and sort words into the basic categories of color and number. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice sorting number words.

Students see that music serves as a major conduit for the transport of knowledge. As they watch video, students tabulate the variety of music artists listed by different soldiers.

Students locate their home state on a map. They differentiate between physical and population sizes of states. In two groups, students "become" states with string for boundaries. They ascertain that area does not always equal large...

Young scholars recognize the writings of a prominent American writer. They analyze written text making connections to personal prior experience. Students discuss in small and large groups their findings. They organize ideas in writing...