Students compare, sort, and describe shapes. Using a button collection, students identify the shape, color number of holes, etc. Students play a description game with the buttons. They create a chart and name items that are the same...

Students examine the history of the penny.  In this Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent teachers guide, students connect the life of President Abraham Lincoln to the 1-cent coin in his honor through a variety of lessons and activities. 

Students participate in a human rights discussion and define the concepts of justice and injustice. They research the concept justice in order to create a Wisdom Wall identifying human rights issues. Students also participate in an Image...

Students read and explore autumn poetry. In this poetry lesson, students read Autumnblings and are introduced to different poetic forms. Lesson includes ideas for exploring the poetic forms presented in the book and cross-curricular...

Students explore the changes of life in different generations. In this change of life lesson, students help out families with new babies and learn about their needs. Students participate in interviews, creating timelines and writing...

Sixth graders explore the diversity of communities. In this community-building lesson, 6th graders compose biopoems and create a classroom exhibit entitled "Who am I? Who are We?"

Learners develop an understanding about what will happen to trout after they are released into the trout stream. In this trout life lesson, students discuss how it feels to release the trout they have cared for. Learners also sing a song...

Students bring a favorite photograph to class and discuss what they see and don't see in the photos. They brainstorm with the teacher on the overhead and then translate the information into poetic form.

Students engage in a variety of lesson plans published by the IRS. They participate in lessons involving how taxes apply and why taxes exist. They view Power Point presentations, complete worksheets, and participate in activities on tax...

Learners act out and interpret the story for their peers. They study the simplest form of an organized reading to a more elaborate activity involving props, costumes, or a reinterpretation of the narrative into another art form.

Students explore conflict resolution principles. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students discuss several quotations regarding the promotion of peace. This lesson provides follow-up activities regarding the topic as well.

Your science class reads a silly story in which a mad scientist makes absurd conclusions about an experiment that he conducted. One at a time, he cuts off a frog's leg and commands it to jump. With three, two, and one leg, the frog...

Getting a meal, side dish, drink, and dessert can be delicious—but it can be expensive too! Practice addition and subtraction with money in a instructional activity that focuses on a sample menu, complete with task cards and word problems.

Students bring to school five items they would normally throw away and five items they would normally recycle. Expert groups are formed to present information on the recycling of glass, metal, plastic, and organics such as paper and...

Students apply their knowledge of scale when mapping the classroom. They determine the use of a map legend and orient a map using a compass. They create the classroom maps using transfer graph paper.

Pupils create flowery napkin rings, paint umbrellas, paint flowers, and create "butter-flowers" in this four-day lesson all about Springtime. The activities in this lesson could be accomplished over four days, used separately, or...

Students observe bird nests. In this observation level, students explore bird nests using their five senses. Students compare and contrast bird nests while hypothesizing about the need birds have to construct the nest.

Students read and discuss the book, "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom." They participate as a group in performing the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom play and complete a variety of activity cards that deal with different avenues of the book. Adjectives...

Students create a flower out of a coffee filter and decorating gels. In this flower lesson plan, students display these flowers in their classroom windows.

In this influence of advertising worksheet, students collect and analyze different forms of advertising.  Students discuss misleading ads and prepare a commercial for a product.