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Wilderness Training

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students see that there are many different kinds of wilderness. They study equipment and supplies to see how they differ for different types of wilderness experiences. They discuss ways to allow access to wild places without damaging them.
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Personal Focus: S/SGT. GEORGE OIYE - 522nd Field Artillery Battallion

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research S/Sgt. George Oiye, who fought in the 522nd Field Artillery Battallion. They examine the roles and sacrifices of this soldier, then answer questions.
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Harry M. Akune - Military Intelligence Service

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research the live of Harry M. Akune and his contributions during World War II.
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Contain Yourself: Changes Over Time in the Use of Containers by Native Americans

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners examine the types of containers used by Native Americans. They discover how their form and function has changed over time. They create their own container based on the Native American examples.
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Denying Civil Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students continue their examination of the United States Constitution. Individually, they identify events in which the government has limited our civil rights and write an essay. In groups, they debate the issue and answer...
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Shamrock Puppy

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Learners create small "Shamrock Puppies" using colored construction paper, crayons, and glue in this pre-Kindergarten instructional activity celebrating St. Patrick's Day. The instructional activity includes a resource link where...
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Sticky Hearts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "sticky hearts" in this early elementary lesson plan that explores the use of different media in works of art. The lesson plan suggests using white posterboard, constructions paper, corn syrup, food coloring and lots of...
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Myths and Legends

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders write a myth about a constellation that is seen from the night sky in South Carolina. They draw a picture of their constellation to attach to their myth. They scan their pictures and type their stories into a web page...
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A Cat Nap

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel A in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read...
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Copycat, Copycat!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe that sometimes the letter "c" is a copycat letter and sometimes acts like a "k" or an "s" like in the words "cat" and "race". They use Elkonin letter boxes and letters to spell words as they are called out by the...
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Civil War Museum Exhibit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders summarize the participation of Indiana citizens in the Civil War. They research an assigned topic and build a museum exhibit that displays at least five points of information relating to the topic. Students write a...
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The Big Lie

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create poems and other forms of writing.Then working in groups they share writing with each other. The opinions would be gathered and students would revise writing according to the comments.
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Getting To Know You:learning the Aza Ssp Terminology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the role zoos play in conservation of animals. They research the captive breeding programs that are in place at the Minnesota Zoo. They use the zoo's website to find the American Zoo and Aquarium Associations criteria...
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World War II Alien Enemy Control Program

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars become familiar with the concepts of human rights and constitutional rights. They have an increased awareness of the historical record as to the cessation of these rights, especially in regards to children during WWII. ...
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Math: Heads or Tails

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discover the difference between theoretical and experimental probabilities by designing their own problems and testing them. After conducting their own coin toss trial, they compare their results with an Internet...
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Wilderness Training

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students explore how to prepare for a wilderness journey. In this wilderness survival instructional activity, students construct a compass from a magnet and a sewing needle.
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One Survivor Remembers: A Call to Action

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students participate in service learning projects within their community. In this community service lesson, students study the action steps for a hunger service learning project and discuss the project. Students use the model to help...
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Then and Now: Tolerance as a Casualty of War

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners compare terrorist attacks on the US. In this lesson on tolerance and war, students use various resources and links to examine the concept of toleration during war. Learners will focus on the attacks of Pear Harbor in 1941 and...
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A Place in Time

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students become familiar with an eruptive history and related world events and impart a sense of the immensity of geological time. They explore timelines by creating their own, then are introduced to major eruptive periods of Mount St....
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Field Trip to School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students better explain the diversity and adaptations of living organisms.
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Early Indian Inhabitants of Deerfield

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explain that there is evidence of New England's being inhabited by Indians as far back as 10,000 years ago.
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Creating a National Park

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore how national parks are created, operate and benefit society by creating a new national park for their state.
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Lewis and Clark: The Language of Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars replicate some of the trailblazing methods of Lewis and Clark on a fifteen-minute "writing journey" through the school or neighborhood.
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Parent's Choice

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate Web sites offering services, programs and supplies for Students. They write Web guides, directing parents and guardians to useful information, and write letters to companies offering recommendations for improving sites.

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