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A Child's Daily Life in South Africa
Students listen to the book, Not So Fast Songololo, and locate South Africa on a map. They identify similarities between the daily life of a child in South Africa and America, and write a letter and draw a picture to a child in South...
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Food For Keeps
Young scholars investigate the concept of food preservation. They use the internet to conduct research, specifically the methods of processing the students' favorite foods. They are introduced to the project using realia like beef jerky...
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Lesson Plan: Figuring Sales Taxes
Students define and discuss sales tax, identify items for which they do or do not have to pay sales tax, research information online about sales tax in their state, and complete practice sheet that requires calculating sales tax percent...
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ESL Adverbs of Degree and Reason- Likes and Habits
In this ESL adverbs of degree and reason worksheet, students answer questions about books and films they like using the given format. They tell how much they like them by using comparisons. They describe the games and hobbies, and sort...
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Producing and Consuming
Second graders make a booklet. In this economics lesson, 2nd graders define producers and consumers. They make an assembly line accordion booklet to demonstrate how producers and consumers work together to make and use goods.
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Passive
In this verb tense worksheet, learners change the verb to the passive form of the verb tense printed in parenthesis to complete the sentences. Students complete an online grammar quiz for passive verbs.
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Reusing Winter Waste
Students use waste materials to build a snowman decoration. In this reusing lesson, students create a new object out of disposable items left over from the holidays. Students discuss ways of cutting down waste. Students understand how...
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Are We There Yet?
Students make their way to British museums. In this field trip opportunities lesson, students visit the The Deep, the Science of Sport, the Castle Munster, or High Beeches online on in person to experience hands-on science instruction.
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Movies In Your Head
Students participate in a reading literacy lesson that focuses on the skill of visualization and the metaphor of a movie is used to explain images in the mind. This lesson teaches children how to make a movie in their head from what is...
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How to Get Rich Slowly
Fourth graders discover how to budget in order to live in today's world. Allocating their resources is of prime importance in the monthly budget. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to figure out their monthly budget.
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Consumer Education, ESOL
Students discuss types of housing, cost, location and terminology used in classified ads. They write a paragraph describing their image of the ideal home then exchange papers and edit each other's work.
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Money Sense
Students identify the value of quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, and use a variety of coins to show the value of a dollar. They count the exact amount of purchase.
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Get Ready to Rumble with Reading
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding, reading with expression, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with the instructor, they read...
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Descriptive Words
Students use descriptive words in writing. In this descriptive words lesson, students learn to show instead of tell. Students enter into a discussion of adjectives and adverbs, then add descriptive words to sentences to make vivid word...
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MOBILITY, Traveling Lightly: What’s My Footprint?
Students calculate their carbon footprint. In this environmental technology lesson, students listen to a lecture on climate change. Students brainstorm solutions to reduce environmental impact based on travel options. Students calculate...
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What Do Salt Trucks Do?
Students predict what will happen to ice when salt is put on it. They make observations and discuss what actually happened to the ice. They relate their experiment to the salt trucks they see on the street.
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GPS Receiver Basics
Students practice using a GPS receiver. They walk in different directions and monitor their progress on maps. They enter specific locations and use information given to them to get them back to their original locations.
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Adding Punctuation
Students explore using correct punctuation in their sentences. they discuss the various punctuation rules. Students practice putting the correct punctuation in a list of sentences.
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People Changing the Atmosphere Lab
Students examine ways to reduce the greenhouse effect. Students keep a "CO2 Journal" to help establish a connection between their own behavior and its impact on global warming as well as discover ways to reduce global warming.
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What brings personal jets to the masses? Lots of computing
Pupils read an article and answer questions. In this jet lesson plan students rank the problems facing our nation in order from most to least difficult to solve.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Lessons: Special Needs
Ten customizable financial lessons designed for special needs students.