In this physics activity, students design and build a signal generator. They write a lab report and answer 4 short answer questions about their design.

Students develop a spreadsheet and import the information into a line graph. In this spreadsheet and line graph activity, students develop a spreadsheet of ocean depths. They import the information into a word processed document. They...

Students create a list of characteristics of a president and reach consensus about the most important qualities.  In this electing a President lesson, students work in groups to choose the most important traits of a president and...

Seventh graders identify the quadrants and axis of a coordinate plane. In this algebra instructional activity, 7th graders discover the correct way to graph using the coordinate plane. They discuss the relationship between x and y...

Students differentiate between prime and composite numbers. In this algebra lesson, students define the terminology and investigate the contributions made by Eratosthenes and Euclid as it relates to prime numbers. Students apply the...

Students participate in a problem solving activity and discuss how effective their solution was.  In this getting ready to become an adult lesson, students read Ta-ne-e-ka and use guiding questions to address the relationships in...

Students explore the concept of courage, both in themselves and in others. In this history and character education lesson, students discuss the characteristics of courage and what it means and how one can show it. Students listen to...

Learners practice decoding irregular words. In this irregular word fluency lesson, students read the irregular words from the word wall. Learners listen to the teacher read an irregular word and smack the word on the word wall with a fly...

Students participate in activities to understand the feelings of the community about recycling.  In this recycling lesson plan, students look at opposing views on recycling.

Students discover the diverse roles of hybridization among animals. They research certain examples of animal hybrids as a springboard to analyzing a zoo's potential exhibit of animal hybrids.

Young scholars name the letters of the alphabet. In this ESL lesson, the teacher introduces the letters of the alphabet or their sounds, then the class plays games to practice the letter names or sounds.

Students brainstorm healthy food choices. In this health science lesson plan, students calculate how much of each food group they need daily. They plan a menu based on the "MyPyramid for Kids" food guide.

Start by playing a song about numbers. "Sing, Dance, Laugh, and Eat Quiche" is suggested. Then, start counting things around the room. Introduce yourself, and have kids start to introduce themselves when they catch on to the vocabulary....

In this computation with real and complex numbers instructional activity, students use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve 26 problems with complex numbers to win a bingo game.

Students, after encountering an intense vocabulary list of health and nutritional terms, examine basic health care requests and issues that might come up in every day situations.

Students arrange various pictures of the Earth to identify its journey through space. In this Earth's rotation instructional activity, students use models of the Earth and demonstrate its journey through space. Students complete the...

Students identify and classify solid geometric figures. In this geometry lesson plan, students bring in objects that look like solid shapes and identify their attributes. Students identify the number of surfaces and faces on each figure.

Fifth graders study place value. After forming teams, they play a game called, "Who Can Line Up the Number." Students observe numbers in expanded form and place representative digits in the correct order.

Students explore the road to the American Revolution. In this American history lesson, students research the events in colonial America that led to the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. They then create a timeline.

Students study fish habits and traits. In this marine life lesson, students complete four learning centers of a fish memory game, a fish habitat study, draw and glue fish craft activity, and a fish read-a-thon. Students complete their...

Learners explore gingerbread stories. In this poetry lesson, students read the folk tale "The Gingerbread Man" as well as Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett and identify rhyming words. Learners also make art projects, dramatize the stories,...

Students write an original journal of words they can read.  In this sight words lesson, students draw pictures and write words they recognize in their personal journal.