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Exploring County Ordinances
Students discuss the purpose of county ordinances and view actual examples. In groups, they take the ordinances and describe how they are to protect the citizens of the county. They also discuss how interest groups affect policy making.
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Reading to Learn Design: Soaring Through Summarization
Students are introduced to and practice techniques and strategies to master the art of summarization. They read, discuss and summarize chapter 3 in "Catwings," by Ursula K. LeGuin. Steps to follow for summarizing is included within this...
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Fossil Evidence
Students evaluate each other's fossil imprints and they try to identify the original object. They comprehend the importance of accuracy in identifying a fossil imprint. Students create an answer sheet that has space for the names of the...
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Take Me Out of the Ballgame
Learners examine their own views on cheating. They explore the history of cheating in baseball by reading and discussing the article "Cheating Matters (Sometimes)." They create proposals for an exhibit that documents and explains the...
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So It Goes
Students consider how events, accomplishments, and beliefs shaped Kurt Vonnegut's body of work by creating one-pagers. They examine a quotation by Kurt Vonnegut and consider how they might alter it to reflect their own views. Students...
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Adding Integers
Learners add integers using a number line. In this algebra lesson, students add one and two digit integers. They compare zero pairs and the addition of integers.
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A Study of the First Amendment Rights in the Bill of Rights
Students become aware of the basic liberties of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition through study of Supreme Court cases. Student groups analyae some cases heard by the Supreme Court to further their understanding of the First...
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How Do You Know Where You Are?
Seventh graders are introduced to geographic thinking, setting the stage for the creation of a map showing distance, direction, location and symbols from their residences to school.
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The Great Scientific Debate
Fourth graders examine scientific issues that affect the public by debating their classmates. They also write brief essays that show they have learned how to express their reasons for their pros and cons of a particular topic.
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Tracks are for Trains
Second graders collect data on different forms of transportation and create a bar graph or pictograph with the information.
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Mini Track Meet
Students, in groups, practice all of the physical activities they have learned into a track meet. They run relays and each member of the team is to participate.
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Habits Are Hard to Break
Studens brainstorm ideas about the ways scientists think. In small groups, studentds create a definition for one or two "habits." Learners develop a set of questions to be used by the entire class in a series of interviews. Students...
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Wickets & Woozles Exile Simulation
Students divide into two groups and become Wickets and Woozles. They are separated in the classroom and then participate in a simulation activity in which one group is in "exile." They follow the activity with a class discussion and...
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Machines: Useful But Dangerous
First graders study, observe, and use a simple machine. They study necessary safety and review posted safety rules related to using a machine and identify strategies for reporting any accidents or injuries.
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Please Read Politely!
Students, through teacher modeling and independent practice, discover the concept of silent reading. They read a selection aloud, in a whisper, silently, but with lips moving and finally silently without lips moving. They answer...
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Bleach Chemical Reactions
Students learn what happens when bleach comes in contact with various cloth fibers, chemical colors, nature and synthetics.
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Rice Plantation
Eighth graders study the importance of rice as a cash crop and the crop's dependency on slave labor during the settlement of coastal South Carolina. They explain the importance of the rice plantations to South Carolina's colonial economy.
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Tetrominoes Cover-Up
Third graders are given square tiles and participate in a demonstration on how to arrange them. Using the tiles, they work with a partner to discover how many two-dimensional tetrominoes they can create. To end the lesson, they must...
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Classification of Living Things
Students classify organisms according to the rules of taxonomy. In this biology lesson, students name organisms using binomial nomenclature. They create a new organism and explain which specific group it belongs to and why.
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E-mail Buddies
Students e-mail questions about Florida History from 1900 until the present to e-mail buddies. They include the question and where the information can be found.
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Lots of Labels
Students examine labels in the classroom to connect the written word with a message. They discover photographs of local buildings and their purpose. They also practice the classroom rules based on the labels.
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Humanitarian Aid in Iraq
Students research the impact of the Iraqi war on the civilian population in Iraq. They read an article, participate in class discussion and consider efforts that are being made to alleviate difficult conditions.
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On The Senate Floor
High schoolers examine the process of how a bill becomes law. Pupils discuss reasons for debates and explore the use of filibusters. The class observes a video to discover procedures in the House and Senate. Students visit a...
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Find a Book
Student receives one book description card and in less than 2 minutes, they walk through the Media Center to find a book matching that description. After a matching book is found, each student evaluates the book.