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Sounds Around
Students take a walk outside and use their sense of hearing to discover things in their world. They record their observations and compare their observations with those of their classmates.
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Oh Say, What Can You See?
Learners take a walk outside and use their sense of sight to discover things in their world. They record their observations and compare their observations with those of their classmates.
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Participation in civic life
Young scholars investigate the political activism of Chinese in Australia - from the protests against discrimination in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to the participation of Chinese Australians in all levels of...
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Hatshepsut's Temples and Obelisks
Third graders create Hatshepsut's Temples and Obelisks using a variety of materials.
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Physical Difference and Classification
Students use a microscope and observation skills to compare and contrast several physical properties and develop a classification system.
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Cherries Still Positive, Lemons Still Negative
Third graders explore positive and negative integers. This follows a activity entitled, Cherries Are Positive, Lemons Are Negative and uses Cherry heads and Lemon heads.
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Is the Probability Probable?
Third graders compare experimental results with mathematical expectations of probabilities. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice with the concept of probability.
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Vocabulary Bingo
Students review vocabulary words and definitions from a literature selection. They play Vocabulary Bingo to practice the words.
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Virtual Scavenger Hunt
Students use their books and the Internet to explore and find specific information about the Native Americans that were in Florida during the 1500's.
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This Lesson is Totally Trippy Man
Third graders interview parents, friends and neighbors to find examples of slang terminology from previous decades. They write slang words and their definitions and chart current and previous appropriate slang on a poster.
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Millennium Scrapbook
Third graders create a millennium scrapbook, collecting stories about the past millennium and including photos of local, national and international events.
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Twisters
Students build a tornado in a bottle and do various readings to explore tornadoes.
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The Demise of Copper's Trading Power
Eighth graders evaluate statistical equations. They examine data from archaeologists at Jamestown, complete statistical equations using the sets of data, and graph the results.
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Jan Ken Pon
Fifth graders explore components of Japanese language, song, instruments, and music. Dotted eighth and sixteenth notes are practiced, the pronunciation of words for the song taught, and chords for tone chimes played in this activity.
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The U.S. Constitution and Disability Laws
Young scholars examine the United States Constitution for laws that protect people with disabilities. They discover how the education system provides equal education to all students and how the Federal Government makes sure this is...
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Testing the Hypothesis
Middle schoolers create and conduct various experiments to determine the origin of a family artifact, and then determine whether their results were successful. Students summarize their results and evaluate whether their hypotheses were...
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Proofreading
Students review the techniques of editing and proofreading then complete writing prompt worksheet to assist the beginning of the writing process. They write a first draft on an assigned topic then revise, edit and format the finished...
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Special Ed.: Social Problem Solving Skills
Students explore the logical steps used for solving social problems. Using video scenarios, Through group instruction, they aid each other in the discussions decision making, and role-playing. Topics covered include situations related...
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Influences of Black Oregon Trail Settlers
Students discuss reasons settlers settled in the Oregon Territory. Then, through the examination of primary documents, they compare the influences upon black settlers and how those influences were important to the settlement of the...
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You Gotta Have Heart
Ninth graders investigate the concept of relations and interpret graphs and tables. They analyze given data and look for a pattern to determine if the numbers represent a function. Students practice solving scientific word problems that...
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The Skinny on Sororities
Students explore the boundary between membership exclusivity and illegal discrimination in private organizations by examining a recent case of alleged discrimination in a college.
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Charlotte and Her Relatives Visit the Classroom: Spider Activities, Experiments and Projects
Students compare and contrast different spider species that they capture and maintain in the classroom for several days. They identify and research the species characteristics and living requirements then conduct an experiment on spider...
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What is the Concept?
Students systemically determine the concept that the waste items placed in a "yes" category are biodegradable and those in the "no" category are not. This activity is a motivating way to introduce a unit on wastes by having students use...
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The Meaning of Food
Students gain an understanding of the many roles that food plays in people's lives. They explore about different cultures and groups through food. Students use a range of research and presentation skills.