Fifth graders convert units within the same measurement system and be able to determine elapsed time. They are given a start time and an end time of a game. Students determine the amount of elapsed time from the data that is given.

Learners identify characteristics of all 9 phyla of the Animalia Kingdom. They create a table of the 9 phyla and research a representative organism for each.

Young scholars consider what life is like for Spanish young people. In this global studies lesson, students read and discuss excerpts from Children of the World: Spain. Young scholars submit journal entries about everyday life in Spain.

Learners draw cells, make a cell, and list organelles in plant and animal cells. In this cells lesson plan, students create edible cells.

Pupils use "Cotton Journey-A Field Trip In A Box" kit to relate the significance of cotton to the Civil War period and to study the cotton industry in general.

Students label and locate the 5 European Powers of the congress of Vienna on a map. They describe the goals of the Congress of Vienna by completing a web diagram. Students identify and explain the legacy of the congress of Vienna by...

Learners review the following vocabulary: Independent assortment, multiple alleles, and polygenic traits. They review their vocabulary by the "quiz, quiz trade" routine. Students work in groups. They are given one set of gene cards...

Students recognize the concepts of the light-dependent and the Calvin cycles. They draw diagrams of the light-dependent reaction and the Calvin cycle. In addition, they investigate the effects of light on carbohydrate content in leaves.

Students study the geological makeup of the West.  In this geological maps activity students creat a map that includes a key and present it to the class. 

Students examine interactions between Native Americans and settlers. In this Westward Expansion instructional activity, students analyze select passages from Plains Indians by Dana Newmann and The World of Native Americans by Marion...

Seventh graders describe the healthy choices about food. In this nutrition lesson, 7th graders use the food pyramid to help them in making nutritious choices. Students discuss their diet and talk about how it can be improved.

Learners draw a self-portrait in pencil with shading.  In this Holocaust lesson, students discover Hitler's idea of art and compare it to the art of the Jews during the Holocaust period.  Learners discuss reasons the art of the...

Students explore Hispanic culture. In this cultural diversity lesson, students read Wachale by Ilan Stavans and respond to discussion questions about the story. Students journal about their impressions of the story as well.

Students look for hope in the wake of the Holocaust. In this Holocaust lesson, students watch the film "Life is Beautiful" and then write about how the movie and its message personally impacted them. Students also commit two acts of...

Learners write five-line, diamond shaped poems that are very easy to write then submit one through an automatic PIZZAZZ form.

Students review the parts of the eukaryotic animal cell and construct a model using various types of candy.

Students, after plotting earthquake locations on the map, should correctly; identify the pattern of earthquake locations and identify the ring of fire.

Seventh graders create ecosystems in a jar which they observe over the course of the school year.

Students estimate the distance in miles between Tulsa, Oklahoma and Manhattan, Kansas. They gather and graph data on gangs in both areas.

Students work in small groups to complete a rectangle puzzle without any verbal communication or hand signals.

Young scholars participate in determining the completion of patterns and discovering which part of the pattern doesn?????™t belong.

High schoolers review the structure of government in Mexico and discuss how it is different than the United States. Using artifacts, they must label and identify the city or state in which the artifact originated. They use the artifact...

Students are introduced to the names of colors in Spanish. After being shown artifacts, they identify and write the color of each object. They also create a coloring sheet in which they trade with their classmates when needed.

Young scholars organize data collected from their experiments using graphs. For this statistics and biology lesson, students organize their scientific data from an article into readable graphs. They define the usefulness of their graph...