Eighth graders read a handout and use the Internet to go to a website and investigate the bay.  In this nature lesson students study the website and take a quiz. 

Students compare and organize different fractions. In this fraction lesson, students use wax paper divided into squares to represent fractions. Students put them in different orders based on their value to complete their mathematics...

Students practice alphabet recognition, alphabet sounds, and number readiness while playing a hopscotch type game.

Students practice forward and backward counting.  In this counting lesson, students calculate how many objects in a bag by counting forward and then count backward to check.

In this sight word worksheet, students are given a calendar naming 4 weeks worth of sight words and their activities for each school day of the week. Activities follow on subsequent pages.

First graders, with partners, create and solve math problems using number and unifix cubes.

Learners review beginning, middle, and end of a story and how details add to a story.

Pupils practice skip counting. In this skip counting lesson, students practice skip counting using hundreds boards and patterns. Pupils complete several examples and problems to ensure their understanding. 

In this American bald eagle worksheet, students match ten facts about American bald eagles with their definitions and put five facts in sequential order.

Third graders subtract by counting forward. In this lesson plan with subtraction word problems, 3rd graders find the solution by counting forward from the number they are subtracting and by drawing pictures.

Fifth graders visit Web sites on the World Wide Web for interactive practice in recognizing place value for numbers. They work in teams of two to practice identifying place values of whole number and decimals by creating place value cards.

In this addition worksheet, students practice their addition skills by coloring the boxes with totals that are correct. Students then think of the greatest sum they can make adding two numbers less than 10.

Students distinguish between visualization and scientific visualization. They use the software program Spygalss to create images from two-dimensional arrays of numbers.

Learners practice counting to ten. In this coloring worksheet, students learn about the different types of trucks that transport goods by counting to ten and connecting the dots to complete the picture.

Students examine United States currency with its new design. They discuss the reasons for the change. They also examine the impact this had on the economy as a whole.

Learners explore performing arts by reading a children's book in class. In this body movement activity, students read the book Dance and create their own artistic impressions based on dancing images from the book. Learners share their...

Students study and chart the levels of the atmosphere. They determine volume and location of the whole in the ozone layer by problem solving and drawing Antarctica.

Fifth graders learn of how genes transfer information from one generation to the next. They flip a penny and circle traits to create an offspring. Next, they will draw a picture using the traits circled with colored pencils on the "Who...

Students participate in a Wiffle Tag game. Students tag other classmates by touching a designated body part. The name of the body part changes each time someone is tagged. Students practice listening and following directions.

Sixth graders create three different sets of fraction strips using Excel by following a packet of instructions that taper off as the students gain confidence in their knowledge of Excel. They copy and paste the strips into Word so that...

Fourth graders work as a whole group to complete KWL chart on their knowledge of motorcycles. They research using a variety of materials for information and pictures of motorcycles to discuss their common features and special uses. They...

Learners observe changes in a selected tree bud/leaf during spring. They record changes in the bud/leaf using words, pictures and numbers. They understand that trees adapt to changes in temperature, light, and moisture by sprouting leaves.

Students identify how to relate the position of an element in the periodic table to its atomic number and atomic mass. They identify how to use the periodic table to identify metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and halogens, and also,...

Students study economic terms and create a calendar using digital cameras. They advertise the calendar to the whole student population by making posters and singing an advertising jingle.