In this number 9 instructional activity, students practice tracing the letters that spell the number 9 and then write the word nine 6 times on their own on the lines provided. Students circle 9 vacuum cleaners.

First graders practice their "vocabulary of school" by placing their word cards in the appropriate bucket. They may be asked to use a different locomotive skill as they move between the four buckets.

Students develop an awareness of the use of Vitamin C in helping our environment and gain exposure to chemical procedures and techniques. Students analyze and interpret data by keeping a data sheet and making a bar graph.

Pupils examine geography while studying the 2006 Winter Olympics. Students keep track of the winners of each Olympic event by finding the results using the Internet or by reviewing the newspaper and discuss the country the medalist...

Young scholars participate in a teacher led math "trick." The teacher "reads the mind of the students. The answer to the problem is always 4, and by following the directions, the teacher can guess that young scholars are thinking of...

Students examine the life of Madam C.J. Walker. They discover the impact her changes had on the community as a whole. They develop their own plan to impact and change their own community for the better.

In this basic vowel and consonant blending lesson, young learners are shown how to "blend" the sounds of different letters together in order to make a word. Simple words such as, "sun," "moon," and, "ant," are used in a whole-class setting.

Twelfth graders use the internet to examine how the Gutenberg press affected society as a whole. Using examples of illuminated type, they develop type in three different formats. They share their types with the class and answer...

Students connect the numeral to an appropriate quantity of M&M candies.

Rows of cartoon-style animals are displayed for your mini mathematicians to count. At the end of each row, they write the number of animals counted. Numbers only range from 1 to 5, so this is most appropriate for absolute beginners. Cute!

Sixth graders review the different types of graphs (bar, line, pictograph) They predict the data set they can garner several boxes of conversation hearts. Students record their data using an Excel spreadsheet. They create a graph based...

How many colors do you know? The lesson teaches scholars how digital devices use binary and hexadecimal representations to store colors. They learn how millions of colors are available on these devices.

Second graders create an ABAB pattern with their name. In this early elementary math lesson plan, 2nd graders first model their names in an ABAB pattern with unifix cubes. They then recreate the pattern using letter stamps on KidPix.

Students explore the concept graphing data. In this graphing data instructional activity, students use weather data from their local weather and some other city and graph them. Students plot the local weather vs. another city. Students...

Two of the best words any one can hear– treasure hunt! Your class will be excited to practice graphing on a coordinate grraph as they identify and write coordinates for landmarks they see on a treasure map. They trace their route to the...

Here is a lesson which incorporates ingenious hands-on activities that simulate how many animals use camouflage as a survival technique. This lesson clearly outlines how to implement the activities and discussion sessions found in it....

Students explore how to read a thermometer and what the instrument does. They practice measuring hot and cold objects and discuss changes in the weather based on temperature.

You sank my battleship! The iconic cry of the time-honored game, Battleship will be heard in classrooms with this learning game that requires only grid paper, pencils, and an introductory knowledge of the first quadrant of the coordinate...

Here is a fantastic, nine-page, multi-session lesson plan on the Zia Sun Symbol (found on the New Mexico state flag), and the seasons of the Earth. Everything you need to implement the lesson is here, and the many engaging activities are...

Help kindergartners develop the academic language they need to master the Common Core standards with this list of math vocabulary. Including the definitions of each term as well as a set of word cards with supporting images and examples,...

It is key to the learning process to make everything a child with visual impairments does as tactile as possible. After reading Anne of Green Gables, the class discusses her life events in order to make a tactile time line. They...

This is an absolute must-have resource for early elementary teachers! Here you'll find a collection of activities and worksheets for each day of the month of June, with topics ranging from ordering numbers on a calendar or identifying...

Sixth graders classify candy according to observable characteristics. They use a dichotomous key to identify their bag of "treats." Thus, describe how dichotomous keys help to the identifying of organisms. Design a self-generated...