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Visiting Museums
Learners visit museums and gather information about dinosaur habitats, survival needs, and how they met these needs.
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The Relatedness of Languages
Learners use Internet and library resources to select and examine the origins of phrases or words, particularly words that have origins in other languages.
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Individualizing: What Does Your Name Mean?
Students access Internet (links provided on thsi lesson plan) and library resources to find the meanings of their first and/or last names. They also discuss the evolution of the concept of naming individuals.
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Science: The Big Sleep and Criminalistics
Students view the film, "The Big Sleep" focusing on the investigation techniques employed by the main character. Throughout the viewing, students respond to essay questions explaining actions by the characters. The questions center on...
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Calendar
Second graders design/format and create a specific calendar month (maybe the present one?) choosing and using one of the formats in the Scholastic Super Print program.
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Ear Training 8th Graders with Practica Musica
Eighth graders explore how to hear the difference between Major, Minor, Augmented and Diminished chords. They compose a song using two of the four chords. Students compare and contrast the four basic chord types in an effort to increase...
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What is a file?
Students demonstrate procedures for opening and closing files. They write a story using Microsoft Word and practice opening, closing and saving the file.
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Express Yourself!
Fifth graders study different types of poetry, compose a poem and word process it.
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Math Nutrition
Fifth graders use nutritional knowledge to plan balanced meals and use grocery store flyers to calculate costs of the meals. They create word problems using these flyers.
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Musical & Linguistic Lesson Plan
Tenth graders study songs and music of the US Civil War period. They use technology to compose a song that highlights an event or concept from the war.
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Poet for a Day
Fourth graders, while in the computer lab after reading the poem, "H is for Hoosier," create an acrostic poem about Indiana. They list words that are unique of Indiana and choose one of those words to create their acrostic poems to share...
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Rocks and Minerals Composition Database
Fourth graders research a specific rock or mineral. They compile the facts into a database which students access for information.
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Career Exploration
Fifth graders identify areas of careers that coincide with their individual interests.
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Visiting a Website
Second graders study technology terms and practice working with webpages about Dav Pilkey.
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Hearing Bebop Chord Progressions
Students play through 7 - V7 - I and ii-7b5 - V7b9 - i progressions in all 12 keys with click track. They use the "Jazz Chord" section of Auralia Ear - Training and identify jazz chords by chord quality. Then they use the "Jazz Chord...
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Creating a multimedia showcase
Students create a multimedia project using PowerPoint. They retell factual information and create a report using PowerPoint. Afterward, they invite parents and other classes in for a PowerPoint theater.
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Technology Makes It Easier
Young scholars identify different technological devices that make their lives and jobs easier. Instructors demonstrate how to use various devices and allow students to practice using them. This lesson is intended for young scholars...
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Painting a Rainbow
First graders discuss the story of Noah an the Rainbow. They then open Appleworks 5 to select painting and pencil and practice drawing lines to make a rainbow. They use pencil to print their name and type or print a promise on the page...
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Online Esl Quizzes- Apostrophes - 1
In this apostrophes worksheet, learners choose the sentence that shows the correct use of an apostrophe in possessives in 5 examples. They complete the quiz online.
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Hyper Book Reports
Fifth graders create a multimedia book report using a tree map to classify the elements fo fiction books.
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Student Autobiography
Students complete an organizer listing five important events in their lives, use the dates to create a timeline of their life using Timeliner program, print and save their timeline and write a paragraph based on the timeline too.
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Your Name in an Acrostic Poem
Second graders use a word processing program (Word, Claris Works...) to create an acrostic poem.
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My 5 Senses Book
Students create a 5 page My 5 Senses book. They type 1 sense on each page and select 4 corresponding pictures to go with the sense.
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Phytochemicals
Students identify song style and form. They create movement which shows the song form and improvise rhythm accompaniment.