Students investigate the global food chain by creating a visual chart.  For this ecology lesson, students discover the elements needed for life to sustain itself, contrasting living things vs. non living things.  Students fill...

Students examine the interest and penalties associated with payday loans. In this finance lesson plan, students identify payday loans and the dangers of short term credit. Students create their own informational PowerPoint about payday...

Eighth graders identify major population centers and their demographic features using an outline map of Florida and the Internet to.

Students examine the role of women in Japan through Art and create collages using learned knowledge that depict the role of women in America today in this exciting Art or Social Studies instructional activity.

Students research the life of Charles Darwin and his voyage on the Beagle.

Young scholars learn the impact that genetics can have on the evolution of a population of organisms and become aware of the influence that the environment has onorganisms.

Students explore Newton's laws, including what they state, and what the intuitive meaning is of the first and third laws.

Students study Spanish vocabulary words for body parts, and also study a number of action verbs. They participate in Total Physical Response by responding to teacher given commands. They play a number of games based on the vocabulary.

Young scholars practice basic reading skills. In this reading lesson plan, students review the letter M, read the story If You Give a Mouse a Muffin. Young scholars will then write a book using their name, for example: If You Give a Taco...

In this science test worksheet, fourth graders complete 41 multiple-choice questions covering a variety of fourth-grade science concepts.

Students synthesize the "textbook" definition of lyric poetry and discuss various forms (love lyric, complaint lyric, loss lyric, satiric lyric). They discover the relationship of poetry to musical selections.

Students research the exploration of Antarctica by the explorer Sir Ernest Shackelton. In this Antarctic exploration lesson, students watch a movie about Sir Ernest Shackelton and his ship the Endurance. Students study a map of...

Students identify their names as a symbol for themselves. They describe characteristics of organisms. They utilize tools to gather data and compare size.

Students enter the classroom, half of them are given die-cut stars. They are told to keep the star for later. At the start of the day, the students with stars a piece of candy. Students brainstorm how it feels to get/not get a piece...

Students create comics identifying conflicts and their resolutions. In this conflict resolution instructional activity, small groups of students follow specific mapping instructions to illustrate a conflict and its resolution. Students...

Students listen to Brown Bear, Brown Bear and imitate the style of Eric Carle in writing a sentence.  In this writing lesson plan, students use the beginning and ending sounds of words to write an Eric Carle type...

Students decode words as they construct meaning. In this writing lesson plan, students create a story using the software program Bailey's Book House. They listen to their story on the computer, print it out, and read it aloud....

Students create a picture of a train. In this train lesson, students read Freight Trainand discuss the trains that they see. Students discuss what it would feel like to be a train and play a game where they pretend to be a train. They...

Eighth graders define caring. In this character education lesson plan, 8th graders examine the attributes of compassion as they discuss altruism, empathy, and selflessness.

Rock out with a song, video, and quiz about the rock cycle. Learn how it is similar to recycling, the different kinds of rocks, and how they form. There is a karaoke feature that allows learners to sing along, helping to cement the...

What linear equation will fit this data, and how close is it? Through discussion and partner work, young mathematicians learn the procedure to determine a regression line in order to make predictions from the data. 

Converting money is both practical and an excellent gateway into future math concepts, and scholars get plenty of practice here! There are four sections, each with 12 values for them to convert. First, they change cent values into...

Which one has two more? Each row of objects has a corresponding row, and mathematicians determine which one has two more than the other, checking it off. They work with single-digit values here and should be encouraged to write the...

Each of these sets of buttons has a corresponding set with four more. Learners examine pairs to determine which one has four more, checking it off. Consider also asking them to write down the specific number of each set to encourage...