Young scholars are given a copy of the "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights" and read them together. In groups, they match the rights listed on a master list with the articles in the Declaration and research specific rights using...

Students research Babylonian mathematics. They calculate simple surd numbers. Students find the fractional form of rational numbers expressed as decimals. They work with numbers in base 60.

Students investigate the literary concept of irony and how it fits into literature. They also brainstorm real life examples of irony and how they apply to people. Students identify their favorite examples of irony.

Seventh graders distinguish characteristics of living things and identify the importance of careful observation. They identify five things that are not alive, but display characteristics of life and list five things that are alive, but...

Students examine the 1st and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. In this U.S. government lesson, students read the Amendments and interpret them in order to respond to essential questions regarding constitutional rights.

Tenth graders explore the origins of the Cold War.  In this Cold War lesson, 10th graders analyze selected songs and identify what historical events they reference.  Students create a musical collage or timeline for the period...

Students examine civic duties. For this citizenship lesson, students play an online game that requires them to consider the needs of their community. Students campaign for the issue they choose in the game.

Student develop their technology skills. In this solar system lesson plan, 3rd graders create a movie featuring planets that they research. Students use flip video cameras to film commercials to market their planets.

Students describe theories on how the first humans came to America and show the evidence that supports it.  In this investigative lesson students study given material and prepare written or oral reports in their groups. 

Young scholars describe alternative theories for how the first humans cane to America.  For this human origin lesson students study the origins of the first Americans. 

Students study climate change and come up with possible remedies for it.  In this global warming lesson students complete and activity and watch a video on climate change.

Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Reconstruction lesson, students research details pertaining to Congress's role in Reconstruction. Students use the provided worksheets to...

Eleventh graders examine the life of Mohandas Gandhi. In this Gandhi lesson, 11th graders listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of the Gandhi's life and respond to the provided discussion questions.

Students investigate Pick's theorem by completing a lab. For this geometry lesson, students construct polygons using cabri software. They calculate the area of polygons and identify the vertices of each shape.

Students identify some of the different species of crabs and tell how they adapt themselves to their environment. They discuss the evolution and stages of development of the crabs. They identify the Phylum Arthropoda and the Class...

Students participate in a lesson that investigates post-modernism in American literature. They conduct the lesson with the help of reading "America" by Ginsberg to create context. Then students define the genre and the culture that has...

Students identify the components of the Results section of the project and technical paper.They also identify appropriate ways of presenting data and write the Results section of the technical paper.

Eleventh graders compare several eyewitness accounts of Stillman's Run, and discuss how a historian might use them. They act as historians and try to reconstruct what happened during Stillman's Run from the eyewitness accounts.

Pupils complete small group tasks related to racism as it applies to African Americans, African immigrants, and white immigrants. Through discussion of their findings, students explain of challenges in society that African immigrants face.

Third graders read the poem, Beautiful Ohio, discuss it and then write their own descriptive songs/ poems about nature and the environment.

Students examine the role of women in Maori society and compare it to women's role in their own society. They compare the roles of women in relation to Paikea's predicament in Whale Rider.

Ninth graders describe that matter is made of minute particles called atoms, explain structure and properties of atoms, classify chemicals, locate chemicals on the periodic table, and play Jeopardy.

Ninth graders predict when an object will sink or float based on comparison of the density of the object to the density of the substance in which it is placed.

Students apply the principles and ideas suggested by the Constitution to a contemporary issue or problem, and work through the issue to reach their own conclusions.