Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Prime and Composite Numbers with use of manipulatives (Elementary, Mathematics)

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners learn what prime and composite numbers are. They learn how to identify them by working in a group and demonstrating an understanding of one work problem with 100% accuracy using the manipulatives provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Day Five - Bible A Noble Cause - Thessalonica

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students analyze, compare and contrast success and failure inside the kingdom and  outside the kingdom.  In this Bible study lesson students read Act 17:1, plays games, engage in discussions and complete a written activity...
Lesson Plan
Mr Gym

Hit and Switch

For Teachers 5th - 12th
This activity sounds like a great warm-up or drill for your volleyball players. All the players start on one side of a line, once they bump the ball to another player, they cross the line and wait. The goal is to bump the ball to players...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's Your Life - Safe or Sorry/Safety Issues

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine and chart data about safety hazards and unsafe situations. In this safety hazard lesson, students examine newspapers and web sites to investigate injuries from safety hazards. They make a spreadsheet using the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pond Ecology

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A lab activity is a great way to incite thoughtful questioning and scientific processes. Pupils will collect organisms with a Petri dish, make observations, sketch the organism, ask questions, then attempt to identify the specimen...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aquatic Science

For Teachers 7th - 8th
What a terrific way to explore the pond habitat! Learners discuss the animal and plant life found in the Long Island area. They also discuss vocabulary terms, identify pollution concerns, and resource conservation.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Human Body

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A 'People Scavenge' activity gets students out of their seat and in search for their peers, in order to discover differences among themselves. Prior to the hunt, students will complete a skit based on a portion of the Bible. The students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Body Biography: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

For Teachers 7th
Class groups assume the identity of one of the primary human characters in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. They create a body biography that identifies the most important traits of their character, translate these traits into...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Welcome To Middle School Video

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create questions to pose to adults working in Middle School. In groups, students create a video interviewing the Middle School staff. They edit the video and format present it as an introduction to Middle School for perspective...
Lesson Plan
Mr Gym

Spider Web

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Create a spider web between two poles and have your class get from one side of the web to the other without touching the web. There are four different suggested levels of play. The rules of each level guide how the players need to get...
Lesson Plan
Science Matters

Oh Heron

For Teachers 4th
Two teams—the environmentalists and herons—play four rounds of the game, Oh Heron. Using hand symbols to represent food, shelter, and water, players locate their match to produce more herons while those unmatched decompose. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Concrete Research

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explore concrete. In this physical science and computer research lesson, students work in groups to answer specific  questions about concrete. Each group of young scholars completes a different worksheet with a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The "Heart" of the Problem

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create an exercise and nutrition program. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students use calculations of exercises plus their corresponding effects on the body and nutritional values of food to derive a health plan. Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

American Frontiers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the settlement of the American frontier through literature. In this literature instructional activity, students read and discuss works by James Fenimore Cooper, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, and Hamlin Garland....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scooter Ships

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore simple physics concepts such as push/pull, friction, and speed. For this physics/physical education lesson, students work in co-operative groups to "build" a spaceship out of scooters and folded mats. Teams experiment...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Miss Nelson is Missing / Miss Nelson Is Back- Lesson 2

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars read and analyze a story.  In this compare and contrast lesson, students re-read Miss Nelson is Missing and use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast Miss Nelson and Miss Viola Swamp.  Young scholars write about...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Battle of the Pole Holes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars consider the relationship between business and government. For this rural electrification lesson, students read "Battle of the Pole Holes," and then write editorials that address the way that business and government...
Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: YouTube

For Students 5th - 10th
In this YouTube learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farm Animals

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate farm animals. In this farm animals lesson, students acquire basic farm vocabulary, identify farm animals, sing songs and create a farm animals books. Students use the SMART board to match animal pictures and words.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Agriculture Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Agriculture Day worksheet, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fractions and Decimal Equivalents: Fifth Grade

For Teachers 5th
Sometimes a skeleton is all you get. This lesson outline provides teachers with a basic lesson flow. Pupils will pre-test, order place value names, use manipulatives, and build and compare numbers. How this is to be done is not...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lucky 7s

For Teachers 6th - 7th
This helpful lesson explores the probability in tossing a coin and throwing dice. Specifically, it looks at the probability of getting numbers that are significant to the game of craps, assuming that once the math is understood, most...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Using an Almanac

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students work cooperatively in order to identify specific situations in which an almanac is the best choice for locating information. They answer specific questions, record the page on which the answer was found, and the key words used...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What are Numbers?: Learning to Add

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify numbers from 0-20. They show quantities to 20. Students work in small groups and take pictures of items demonstrating the numbers that they have beeen taught. They form the number shape using their bodies and take...