Students apply vocabulary activities to two short stories in order to increase their comprehension skills. They complete three lessons in which they examine irony, examine how it is used in text, and design an ironic skit. Also, the look...

Students in French class practice using the Internet to research information. After researching a region in France, they used the information to create a PowerPoint presentation. They present their slides to the class and discover the...

Young scholars investigate the concepts that surround the Civil Rights Movement. They conduct research with the help of the teacher and use chart paper to create posters about major people involved. Students also complete a timeline...

Students investigate the different concepts involved in crossing a body of water that is polluted through a simulation that is supposed to be done without a boat. The goal of the lesson is for groups to role play after creating a plan...

Fifth graders examine how to see patterns by showing how things work together. They identify, analyze and determine a rule for predicting and extending numberical patterns involving operations of whole numbers, decimals and fractions.

Students practice decimals by playing war. In this decimal lesson plan, students flip over their cards and whoever's card is higher wins those cards. The person with the most cards is the winner.

Students strengthen leg muscles while learning about the environment. In this environmental lesson, students use scooters to pick up poly spots from the floor. The poly spots are metaphors for trash.

Students discover the history of Colonial America by creating a class presentation.  In this U.S. History lesson, students utilize the Internet to research one of 20 topics in which they will create a PowerPoint or other type of...

Students practice accurately kicking a ball. In this gross motor skills lesson, students practice kicking a ball through the legs of a classmate, who is the "goal".

Students practice making three hockey traps in a row. In this hockey activity, students are split up into offensive and defensive players. Students complete three consecutive traps.

Students study weather patterns and learn to make decisions based on the weather. For this weather lesson, students plan a potluck based on the weather. Students use a decision tree to brainstorm about the activity. Students complete a...

Pupils study Pete Gray and his baseball legacy.  In this critical thinking lesson students participate in a group discussion and calculate percentages. 

Students study the events of the Spirit Lake Massacre. In this Iowa history lesson, students consider the role of Abbie Gardner in the Spirit Lake Massacre as their instructor presents a lecture.

Students consider different cultural viewpoints. For this Native American history lesson, students examine artifacts and then conduct research on selected Native American tribes.

Eighth graders study soccer. In this instructional activity on a sport, 8th graders practice dribbling and passing skills associated with soccer.

Eleventh graders study the Kansas Territory.  In this American History activity, 11th graders read ten biographical cards and summarize the main ideas.  Students create cards to play Who am I?

Fifth graders explore how the war affected American children. In this social studies instructional activity, 5th graders discuss how quotes made people feel about the war effort. Students write reflections on their reading.

Students solve for the area and perimeter of polygons. In this geometry instructional activity, students identify repeated patterns and create formula to solve problems. They make conjectures and prove hypotheses.

Students create a living animal that could survive in at least one specific region and use the digital desert library to gather information. In this invent a critter lesson, students draw a picture of their animal,  describe their...

Students work together to get all of their team mates through the holes of an obstical course called the spider web while not touching the rope. In this team work lesson plan, students focus on working together.

Seventh graders, in groups, describe the three major types of rocks through either a song, skit, poem, etc. They present their work to the class during a "rock concert."

Students discuss the concept of social needs. They research social events. Students create posters advertising social events. Using a WebCam, students exchange social event ideas. Students chart how social needs are fulfilled in the...

Students participate in a teddy bear themed unit to improve their social and reading skills along with other core knowledge subjects. In this social and reading skills lesson, students complete 8 units of activities to learn about social...

Students, in groups, collaboratively explore the rapid growth of Chicago (from 350 to 300,000 in less than 40 years), and how the city changed to accommodate such rapid growth.