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Team Handball Lesson Plan 1
Students learn the game of team handball. In this cooperative games lesson, students examine the history, the rules, and the roles of players in order to participate in team handball.
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Invent a new game!
Students work in groups to create a new athletic game. In this creating a game lesson plan, students use athletic equipment to create a new game in groups.
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Letter Writing Accuracy, Air Write
Young scholars work in pairs to play an air writing game. In this air writing lesson plan, students are given a written letter to practice. Young scholars use their finger to write a letter in the air and their partner must try to guess...
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THE LITTLE RED HEN - A TALE OF COOPERATION
Students explore how much pleasure reading can bring, explain the concept of "story sequence", "re-tell" a story through art, and read other folktales.
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Conflict and Cooperation
Learners investigate conflict resolution. In this world conflict lesson, students examine the roles of NATO, the UN, and the EU in diplomacy issues. Learners look into the conflict in the Balkans that prompted the Bosnian War.
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The Way Levers Work
Fifth graders discover the rules by which the lever slants and balances. They determine that there are a great many tools that employ the lever principle even in their ordinary environments. They consider how to use objects easily...
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Habitats
Students examine how different living things interact with their environment. As a class, they discuss the characteristics of a habitat and write the list on the board. In groups, they focus on one habitat and create a mural of the...
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The Great Debate
Groups of learners investigate the persuasive genre of writing as they research and present on an issue. They research the Internet (possible websites are included) for a topic and locate information to present to the opposing team. In...
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The Japanese Garden
High schoolers use the internet to gather information on the Japanese Gardens. They discuss topics with a horticulturist and build a replica of the gardens at their school. They work together to identify different types of plants.
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Solving Problems Using Triangle Inequality Theorem
Sixth graders investigate triangles and the inequality theorem. They will collaborate in groups to determine the length of a longest side of a triangle. Then relate the size of the triangle to its angles using protractors, yard sticks,...
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Creating a Bill of Rights
Creating a Bill of Rights isn't easy! Help your scholars experience what the Founding Fathers did by challenging them to write a Bill of Rights. Groups pretend they are a new democratic country and proceed to create that country's Bill...
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Whose Rights Are Violated?
Learners examine the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution. They work with a partner to determine which amendment has been violated while working on a worksheet.
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Endangered Animals Books
Middle schoolers research endangered species and create and publish books to present their findings. Designed to use Inspiration software, this resource could be adapted if you don't have access to the program. Contains handy website...
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What Can Third Graders Learn About Cooperation From the European Union?
Fourth graders explore the reasons the European Union began and identify the lessons they can apply to group work in the classroom. In this European Union instructional activity, 4th graders read the booklet from the website and complete...
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Cooperative Tumbling Routine
Students in groups of 3-5 develop and perform a cooperative gymnastic tumbling routine for their classmates.
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United States -- Soviet Cooperation
Learners examine the competition between the United States and Russia to put the first man in space. In groups, they use the internet to identify areas in which the two countries cooperated with one another to promote space exploration....
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Cooperative Group Lesson Plan
Students work together to develop a city landscape using various symbols. Using the various elements, they justify the placement of each symbol and discover the importance of location and accessibility. They present their landscape to...
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Group Headdresses
Students design a headdress in the style of the Bahamian festival Junkaroo. They work cooperatively and evaluate the group's work. They define the meanings of community, capital, and factions. They explore the work of groups that...
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Cooperative Learning Games
Pupils create a human obstacle course by making obstacles using their bodies. They work with a rope to have all students pass under it without using their hands to hold or move it. They complete a list of challenges in which the...
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Genocide, Sovereignty, Humanitarian Intervention and Accountability
Twelfth graders examine the attempts by various countries to genocide their members. In groups, they compare and contrast the responses by the other countries of the world to stop the genocide. They also identify cases in which the...
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LIFE CYCLES
Third graders work in cooperative groups to gather information, create their product and present to an audience. The groups use all sources of media to gather information, including electronic encyclopedias and the Internet. They use...
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Life Cycles
Using computers, Students work in small groups and progress through the roles of Explorer, Researcher, Designer, and Evaluator as they study the life cycle of plants, insects, butterflies and frogs.
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Growing as a Group
Learners design a plan to help families who are in need. In this citizenship lesson, students brainstorm and implement a service project in their own community. Learners discuss how to provide food for families who are in need.
Think Like A Programmer! Puzzlets Cork the Volcano Curriculum
Common Core Standards Connected
The standards listed below are standards from the Common Core Framework which map to learning opportunities with Cork The Volcano & Puzzlets.
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