Students create board games out of pieces of literature they have read. They work together to develop rules and elements of the game. They are to use as many elements of the story as possible. They play each game as a class.

Third graders become familiar with the important buildings and services in their community and construct the buildings in their community out of shoeboxes.

Students create skits showing relationship problems and discuss how communication, cooperation, and compromise can build strong relationships.  For this healthy relationships lesson, students are given a scenario to act out in small...

Second graders, using large colored poster board, explore photosynthesis and its effect on the food chain and survival of organisms.

Tenth graders study the timeline of life on Earth. They learn about the progression of prokaryotes to single celled eukaryotes and the development of increasingly complex multicellular organisms.

Students use this interactive tutorial program to directly observe a variety of inheritance patterns. They develop mastery over the variety of genetics problems presented. This simulation is designed to promote the acquisition of skill...

Fourth graders investigate the style of diary writing as its own genre of literature. They read Harriet The Spy in order to have a text for this literature study. Students use the skill of prediction to preview the story, and then...

Second graders use the program HyperStudio to draw and describe the water cycle. In this science and technology lesson, 2nd graders will first become familiar with the water cycle by exploring books and websites in the classroom. Next,...

Students complete activities to learn about the winter season. In this seasonal activities lesson, students listen to 'The Waltz of the Snowflakes' and discuss winter scenes. Students then use materials to construct a winter scene.

Students explore the letter /k/ in this lesson, and identify the /k/ sound in words. They read a tongue twister emphasizing the /k/ sound, and discuss that two letters make the /k/ sound - c and k. They then practice writing k's and...

Students identify simple machines found in different environments. In this matching instructional activity, students match the machine with the place it belongs.

Students act as journalists to grab audience attention with the topic sentence for their writing. They write paragraphs in quantities appropriate to grade level.

Students share weather and community information with other students across the continents. In groups, students collect details, pictures, and drawings about their community, its weather patterns, and school. They predict if groundhog...

Students make connections between their personal experiences and portraits. define a portrait and identify different kinds of portraits in artworks and their own lives. They look closely at a portrait using visual analysis to describe...

Students collect and analyze data about wind speed. They build a Lego wind sail and measure the wind speed with a rotation sensor. They use software to analyze the data.

Students participate in an interactive tutorial program designed to directly observe a variety of inheritance patterns. They select problems relating to genetics. They perform a calculation and receive feedback to reinforce their skills.

Students explore family backgrounds and traditions while discussing how memories are preserved. For this patchwork quilt lesson, students create a keepsake by compiling pictures, drawings, and magazine clippings of things that are...

Try this triangle pop-up greeting card! Amaze your friends with your talent and creativity!

Do you need help coming up with creative ideas? This pdf file contains 20 different ideas to help you spark your creativity. They can also be cut out to be used as cards to have your students pick from to help aid them in their creative...

A collection of free learning activities that teach computer science through games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. The activities introduce students to computational thinking through concepts such...