Students investigate architectural art by creating an interior design for a box.  In this art design lesson, students analyze modern artifacts such as doorknobs, brackets and mailboxes by using a Venn diagram to identify...

Students examine geologic time to scale. In this geologic time lesson, students create a time-scale metaphor that shows some of the Earth's important events. Students present their metaphor to the class.

In this habitat project digital science journal worksheet, students use a digital camera or camcorder to create a science journal about a habitat they have studied.  This page includes links to helpful web resources for planning and...

In this wetlands worksheet, students follow directions on how to make an online a - z book about the wetlands. Students follow 5 sets of directions.

First graders make connections between the purposes of rules. In this governing lesson students listen to a story about rules being broken. Students identify rules that they have at school or home.

Students take a closer look at archetypes. In this characterization lesson, students examine the setting and the characters of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as they read and analyze the novel. Students consider how Twain mythically...

Young scholars define vocabulary related to geometry and calculate the volume. In this geometry lesson, students calculate flow rates, and volume as it relates to a water plant facility. They calculate the volume of three dimensional...

Students explore language changes that may occur in a globalized world. In this language lesson, students read the linked articles about globalization and the protection of languages. Students also examine statistics and conduct further...

This resource examines the creativity and inspiration that went into the creation and writing of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

This complete unit plan includes an overview of student activities, a number of activities for the class, complete with handouts and rubrics, and a student guide that explains what will be learned and how.

Students will gather, select, record, interpret, and present information on survivors and their survival strategies gained from reading the novel Hatchet and true life survival biographies. They will produce a piece of comparative...

Twenty day poetry unit plan provided by The Academy of American Poets. Contains three thematic sections: "What is Poetry?", "Poems of Childhood," and "Self and Society." Each section contains a reading list, introduction, analytical...

This site includes a unit about the Great Depression. Students will create a creative writing based on Dorothea Lange's 1936 "Migrant Mother" photograph. They will also write a position paper on the United States' current welfare issue....

This is a comprehensive unit on Japanese Mythology including key terms, Japanese history including Buddhism and Shintoism, creation story animoto, creative writing, quizzes, tests, final assessment to create a business project as a...

This lesson offers a list of creative projects for a student-selected novel/play assignment, as well as a reflective writing and a quotation analysis assignment. A rubric is also available.

Eighth graders are asked to compare the income earned from two summer jobs stuffing envelopes. They are to draw graphs, write equations, and interpret the graphs. This task provides students with an opportunity to take the step from unit...

In this task where two saltwater solutions are compared, 8th graders must find equivalent ratios, write an equation that works for both solutions, draw the equation's graph, and interpret the slope as a unit rate. Aligns with 8.EE.B.5.

In the July 2013 issue of United Airlines' Hemisphere Magazine, a pilot responded to a question about how far in the distance he could see at different altitudes. The solution involved right triangles, lines of tangency to a circle, and...

Site contains a narrative and three lesson plans. These plans are designed to assist students with various aspects of poetry. This site discusses strategies which enable students to effectively, memorize, recite, and correctly pronounce...

This task presents a challenging exercise in both algebraic manipulations and seeing structure in algebraic expressions. Aligns with A-SSE.B.3.a and A-SSE.A.2.

Students explore the power of written language to educate and influence others. They read various argumentative essays and engage in virtual collaboration to develop their own arguments. They also research a self-generated question...