First graders explore the idea of an economy by reading a children's story. For this consumerism lesson, 1st graders read the story If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and discuss goods provided by people in a community. Students create...

Students devise story boards to sequence the main events in a story. They draw a picture that demonstrates the main event in each chapter of a story and label it with a sentence.

Fourth graders design and create a log cabin in this lesson. They use ratios to help make dimensions of a house. They draw out how they want their house to look and gather the materials they need to complete the house. The log cabins...

Seventh graders are engaged in a activity that covers the concept of meiosis with the intention of covered sexual reproduction. They cover the concept of genetic traits and how they are transmitted over generations with or without...

Middle schoolers investigate simple machines. In this simple machines lesson, students identify the six simple machines from an object or drawing. Middle schoolers also use various objects to identify the simple machines found in a...

Young scholars review and reproduce an article of Elizabethan styled clothing as a part of an analysis of Shakespeare's Macbeth.  In this Elizabethan art lesson, students discuss the fashion of the Elizabethan era and research it...

Fifth graders explore geometry by creating shapes with construction paper. In this shape characteristics activity, 5th graders identify the different attributes that make up specific shapes and create them using construction paper,...

Learners draw a net (a two-dimensional pattern that can be formed to make a solid) for making an open top box on grid paper. They cut out the net and fold up each side to form the open box and tape the sides, then find the volume of the...

Fourth graders draw on previous knowledge and create hand-held flip books that show a cell going through the motions of the cell cycle. They create a flip book, which illustrates the cell cycle.

Students create Masks using heavy paper or bristol board, pencils, scissors, glue, and various decorative materials in this Art instructional activity for the elementary and middle level classroom. This project can be adapted to fit any...

First graders listen to speakers in various professions. In this careers lesson plan, the teacher invites community members to speak to the class about their jobs and the education required, then students draw the conclusion that men and...

Young scholars read If You Give A Pig A Party and participate in visual arts activities based on the book. In this visual arts lesson plan, students read the given book and do visual arts activities that include matching words to...

Fourth graders write poems describing the relationship of machine parts. In this poetry writing instructional activity, 4th graders review a system and examples. Students discuss the systems individual parts and how they work. Students...

Pupils work together to create a model of the ocean floor. They practice using new vocabulary associated with the ocean floor as well. They share their model with the class.

First graders study body parts and make life-size outline of their bodies. They label the outline with twenty body parts.

Young scholars examine different types of masks from various cultures. Using the masks, they identify the use of design elements in them. They create their own paper mask using the elements and share them with the class. After viewing...

Students work cooperatively to create a classroom thanksgiving tree in this November art lesson for the elementary classsroom. Included with the lesson is a short resource list of books that contain more Thanksgiving craft ideas.

Third graders construct fraction strips to play several math games. Using different colored construction paper, they assemble the strips and play Order the Fractions and Fraction War. With a pair of dice, 3rd graders roll fractions...

Eighth graders solve problems using proportions with scaled drawings. They work with maps and blue-prints discussing scales and plans and examine different polygons and figure out the scale factors or proportions they have been changed by.

Second graders demonstrate their understanding of goods and services through group presentation. In this simplified economics lesson, 2nd graders are divided into groups representing a particular market. They then create posters with...

Students investigate plate tectonics by observing a cracked egg shell.  In this Earth science lesson, students draw borders of continents on an egg shell, only to watch it crack in a glass.  Students record the breakup of the...

Students create and label a model of a lobster.  In this lobster lesson, students become familiar with the parts of a lobster and their functions.  Students display their lobsters in the classroom.

Students explore historical technology by participating in a printing activity. In this printing block lesson, students identify how mass papers were printed in the past by using blocks repeatedly. Students create their own printing...

Students write a description of each animal using their completed outline and include a graphic of the animal for the program, or a hand drawing. Each student chooses and writes about 2 Rain Forest Animals.