How are films made? As part of their study of film, middle schoolers investigate the pre-production, production, and post-production process and consider the role of the director, the screenwriter, production designer, cinematographer,...

Students explore Earth Day by creating an arts and crafts project. For this nature appreciation lesson, students utilize nature related vocabulary terms on magnets and put them in different orders to create interesting poetry. Students...

Students study Earth Art Sculpture and its historic perspectives. They study important Earth Art sculptors, notably Andy Goldsworthy and view works of important Earth Artists. They explore the basic use of digital cameras and journal...

Third graders use Google Earth to examine Roman architecture. In this ancient Rome instructional activity, 3rd graders visit the noted URLs to look at examples of Roman architecture. Students work in teams to examine data about the...

Students explore environmental awareness through reusing materials. In this environmental awareness instructional activity, students use trash to create a "trashasaurus," a large dinosaur sculpture made from waste. Detailed structure and...

Students explore the Solar System. In this cross-curriculum space instructional activity, students identify the planets, name them in order according to distance from the sun, and describe major characteristics of each planet. Students...

Students explore Earth science by completing a plant art project. In this botany lesson plan, students utilize tights and soil to create a furry, grassy puppet style animal from cress seeds. Students cut off the excess cress after...

Learners identify and interpret concepts about how the Earth was formed and convey some of these ideas in a painting. Students experiment with different types of paints and paint applicators to achieve a variety of visual textures....

Students determine what designates a place as a region. They apply their criteria for a region to the US map. They work in groups to write a rap about their region that describes its organization, type and structure.

Students use plaster of Paris, talc, and cornstarch to create their own chalk. They hypothesize what mixture of ingredients produce the "best" chalk. Students discuss what they think are the characteristics of the "best" chalk.

Fourth graders access prior knowledge of rocks and minerals. In this petroglyphs instructional activity, 4th graders become familiar with artwork on rocks. Students create original artworks using rock art.

Students design a model watershed. In this watershed lesson, students learn the needed parts of a watershed and how they work. Students evaluate how watersheds effect communities.

Fifth graders investigate coral reefs and the dangers they face by labeling and drawing.  In this oceanography lesson plan, 5th graders view a PowerPoint presentation of photographs of coral reefs in Belize.  Students...

In this bacteria activity, students read several elements of bacterium cells, their diet, types, locations, reproduction, resting stages, effects of, and classification. Students also study a cross-section of bacterium cells.