Students create their own barometer, precipitation, rain gauge, anemometer, and more with their weather stations. In this weather station lesson plan, students access on line websites on how to make their own weather tools.

Students explore the definition of matter.  In exploring matter lesson students get into groups and navigate the Internet to answer questions. 

Students explore the relationship between politics and religion. In this religion and ethics lesson, students examine hyperlinks created by their instructor from the suggested sites list. Students research the websites for information...

Young scholars explore Irish-American culture. In this immigration lesson, students watch video segments regarding immigration in the 1840's and 1850's. Young scholars discuss the discrimination Irish-Americans faced as they listen to...

Young scholars explore the pros and cons of forest fires. In this science lesson plan, students research the ecological implications of forest fires. Young scholars record their findings in journals and compose a persuasive e-mail to...

Eleventh graders examine the background of Native American myths and legends.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders read a myth out loud to their classmates.  Students compare and contrast their myths with other...

Students create newspapers. For this technology skills lesson, students create a newspaper layout using a word processor program. The newspaper features stories regarding the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Students explore thedigital divide. In this technology skills lesson, students discuss the attributes of a divide. Students then research and discuss the digital divide.

Students explore ancient Egypt. In this Egypt lesson, students use the Internet to research ancient Egypt and then participate in several activities that help them better understand Egyptian culture.

Students explore American values. In this American history instructional activity, students read passages from Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea. Students collaborate to conduct research in order to build a timeline of the events...

Students examine how democracy stands the test of time. In this technology lesson, students research inventions and contributions of the 20th century in order to gather information to write a persuasive essay on the topic.

Students analyze public health issues. In this public health lesson, students research Internet and print sources regarding the health concerns and diseases of the 20th and 21st centuries. Students also  interview medical...

Students conduct a mock presidential interview. In this US presidents lesson, students research the lives of former U.S. presidents and then role play interviews of the "presidents."

Young scholars read a comic about a teen drug overdose that leads to death. In this drug awareness lesson, students role play characters in the story that react to the death of their friend due to drug use in an online forum. Young...

Students use the Internet to study great white sharks and answer questions.  In this ocean lesson students create and produce a website that summarizes the information they obtained in their research. 

Seventh graders explore the term community.  In this Social Studies activity, 7th graders develop a definition of the term community.  Students create a sculpture that is related to their community.

Young scholars examine how the workings of the human circulatory system were discovered.  For this circulation lesson students view a  video, divide into groups and act out their given system. 

Students create a mural depicting what it means to be an American. For this being American lesson plan, students pull out magazine ads that depict what it means to be an American, then they make a mural out of it, and finally they...

Students research Hank Williams and explore his life and career. In this Hank Williams instructional activity, students complete Internet research, listen to example songs, and watch a movie all to analyze Hank Williams. The ultimate...

Students create an artistic representation of their identities. In this identity lesson, students discover the different facets that make up their own identities. Students work in small groups to find a favorite image and provide an...

In this online interactive vocabulary skills instructional activity, students answer 10 fill in the blank questions regarding Internet-related words. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this archaeology for kids quiz 78 activity, students interactively answer 4 questions about housing in history, as part of an online magazine.

Young scholars learn about the history of the Vikings by watching videos, reading books, and writing journal entries pretending they were Vikings. In this Vikings lesson plan, students also make a long ship out of a milk carton.

Pupils explore study different mathematicians. In this mathematician lesson, students research twelve mathematicians. Pupils question one another to guess who their mathematician is. Students create a timeline of big events in math.