Learners will compare an informational text versus a narrative text about Earth Day. Included in this lesson are videos and pictures of the lesson in action, a printable Earth Day Venn Diagram, and a recycling activity.

Second graders should be able to recognize what makes one number greater or smaller than another, using place value understanding which is crucial to Common Core mastery. This lesson combines math and science by having students order...

In this simple lesson, students grow yeast to learn how the climates on each of the nine planets would affect life.

This is a student led activity in which students have to accomplish the task of choosing the most entertaining way to relay written expository information. Art/self expression along with technology are utilized to develop a classroom...

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce learners to the planet Mars. This lesson will begin by discussing the location and size of Mars relative to Earth, as well as introduce many interesting facts about this red planet. Next, the...

Olivier Guyon examines the possibility of finding other planets within astronomical numbers, some potentially rife with life. [6:21]

Students explore the outermost planets of our solar system: Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They also learn about characteristics of Pluto and its interactions with Neptune. Students learn a little about the history of space travel as well...

Provides an explanation, examples, and a video lesson all related to using matrices when solving systems of equations. [6:27]

Gain an understanding of how to find the slope of a linear function by viewing an example and a video lesson. [1:44]

Gain an understanding of combinations and permutations by viewing an example and a video lesson. [1:15]

Discover how to solve problems with percent by taking a look at examples and a video lesson.

Discover how to use stem-and-leaf plots and box-and-whisker plots to visualize data by taking a look at examples and a video lesson.

Learn how to use the order of operations when working with expressions through discussion and a video lesson.

Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrates how to compose a mathematical expression.

Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrates how to solve percent problems.

Learn about quadrilaterals, polygons, and transformation by taking a look at examples and a video lesson.

Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrates how to find the slope of a linear function.

Provides an explanation, examples, and a video lesson all related to compound inequalities.

Gain an understanding of how to graph quadratic equations by viewing an example and a video lesson.

Gain an understanding of how to solve linear equations by viewing an example and a video lesson. [3:01]

NASA site features a lesson plan that teachers can use to help their students see how far they are from each of the planets.

In this science lesson students will work collaboratively to learn and introduce the eight planets, sizes, characteristics, and their order. They will use size comparisons, research a planet, design a poster and create a PowerPoint...

The purpose of this lesson is to teach young scholars about how a spacecraft gets from the surface of the Earth to Mars. The lesson first investigates rockets and how they are able to get us into space. Finally, the nature of an orbit is...

Using the size of the planets, 2nd graders are able to work with numbers to 1,000. This lesson plan introduces larger numbers (even beyond 1,000) to extend student understanding of the patterns in numbers.