Learners investigate the stock market and investing in corporate stocks by creating an investment portfolio. They develop database worksheets that track their stock's performance over a specified period of time. Students use their...

Tenth graders explore DNA using online tutorial. They perform their own DNA extraction from a clove of garlic and identify the key components of DNA.

Students research the effects of the Industrial Revolution through art and satire. In this Industrial Revolution activity, students complete a Venn diagram, a symbolism study, a satire study, and complete an art activity to define the...

Fifth graders recall the major plot points of a chapter book. After reading the chapter book "Stone Fox," they students describe the plot framework through use of a worksheet. Students are then divided into group to act out selected...

Young scholars explore Native American foods.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students research the types of foods Native Americans across the country typically ate.  Young scholars summarize a recipe in their own...

High schoolers interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. For this American history lesson, students research the first 100 days of several American Presidents. High schoolers use their...

Students practice summarizing a story that they have read. They write a persuasive essay encouraging others to read the story they have finished. They are to create a movie trailer or advertisement to promote the book.

Students listen to directions and complete an art project. They distinguish among kinds of information and purposes and complete multi-step tasks. The teacher gives directions while the student learns, and subsequently the student has to...

Students practice the skills involved in managing their finances. The steps in balancing a checkbook and matching expences to a bank statement are practiced and written in detail. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.

Seniors explore their personalities through a test. They read information about their personality type, summarize it, and locate a quote using Internet resources. They conduct research to locate a picture representing ten individual...

Students write a journal depicting a day in the life of a character and a newspaper article.  In this Warriors Don't Cry lesson, students summarize the main events of integration and find out about the life of Melba...

Students read selections from Beowulf and summarize the poetry selections in their own words. Students discuss the poem, then create a modern version of Beowulf by using their own words and their own poetic form.

Students work together to construct a foundation of nine 3" x 5" index cards to support their 9" textbook off their desk. They summarize the steps used to solve the problem and discuss and compare their solutions. They then complete the...

Seventh graders read the novel, "The House of Dies Drear", and create a story map to analyze the plot and recall events.

Students draw conclusions about a story with examples to support their statements. In this reading comprehension lesson, students look at a PowerPoint of a variety of passages from different books. They answer questions about the...

Fourth graders apply their understanding of the elements of plot structure and conflict to cooperatively create storyboards and speak effectively as they present their products. They create storyboards for some of the classic Disney...

For this analyzing solutions worksheet, students use Euler's Method to estimate the value of given functions. They estimate solutions using the piecewise-linear function model and sketch the information onto a graph. This two-page...

Students work through conflict. In this conflict resolution lesson plan, students participate in a simulation that requires them to consider both sides of the whaling issue.

Students create a system to approach news articles. They analyze media content for main ideas and overall themes and summarize key points. Students draw upon personal experiences to build on ideas presented in news articles.

Young scholars research bioterrorism and then create two political cartoons, one that shows the viewpoint that bioterrorism is not a threat and one that shows the viewpoint that it is.

Students complete a role playing game called the "refusal card game" in order to encourage three main assertive behaviors when saying NO.

Students read about psychology by identifying uncomfortable teenage situations. In this sexual awareness instructional activity, students read assigned text which discusses the importance of saying "no" when you are in a hostile or...

Students summarize information taken from the internet about animal character's from the story, "Charlotte's Web." Questions are created, answered, and entered into a book about the animal of their choice.

Sixth graders, while in the computer lab utilizing the internet, locate primary sources to interpret and analyze the struggle of the new nation to gain the respect of European countries. They interact with a worksheet that organizes...