Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating a Friendship Bracelet

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read and follow multi step directions in order to make friendship bracelets. In this friendship bracelets lesson plan, 3rd graders are assessed on if they made the bracelet correctly and in the right order.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Treasure Map

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this writing worksheet, students find a treasure by following the correct path on the map. Students write directions telling exactly how to get there. A list of sequential words is provided to help students write directions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Air Out There

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners build windmills and weather vanes. In this lesson on air, students build wind vanes and windmills to demonstrate that air moves. Learners determine the direction of air movement and measure the speed at which it is moving.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Easy Etiquette

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate rules of etiquette. In this poetry lesson, students consider etiquette rules and follow multi-step directions to create a poinsettia napkin ring. Students work in small groups to demonstrate proper etiquette in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Your Way

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students work in small groups to practice basic map skills. They take turns giving directions and tracing a path from one location to different destinations on the map.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ice Cream in a Bag!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students follow a recipe to make ice cream. For this ice cream lesson plan, students make their own ice cream by measuring out ingredients and following directions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Colorful Stained-Glass Candleholder

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create a colorful candelholder as a gift for a family member, neighbor, or friend. They follow directions to create the candleholder, wrap and present the candleholder as a gift to someone special.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

As the Kids Come and Go: Mapping a Classroom

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Map the classroom with your kids to help them understand how maps work and how to read them. The lesson starts off with a story about animals living and moving around the globe, and then kids create maps of their classroom to show how...
Lesson Plan
August House

The Ghost Catcher

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Delve into a Bengali folktale with a series of reading comprehension activities. Before kids read The Ghost Catcher, they discuss the concept of reflections and mirrors. They then answer comprehension questions about the characters and...
Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Letter from Birmingham Jail: The Power of Nonviolent Direct Action

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What strategies are most effective in changing an unjust law? Class members examine the tactics used in the Birmingham Campaign of 1963 (Project C) to achieve social justice and social transformation. After examining documents that...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Follow the Leader: Line in the Visual Arts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore line in painting and drawing and examine how it is defined in the visual arts. Recognizing line in the composition of a number of art works and how it affects these works of art is the focus of this lesson.
Activity
1
1
Teach Engineering

Strong-Arm Tactics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Experience collecting rock samples using a robotic arm with an activity that has pairs work together to operate a robotic arm. One pupil serves as the eyes and the other operates the controller. The objective is to be the fastest pair to...
Lesson Plan
American Statistical Association

EllipSeeIt: Visualizing Strength and Direction of Correlation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Seeing is believing. Given several bivariate data sets, learners make scatter plots using the online SeeIt program to visualize the correlation. To get a more complete picture of the topic, they research their own data set and perform an...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

End of Unit 3 Assessment: Draft Opinion Speech: How Should Aid Be Prioritized Following a Natural Disaster in a Neighboring Country?

For Teachers 5th Standards
Put it to the test. With the cumulative resource, pupils complete the End of Unit 3 Assessment. Using everything they've learned in the unit, they write a draft of an opinion speech about how to prioritize aid after a natural...
Activity
Exploratorium

Modulated Coil

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Transmit sound with an electromagnet. Class members follow the provided direction and build an electromagnet that will transmit sound though a cassette-tape player. As as extension they create an air core electromagnet and...
Lesson Plan
McGraw Hill

Lesson 12: Absolute Mean Deviation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learn a different way to determine variability. An informative lesson plan provides directions on how to calculate the mean absolute deviation of a data set. Pupils use examples to learn the process and then practice finding the mean...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Those Who Have Come Before Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Class members are transformed into explorers as they work in groups to locate hidden items and map their journey along the way. They then leave clues for other groups of students to follow, and ultimately discover how past explorations...
Lesson Plan
Prince William Network

The Incredible Journey

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Divide your school gym into breeding grounds and non-breeding grounds so that your zoologists can play a game simulating the seasonal migration of shorebirds. Players pick one of the included game cards and follow its directions, which...
Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Structures of Expressions

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
This comprehensive unit investigates transformations of quadratics, having learners follow "Optima" through the development and growth of her quilting business. Deftly weaving the story into the mathematical mechanics, the unit gives...
Lesson Plan
1
1
Illustrative Mathematics

Right Triangles Inscribed in Circles I

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
One of the basic properties of inscribed angles gets a triangle proof treatment in a short but detailed exercise. Leading directions take the learner through identifying characteristics of a circle and how they relate to angles and...
Activity
1
1
NASA

Pop! Rocket Launcher

For Teachers K - 8th
How do I build a launcher to launch paper rockets? A teacher reference provides directions in order to build a rocket launcher out of PVC pipe and a two-liter bottle. The plans also contain directions on how to use the launcher. 
Printables
1
1
Super Teacher Worksheets

Make an Earth Day Mascot

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
Scholars follow three steps—color, cut, and fasten—to create a mascot for Earth Day. The holiday's mascot is a jolly planet Earth equipped with a big smile, excited eyes, and dancing arms and legs. 
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Values Written as Powers: Binary Numbers 1 to 8

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A six-question interactive tasks scholars with adding binary numbers one through eight. A tool acts as a visual aid to showcase the patterns made when working with base—2, digits zero and one. Question types include fill in the blank,...
Workbook
2
2
Guidance Group

101 Ways to Teach Children Social Skills

For Students K - 6th Standards
Increasing pressure to improve student achievement has made it easy to overlook the social skills they also need to develop. With this collection of worksheets and activities, you'll be able to improve children's...

Other popular searches