Fifth graders research energy sources used in the United States. In this energy sources lesson, 5th graders work in teams to research various energy sources. Students complete a worksheet for the research and make a short video of a...

Students explore ethics. In this business ethics activity, students discuss corporate responsibilities to society as they read selected articles on the topic.  Students consider various scenarios that encourage authentic student...

Students demonstrate rotary motion by practicing with gyrocopters. In this physics lesson students work in groups to construct a gyrocopter and explore how physics effect it torque and inertia.

Students investigate Income and gender preference. In this statistic lesson, students collect data of Income to see if one gender makes more than the other. Students examine the data and draw conclusions.    

Young scholars discuss the Bill of Rights and how the Bill of Rights relates to everyday life. In this Bill of Rights lesson plan, students identify and explain each amendment.

Eleventh graders explore importance of abolitionists who worked to advance freedoms of black Americans prior to/during Reconstruction era, read and identify key concepts in Frederick Douglass's narrative, recognize how Douglass's slave...

Sixth graders debate their reactions to two different historical documents about managing a society.  In this U.S. history lesson, 6th graders read two articles on codes and laws from different time periods and debate their...

Fifth graders study the story of the voyage of the Mayflower told from the view point of the three Allerton siblings who were on board the ship. The book tells of their voyage across the Atlantic and their first year here on the North...

Second graders study the contributions of Ancient Egypt and China, which have had an impact on world history, with emphasis on written language, laws, calendars, and architectural monuments such as the Pyramids and the Great Wall of China.

Learners examine the history and purposes of debate, and analyze the different debate formats. They rate the candidates' presentations in the debates, and apply debate strategies to their own debates.

Second graders listen to a read aloud of Charles Shaw's, It Looked Like Spilt Milk. They complete an art activity in which they spill white paint on blue paper and fold it to make a design. They write about their design following the...

Students discuss what makes a "good" family, and think about relationships they have read about. They make connections with the ways their own family relates with each other.

First graders put on a puppet show and retell fairy tales.

Students listen and match sounds such as rhyming, beginning, ending and vowel sounds to build phonemic awareness.

Students create a graph, then listen to Dr. Seuss' book, My Many Colored Days. After the story, they do a similar graph and then compare the two graphs.

Students experience two pieces of literature that discuss the importance of taking a bath.

Second graders get many opportunities to practice their measurement skills.

Students explore Maori culture in the New Zealand area and play the Maori Stick Game.

Second graders read "Tacky the Penguin" by Helen Lester and chart Tacky's positive qualities that would make him a good friend to have. They identify the qualities they admire in a friend and role-play these qualities for the class.

Second graders listen to a read aloud of Patricia Polacco's book "Thunder Cake" to explain how daily life has changed over the past 150 years.

First graders participate in creative problem solving activity to get from Utah to the Atlantic Ocean.

First graders practice probability by playing various games associated with song There Was an Old Lady.

First graders practice recognizing numbers with number strips.

First graders brainstorm household chores and which member of their family would best perform each job. They sing a task song and create a job chart for their households.