Students conduct an experiment. In this fish lesson, students discover how fish cells respond to fresh and salty water and if temperature effect the movement of a fish's gills. Students also identify the characteristics of a fish.

Students investigate the lives of fish. In this biology lesson plan, students demonstrate how fish cells respond to fresh and salty water, determine the age of a fish and if temperature effects the movement of a fish's operculum (gill...

Seventh graders explore fraction conversion. After identifying equivalent expressions, they demonstrate how to convert mixed numbers to improper fractions. In groups of three, 7th graders play a "Fraction Go Fish" game where they match...

Cut milk cartons in half to make boats and let investigators attempt to sink them. They add dividing walls and observe what happens if marbles are put into only one of the newly formed compartments. Vocabulary is provided: buoyant force,...

Students are read "The Rainbow Fish". They discuss how important friendship is and list qualities they want in a good friend. They create a giant fish with each child's quality for the class to view.

Students listen to The Rainbow Fish and discuss the meanings of friendship. This is a wonderful way to open up the school year on the very first day of school. After the story, students make a paper chain with all of their names linked...

Students are read "The Rainbow Fish Big Book". They discuss how each one of them are unique in some way. They decorate their own fish to show their characteristics and shares it with the class so they are able to learn about each other.

Students are read "The Rainbow Fish" and practice sharing items with one another. They discuss the importance of sharing with one another. They use this activity as part of an ocean theme.

Students are read the book "The Rainbow Fish" and summarize each page. They discuss actions they should be displaying to others. They critique the book and role-play being friends to end the lesson plan.

In this bats worksheet, students read 10 facts about bats. Students also choose the correct words from the box to complete the sentences.

Students investigate food examples from the food groups to explore a healthy diet. In this healthy eating lesson, students study the food pyramid and complete related worksheets. Students also play pyramid go fish.

Students are read a book about friendship. They create a friendship chain out of construction paper. They discover the importance of friends in school.

Students make compound words by putting together cards with whole words on them. In this language arts lesson plan, students play a game where they match up words in an attempt to make compound words that make sense. A fun, meaningful...

Students explore the /sh/ digraph and how it is a blending of the /s/ and /h/ sounds. They use letterbox manipulatives to spell 'sh' words and identify /sh/ words as they read a story. They 'fish' for 'sh' words to practice writing at...

Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...

Use the Schoolhouse Rock episode, "Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla," to introduce a study of pronouns. Learners consider antecedents, cases (nominative, objective and possessive), as well as types of pronouns, and then craft sentences using...

Third graders use a variety of hands-on activities to increase their understanding of synonyms. They exchange synonym plates with other groups and complete synonym puzzles by using the dictionary.

Use the book, The Gummy Candy Counting Book, to practice counting up to ten objects in a group. This activity nicely-combines language arts and math in a way that should lead to effective teaching.

Students design their own bunny mask to follow-up reading the book, Runaway Bunny.

Young scholars become familiar with the vocabulary of various trip activities.  For this itineraries lesson, students use questioning words such as how long and how far to describe activities on trips. Young scholars practice...

Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students eat while they act as links in the food chain. Popcorn bags stand for food energy that is passed along the links in a food chain from the sun,...

Students construct "talking cans" and instruments to explain how vibration of objects produces various sounds.

Students participate in a comparison lesson plan where they compare fictional bears to real life bears. In this science/language arts lesson plan, students read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Students...

Students recognize the story of creation in the Bible and begin to discuss endangered animals. In this creation lesson, students focus on a specific species that is endangered and complete a worksheet on how to save them. Students make...