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Making E-Books in the Kindergarten Classroom

For Teachers K - 8th
Students produce e-books using themselves and their physical surroundings to demonstrate content standards, such as number sense or color recognition. They provide evidence using a digital camera, props, and the presentation tool.
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Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders discuss the terms "explicit opinions," and "implicit opinions," from a text. In this literacy lesson, 6th graders analyze the author's techniques to find explicitly stated opinions. Additionally, students complete a...
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Math-Geometry: Area and Perimeter

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Upper graders measure the area and perimeter of several items. In this area and perimeter lesson, learners engage in measuring area and perimeter in several scenarios. Full-group instruction requires students to listen to instruction and...
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Gazebos and Other Worlds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Design a simple structure such as the gazebo. Work with your class to identify the six faces of a cube pattern and name other uses of patterns in industry. They draft, cut out, and assemble a cube pattern. They draw out and assemble two...
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Preserving the Harvest: Dry it Out!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars explore how people preserved their food in the past. In food preservation lesson, students create different models that enable someone to dry out food, such as a food dehydrator. Young scholars also...
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Butterfly 2: A Butterfly's Home

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students determine which environmental characteristics make up a favorable butterfly habitat.
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Monet and Impressionism

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Monet is a great artist to study and impressionism is a wonderful art style to practice. Learners read about Monet then attempt to use impressionist painting techniques. Book and image links are included. 
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Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars discuss the differences between a storybook and an information book. Students use various materials found in nature to make a nature collage. Young scholars make a nature dictionary using pictures and their own definitions...
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Operations on Polynomials

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students simplify and reduce polynomials. For this algebra lesson, students find the sum, difference, product and quotient of polynomials and monomials. They use the order of operation correctly.
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Conservation in Small Spaces: Conservation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils define conservation, identify actions that conserve habitat and those that reduce habitat, and generate ideas about how one can practice conservation in everyday life.
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Making Weather-Tracking Tools

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students build tools to help track the weather. In this weather lesson, students follow directions to build a rain gauge, barometer and hair hygrometer.
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Subtracting With the Hundreds Place And Regrouping

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners solve math problems involving subtracting with regrouping. They practice the steps for subtracting in the hundreds place with regrouping, through teacher guided practice. Independently, pupils complete story problems involving...
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Butterfly 1: Observing the Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe and identify the characteristics of the life cycle of a butterfly.
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Aquatic Safari

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars use an Internet Web site to locate the scientific information about various marine species. They use the Internet to find the scientific information about marine animals.
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Pornography Debate

For Teachers 12th
Present your seniors with a controversial topic while studying the first amendment: pornography. This multi-layer resource has scholars writing a pros and cons research paper. They also attend a city council meeting to prepare for an...
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Dating a Volcanic Eruption

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars discover how to "read" tree rings to determine the date of a volcanic eruption and the effects an eruption has on plant growth. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to date an eruption.
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Crystal Growing

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Students grow crystals and document their observations by recording timeing and growth. Additional characteristics of crystals are observed under a black light, by growing under different conditions and mineral content is determined.
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Worms, Nature's Recyclers!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars study what worms need to survive in different environments. They study how worm composting improves soil and reduce waste. They discuss composting techniques and present a puppet show about a worm's life.
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Dining Out With Manduca

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners collect leaves from home to determine if the Manduca prefers them to tomato plants. They observe the Manduca over time and make predictions. They share their observations with the class.
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How Do We Know These Beetles Are Safe to Use?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students evaluate the impact beetles have on plants. In groups, they select plants to expose to leaf-feeding beetles and place those beetles on the caged plants. They observe the beetles and discuss the insect and plant interaction...
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Dating a Volcanic Eruption

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students discover the various ways in which tree rings can give information. After a brief disucssion of concentric tree rings, they use cross section cut outs of tree rings to identify the time and type of various naturally occuring...
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U.S. History: Antebellum Heroes and Villains

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research and write reports on key figures of the Antebellum Period. The projects also include pictures, bibliographies, and timelines about their assigned figure. In addition, 8th graders present oral reports to classmates.
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Present Simple Verb and Comprehension Worksheet

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this verb form and comprehension worksheet, students fill in 25 blanks with the correct verb forms in 2 paragraphs. They read 2 short paragraphs and answer 23 short answer questions based on their comprehension of the reading.
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A Pressing Project

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create a collection of pressed plants. In this plant lesson, students use newspaper, plywood, and a rubberband to press plants they previously collected.

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