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Lesson 8: Early History of Illinois/Dual Timeline
Learners, in groups, research and pretend as if they are interviewing a Mississippian child. They come up with three questions to ask to research their culture.
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A Game of Chance
Students explore probability through cooperative group activities and interactive video technique.
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Where Have All the Wetlands Gone?
Students investigate the wetlands. In this environmental conservation lesson, students discuss the characteristics of wetlands and identify their location. Students work in cooperative groups to complete a handout.
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What's an Ecotect?
Learners develop creative thinking skills that will help them in future jobs. In this investigative lesson plan students select from a list of job titles, get into groups and make up job descriptions for them.
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Faith And Service
Eighth graders recognize the connection between their religious faith and social responsibility. After a lecture/demo, student groups complete a worksheet imbedded in this plan, then create posters depicting community service.
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Vocabulary Building - Brainstorming
Students learn new vocabulary words in ways that are fun and enriching. They brainstorm lists of words to be used in sentences, stories, or conversations.
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Following the Stock Market With a Palm
Students research and explore the stock market. They research a three-year history of stocks, develop a group and individual spreadsheets, and follow their stocks and prices for a ten-day period, graphing the results.
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Prime and Composite Numbers with use of manipulatives (Elementary, Mathematics)
Pupils learn what prime and composite numbers are. They learn how to identify them by working in a group and demonstrating an understanding of one work problem with 100% accuracy using the manipulatives provided.
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Traffic Watch with a Palm
Students, in groups, interpret data about traffic using Palm technology.
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The Prevalence of Street Children in the World Today - Introduction
Students are introduced to the topic of street children. They identify the main reasons why they are lead to a live of living on the streets. In groups, they discuss the extent of the problem throughout the world today. They create an...
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Chicago's Amazing Growth
Students, in groups, collaboratively explore the rapid growth of Chicago (from 350 to 300,000 in less than 40 years), and how the city changed to accommodate such rapid growth.
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Socioeconomic Implications of Fetal Transplantation An Exercise in Bioethics
High schoolers explore ethical problems. In groups, students examine and study a given ethical problem. They practice techniques for making ethical decisions and interact with each other in the resolution. High schoolers support their...
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Staying Healthy Year Round
Students are read a variety of books and observe the weather in the different seasons. In groups, they compare and contrast the type of activities people are doing. They also discuss how they adapt to the changes in seasons by the...
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Tackling Taxonomy
Students study physical characteristics of separate phyla and place them into similar groups. This lesson is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life. students develop a classification system by grouping animals into...
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Debating Fundamental Issues of Child Prostitution
Students in college identify issues related to the rights of children involved in prostitution. Using the internet, they research a specific issue of interest to them. In groups, they develop arguments which support their point of...
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Coin Tossing
Sixth graders examine the use of probability and compare it to actual real world results. In groups, they flip a coin a specific number of times while their other group members roll a set of dice the same amount of times as the coin. To...
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What Does It Take?
First graders study the attributes of circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. They sort shapes that are the same and those that are different into groups.
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Apple Eaters
Students sample a variety of apples and graph group results for the class favorites. They orally explain the graph.
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Children Living on the Street - Debating the Fundamentals
Twelfth graders identify issues related to the rights of children who live on the street. Using the internet, they research topics of interest to them. In groups, they develop arguments supporting their point of view and debate them in...
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Currency Exchange Rates
Students, in groups, choose three countries from which to investigate exchange rates versus the US dollar. Using Internet research they follow daily exchange rates and compute the percentage change. They compile data and prepare and...
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Technology: Researching Inventions
Third graders, in groups, discuss their chosen invention and how it works. In preparation for a Powerpoint presentation, they research the inventor, the impact of the invention on society, and what llife would be like without it....
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BASKET MAKING
Pupils create individual basket plaques emphasizing Native American techniques and designs. Students learn to identify Native American tribal symbols and incorporate them into their basket plaque.
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C.D. Cover
Students use computers to create CD covers for their music groups. They search online for images they associate with their local reality, practice manipulating them in photo-editing program, measure size of compact disc case, and create...
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Trees and Their Parts
Students visit five learning stations to explore various aspects of trees. They look for tree names, match visual pictures to the written words of tree shapes, and observe the benefits of fencing and preserving new cut from wildlife.