Learners improve their essay writing skills using the subject of voting as a topic. In this writing essays lesson, students write expository essays to increase the weight of their vote in the 'Cast Your Vote Poll' for the Trans-Amazon...

Students edit scenes from Shakespeare's The Tempest in documentary fashion and perform their edited scripts. In this play analysis instructional activity, students read through Act 2 and 3 and discuss how and why to cut lines in a play....

Students analyze global issues. In this research skills lesson plan, students research selected global issues. Students create e-collages or digital videos that feature their selected issues.

Students explore career options. In this careers instructional activity, students research careers of interest to them and create web pages that feature the information they gather.

Students explore invasive species on an environment.  In this exploratory lesson students hypothesize why shrimp are on the decline and make a brochure or poster showing their results. 

Second graders examine the parts of a tree and their uses. In this tree instructional activity, 2nd graders view diagrams of tree parts. Students label a blank tree and discuss the use for each part of the tree.

Students research news articles relating to global climate change. In this earth science lesson, students create a news broadcast using the information they gathered. They present this in class and each student gives their peer...

At the end of this lesson, young scholars will be able to identify and create diagrams associated with informational text. Included is a link to an eSpark video on diagrams, rules for group work, multiple examples of diagrams, and a...

What have young scholars learned about college? What questions do they still have? Students work on wrapping up and reflecting on the College Project while tackling math problems. This lesson includes a detailed plan, printable...

This report from the Stanford History Education Group describes the conclusions of their work in field testing a set of assessments of civic online reasoning by young people from the middle school to the college level. Middle school...

Students apply their knowledge of surface area and volume to solve some problems for a box company. This activity contains a detailed lesson plan, video explanations, rubrics, group work guidelines, slides containing problems, and...

In this lesson, students, working individually or in groups, will combine two or more media elements to produce projects or presentations. Various elements the teacher and students will consider using are text, digital cameras, scanners,...

A three-part standards-based lesson in which learners will use collaborative strategic reading to apply four reading strategies: preview, click and clunk, get the gist, and wrap-up. They will work in cooperative groups while scaffolding...