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Discussion of Adaptation

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars discuss ways in which dinosaurs adapted to their environments. They apply the same logic to an analysis of human habitat, survival needs, and survival need fulfillment to explain how people have adapted to their environment.
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Visiting Museums

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners visit museums and gather information about dinosaur habitats, survival needs, and how they met these needs.
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The Relatedness of Languages

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use Internet and library resources to select and examine the origins of phrases or words, particularly words that have origins in other languages.
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Revising the Neoclassicism/Romanticism Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers revise the in-depth project based on the suggestions they receive from their peer editors and their N/R expert contacts for publication on a class Web page.
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Introduction to Neoclassicism and Romanticism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the Internet to answer questions about Neoclassicism and Romanticism.
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School Newspaper Unit

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars assemble and format their stories and layout their electronic newspaper.
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Global Warming Unit: Presentation to Class and School

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students present their research reports on global warming, along with any other associated products (models, diagrams, Web-pages, etc.) to the rest of the class and school.
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Global Warming: The Greenhouse Effect Debate

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students gather information about the Greenhouse Effect and participate in a debate about the merits of this theory on both sides. They explore the Greenhouse Effect, and its possible long-term effects, from a variety of resources.
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Global Warming: Introduction to Global Warming

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils gather information about global warming and climate changes in preparation for future lessons on the Greenhouse Effect.
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Exploring Space Fact and Fiction Unit: Creating Space Fiction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create stories about imaginary planets.
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Conducting a Video Teleconference

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners organize a video teleconference over CU-SeeMe to discuss the results of the survey with participants.
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Administering the Survey

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners administer Media Violence Survey to family and friends locally, and to students in remote locations.
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Introduction to Immigration

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils read and discuss selected library resources about students and immigration.
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Individualizing: What Does Your Name Mean?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars access Internet (links provided on thsi lesson plan) and library resources to find the meanings of their first and/or last names. They also discuss the evolution of the concept of naming individuals.
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Investigating Neoclassicism/Romanticism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice accessing and evaluating Internet resources as they perform research and answer, in written form, a series of general and specific questions about Neoclassicism/Romanticism.
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Investigating Neoclassicism/Romanticism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the internet to research neoclassicism and romanticism. Using various websites, answer a series of comprehension questions on the topic. They develop a presentation and share their information they gathered with their...
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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit: Immigration Explorations, Part I

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students visit John Schick's Virtual Ellis Island Museum created by students in his classroom in order to develop criteria for their own research.
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Final Reports

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners write reports, including a summary of their research findings and their historical journal entries, to be shared with friends and families, and publish their reports.
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Creating A Classroom Newspaper

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students participate in a culminating project to create a classroom newspaper. They use the skills of prewriting, writing, revising, editing, drawing, and scanning. This is all done so that students can master all the facets of creation...
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The Brooklyn Museum of Art Newspaper

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students create newspapers. In this technology skills instructional activity, students create a newspaper layout using a word processor program. The newspaper features stories regarding the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
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Introduction to Seeds

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate how to plant a seed. In this gardening lesson, students listen to the book I'm a Seed and research the materials needed to plant a seed. Students present the information they found.
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Science Lab Safety Procedures

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders watch a Lab Safety video and discuss particular questions related to lab safety. Lab equipment is then distributed and the students inspect the equipment and record their finding in their journal. Finally, in groups, 8th...
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Type To Learn: Lesson 2

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders demonstrate proper finger placement on the keyboard and beginning keyboard techniques (shift key for capitals and symbols, tab to indent, number/caps lock, identify home row keys, anchor fingers to home row, use two hands...
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Berlitz Spanish

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use a CD-ROM that offers a combination of listening, reading, writing, and speaking activities for the beginner Spanish student using a repertory of learning strategies.

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