Students learn about human blood pressure. In this biology lesson plan, students gain an understanding of the relationship between hypertension and it's risk factors, demonstrate how pressure builds up in clogged arteries, and measure...

Learners role play a meeting between conservation biologists and local representatives who want to advance the livelihood of local population. In this history lesson, students research the necessities and conservation issues of given...

In this algebra instructional activity, students compare the way a human would solve an equations as compared to a computer. There is one problem with a solution key.

Students investigate the history and goals of NASA and human spaceflight. In this space science lesson, students answer questions about one of seven manned space programs and print pictures from the mission. As a...

Students are in a group - half of them be an obstacle and half be moving around them, and then they switch. This engaging game promotes lots of movement.

Ninth graders are introduced to the concept of population. In groups, they research the problems associated with overpopulation and underpopulation. They practice calculating birth and death rates and discus how they can be used to...

Students build interest and enthusiasm for the study of human genetics. The lesson consists of a slide presentation showing everything from common human genetic tendencies to celebrating our differences, yet realizing how very much we...

Sixth graders create human sentences in this hands-on activity to practice using comas correctly when punctuating dates in sentences.

Students investigate the human and physical features of their school neighborhood. They observe the physical and man made features outside, make illustrations of their observations, and develop a class list of their observations.

Students examine case studies involving human genetics. They research the case and determine possible problems to the issue. Students write essays supporting their opinion. They debate the ethical issues.

In this heart facts worksheet, 4th graders fill in the missing words to complete 9 sentences about the anatomy and functions of the human heart. This worksheet could be used in many ways; as a web quest, anatomy book word hunt, or with a...

Students listen to poem, Where Oh Where On the Playground, Do I Love to Be?, and practice reading, interpreting, and making maps, charts, and graphs in surveying classmates and discussing their favorite places to play in school playground.

Students examine the geological time scale: the Earth is ancient; time can be divided into periods based on its fossil content.

High schoolers listen as the teacher demonstrate how easily and quickly a person can be conditioned to respond to external stimuli. Students are encouraged to look at numerous ways in which conditioned behavior affects their day to day...

Students create a mural depicting what it means to be an American. In this being American lesson plan, students pull out magazine ads that depict what it means to be an American, then they make a mural out of it, and finally they present...

Students explore the environment by participating in an outdoors activity. In this nature appreciation instructional activity, students discuss how to minimize their human imprint when experiencing nature. Students conduct a nature walk...

Students read and discuss the book, I Can Be An Archaeologist by Robert B. Pickering, and become archaeologists, themselves, as they examine, sort, and record items in a paper bag and trash from their classroom, as well as 2 others.

Students, after surveying the human rights environment at the school, develop a personal action plan to improve the human rights situation within the school.

Students evaluate "humanity" and conditions associated with it.  In this activity lesson students take on issues and construct their own limitations by defining the "human" condition. 

Students write a research paper in first person on a human genetics condition.

Students investigate a case study and discuss whether scientists working on the Human Genome Project should be allowed to patent their work. They consider ethical and legal issues, and determine who owns genetic information.

Third graders study The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Students work in groups to draw a map of their town or neighborhood. They include their homes, major public buildings and places. Students analyze their maps from a human rights perspective.

Students examine facts about the elderly population of the United States that lives in poverty through the context of universal human rights. They participate in class discussion, review census records, read case studies, interview...