Art and architecture are great ways to help define historical periods and cultural norms. Take a critical look at the art of the Byzantine period as seen under Justinian rule. Iconography, vocabulary, religious, and political concepts...

Your class experiences dozens of messages about beauty every day by reading magazines, watching movies, and listening to the radio. Have them analyze society's view of beauty in groups after discussing several resources, including...

Learners participate in a special game of tag while reinforcing the math skills they have learned.

Learners listen to The Important Thing About Quilt Design and rewrite an original version using geometric terms.

Second graders use hula hoops to represent the zero as they count objects into ones, tens, hundreds and thousands. They complete an activity to after they have practiced counting objects.

Second graders, using a minimum of four space figures, create a mobile. They use a "Draw" program to first plan out their figure.

Second graders write in journals, recording personal thoughts about what they learned and/or something they are wondering about.

Sixth graders derive an original formula for calculating the area of an irregular figure.

Seventh graders organize a 20 x 17 room with a given set of furniture pieces. Arrangement is to be based on maximum comfort and practicality. This lesson is a good way to teach and reinforce the mathematical concept of area.

Learners watch the teacher draw on the chalkboard and try to determine the form being drawn. They use questions to determine Quadrant #1 of a coordinate plane.

Students search the school grounds for examples of symmetry in nature. They bring examples back to the classroom and write about them.

Students display knowledge of line of symmetry by designing a geometric stained glass window pattern.

Young scholars demonstrate counting skills. In this number sense lesson, students glue numbered feathers onto a turkey pattern in numerical order.

Students explore the concept of triangle inequalities.  In this triangle inequality lesson, students cut spaghetti noodles into given lengths.  Students use the noodles to complete a worksheet about triangle inequalities. ...

Pupils explore the concept of trapezoids.  For this trapezoids instructional activity, students identify legs and bases of a trapezoid.  Pupils discuss the similarities and differences between isosceles trapezoids and right...

Students divide into two groups. One group uses their body to create a bridge. On the teacher's signal, the remaining portion of the class tries to go under (or through) as many of the bridges as possible.

Pupils use current knowledge to predict the meaning of line of symmetry. They explore symmetry using mirrors.

Second graders read poetry and build their vocabulary through use of the puppet Geo George.

Second graders participate in the Author's Chair, which is placed in the front of the room. The puppet, Geo George, asks students to take out their poems, then brings them to the Author's Chair individually to share their poems with the...

Students make group decisions about matter as they explore and interpret many types.

First graders engage in a lesson plan which teaches the concept of symmetry through the use of letters in the student's name. They use a piece of yarn to see if they can make symmetrical pieces out of their own names.

Third graders, in groups, practice multiplication by putting five multiplication problems on white scales, then the answers on florescent colored scales.

Students participate in a simulation of being a speech writer for the President. They listen to and analyze speeches and present one of their own.

Students discover missing letters of the alphabet. In this letter recognition lesson, students identify the missing letters in a short alphabet sequence. Students complete a worksheet as an assessment.