Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Limits

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners practice the concept of limits graphically, numerically and algebraically. They participate in an exploration lab, BINGO game and complete a puzzle.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Computer Graphing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research the Internet or create surveys to find graphable data. They collect, organize, analyze and interpret the data. Finally, they choose the appropriate type of graph to display the data and find the measures of central...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Globalization: The Garment Industry in Southeast Asia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are introduced to the concept of globalization. In groups, they read primary source documents to view sweatshops from different points of view. They write a paper about the impact of globalization on the garment industry and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Catherine Opie

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the artwork of Catherine Opie. They participate in a lesson that exposes them to her art before visiting an art exhibit at The Orange County Museum of Art in California. They create their own works of art that are...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Everybody Needs a Rock

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students, after making quantitative and qualitative observations of their rocks, construct a Venn diagram or dichotomous key to classify their rocks.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pollution Unit Plan

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine what pollution is and the ways in which it effects the environment. They investigate ways to reduce it effects in this unit of lessons.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Walking With a Line

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Pupils create various design drawings using parallel, oblique, and divergent lines and the medium of black paper and colored gel pens.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Greatest Survival Story of All Time

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students use the Internet to read about an explorer's survival in the Antarctic. They try to find a better route for him to have taken.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Polynomial Multiplication

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Pupils review information about how to multiply polynomials and then work in pairs to complete a worksheet. They use graphing calculations to help them solve their math problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing in the Math Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars determine the vertex, y-intercept and direction of a parabola and write an explanation of how to graph a parabola. They collect and graph data using a calculator.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Integrating the Internet with the Literature Lesson"

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students utilize the work of W.H. Auden Brugel's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" as an introduction to work on the Internet. The Web is searched for a Greek legend, a painting, and a virtual trip to support data about Brugel.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ozone

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students locate the ozone layer of the atmosphere. They explain natural formation of ozone. They list chemicals that react with ozone. They explain how CFC's destroy ozone.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Evolution of Technology

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the evolution of technology. They discuss how technology has affected their daily lives and how it has changed throughout the course of history. They discuss what invention has most affected the world.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Defining Regions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders will work in cooperative learning groups to research North American regions and create presentations to share with their classmates. To show what they have learned, 5th graders will create maps of North American regions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Check Out Lights and Shields with Beads

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Ultraviolet detecting beads and conduct several investigations with them.  In this investigative lesson students participate in an experiment to see the harmful effects of UV light and discuss their findings. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Contrasting Cinderellas

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners compare and contrast the traditional Cinderella to the modern-day fairy tale, Cinder Edna. In this fairy tales instructional activity, students read both stories and construct a Venn diagram to compare the two fairy tales....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Theatre Lesson Plan - Pantomime

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study heroes, inventors, and explorers and role-play as one of the people. In this theatre and history lesson, 2nd graders review the people and their accomplishments using a Promethean flipchart. Students then act out one...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Royal Cubit

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore the history of measurement in ancient Egypt. For this math lesson, students discuss the development of a standardized measurement system. Students measure using various units and discuss the results and the need for a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Marine Ecosystems in the Caribbean and Maine

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students compare the marine habitats of Maine and the Caribbean using temperature, tides, ocean currents, latitude and longitude. In this marine ecosystems instructional activity, students analyze maps to complete graphic organizers that...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Waterworks

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the water quality of a river. In this water quality lesson plan, students use microscopes, probing devices, and global positioning systems to determine water quality and create presentations on it.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

We the People (Cultural Research)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders conduct cultural research, collect oral histories using tape recorders and cameras, and share their ancestral heritage with classmates through family heirlooms and ethnic foods.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The I in You

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read, write, discuss and appreciate the autobiographical writings and statements of themselves and others. They write their autobiographical response to the question the other writers dealt with.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biomechanics of Joints

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the range of motion of your knee, wrist and shoulder and observe that these body parts act like different types of mechanical joints.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biomechanics of Joints

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students build a model of a human arm and shoulder.