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Checkbook
Pupils examine how to balance a checkbook. In this economics lesson plan, students demonstrate that they can balance a checkbook by completing an activity that includes a check register and bank statement.
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The Good Life
Students explore the world of credit. In this finance lesson, students examine the use of credit and discuss financial fitness. Students create a brochure or poster to educate others on the types of credit and how to stay financially fit.
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What is FCCLA?
Students explore the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). For this FCCLA lesson, students explore the organization website and discuss benefits of the program. Students design poster to market the FCCLA in their school.
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Healthy Eating
Young scholars examine healthy diet. In this health lesson, students use Online resources and provided web links to research the effects of diet on the body.
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Where in the World War? Mapping WWII in the Pacific
Learners explore the Pacific Theatre of War. In this World War II lesson, students use reference material to access information about significant locations in the Pacific Theatre of War. Learners identify the locations of the listed...
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Youth Participation in Nonviolence
Students explore the use of nonviolent resistance. For this social justice lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture on Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as the Apartheid Movement in South Africa.
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Experiments with Photovoltaic Cells
Pupils explain how sunlight is converted to electricity. In this series of physics lesson, students study how varying the characteristics of the light source affect photovoltaic cells. They research their different uses in other countries.
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Initiation – Industrial Revolution
Sixth graders examine historical artifacts. For this Industrial Revolution lesson, 6th graders discover how modern conveniences are connected to innovations of the Industrial Revolution era. Students interview adults about technological...
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Personal Artifacts
Ninth graders put their observation skills to work. In this observation skills lesson, 9th graders examine personal artifacts that their instructor has gathered. Students take notes on the artifacts they analyze and write lab reports...
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Sixty-Eight Solving Equations and Performing Operations With Complex Numbers
In this complex numbers worksheet, students classify numbers, perform operations on complex numbers, and find complex solutions to equations, in sixty-eight problems.
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Batchelder News Channel Data Mix Up!
Students look at data in graphs with missing labels and use what they know about graphs to label the topics, titles, and axes of the graph. In this graph lesson plan, students pretend they are news reporters and have to fix their stories!
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How Powerful is Static Electricity
Learners explore energy by participating in controlled electricity experiment. In this static electricity instructional activity, students identify the different sources that can create energy and how static electricity can be created...
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Marshmallow Towers
Students explore geometry by completing a marshmallow activity in class. In this architecture lesson, students identify the jobs of civil engineers and architects while identifying different geometric shapes as well. Students utilize...
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The Greenhouse Effect in a Jar
Students explore climate change by participating in a physical science experiment. In this greenhouse effect lesson, students discuss the impact global warming has on our environment and how it works. Students utilize a glass jar,...
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Recycling!
Young scholars explore environmental awareness by participating in a recycling activity. In this sustainability activity, students identify methods in which things can be reused, such as paper. Young scholars utilize aluminum foil, a...
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Fatty Food
Students explore nutrition by participating in a balanced diet activity. For this eating habits lesson, students analyze their own diets and discuss the foods they have eaten that day. Students utilize grocery bags, scissors, Ziploc bags...
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Tongue Map
Students explore human anatomy by conducting a human senses experiment. In this taste lesson, students identify the main purpose of a tongue and how it enhances our eating habits. Students utilize baking coca, lemon juice, salt and honey...
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Make An Egg Float!
Students analyze density. In this density activity, students experiment with floating an egg. Students discover that salt added to water changes the density of the water allowing an egg to float.
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Forces, Loads, Materials, Shapes
Students investigate forces, loads, materials and shapes as they relate to science. For this science lesson, students differentiate between the basic definitions required to perform a scientific experiment. They answer questions dealing...
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Combinations and Permutations
Fifth graders investigate the concepts of combinations and permutations using probability. They practice calculations using probability to measure the outcomes. Students demonstrate how to organize and categorize the data.
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Reflections
Students investigate the concept of reflectons. They investigate how an image has a reflection that is symmetrical. They also choose household objects in order to have real life application for finding lines of symmetry.
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What Are Heritage Plants?
Young scholars listen to a story, plant seeds, and study about heritage seeds. They read seed packages for plant needs and sizes, plant seeds. They read story "How Groundhog's Garden Grew" which covers many activities of planting, ...
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Wetland Metaphors
Students are presented with a selection of hands on objects for investigation as metaphors for natural functions of wetlands. A 'Mystery Metaphor Container' is presented to the class with everything having to do with a wetland in some...
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The Spotted Owl
Second graders explore using nonfiction text to gain information. Working in pairs, 2nd graders read an article about the spotted owl. Each group identifies the main idea and supporting details of their text and use this information to...