Second graders use fruit to conduct an observation experiment. They use the skills of observation to write down different facts about three different fruits looking at the outside and inside contents. Students explain two things they...

First graders produce a writing based on the story, "Fortunately,". They publish it as a slide show.

Third graders discuss the ways in which human interaction with the environment and production of waste products contribute to pollution. Through a pollution demonstration, they explain how various groups of plants and animals can be...

First graders construct a story sticking to the topic with 2-4 sentences.

Fourth graders research a specific rock or mineral. They compile the facts into a database which students access for information.

Students identify the goods and services from the United States and Mexico. Using postage stamps, they describe the various images they see and place them into categories. They use those categories to determine what is important in...

Students investigate the use of colors in different areas of society. They make contrasts of its uses in places like home and school. Realia is used to determine the ability of students to recognize colors and how they relate to the...

Seventh graders create a visual representation of the Cold War Arms Race. Using a map of the world, they identify where the events where the Cold War to place. Students analyze the events and create a journal entry explaining how a...

Students work in a mini lab where they measure the temperature every 30 seconds for several minutes as water is heated. They are asked what makes liquid different from a solid. Students view a PowerPoint on the model of liquids,...

High schoolers are asked how do they calculate velocity? They take a trip to the school's track and have a series of timed races. Students return to class and calculate their velocity and see who is the fastest. They summarize what...

First graders practice making logical predictions from information they are given.

Students visit the computer lab to learn the parts of the computer and type their names and their lunch numbers.

Fifth graders study different types of poetry, compose a poem and word process it.

Fourth graders compose a melody by placing words on the music staff. They play their melody words for the class.

Students use flashcards to memorize the Spanish words for numbers. In groups, they write and solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. They play another round of the game in which they can only give the problem...

Fifth graders discuss camouflage and warnings by butterflies as a class. Students design and color their own butterflies that they are to place somewhere in the classroom. Students explain why their butterfly is colored the way that it...

Eleventh graders investigate the effects that the Enlightenment (or Age of Reason) had on the Papacy. They Identify key aspects of Pope Pius IX¿¿¿s personality, reign and influences. Students also comprehend the significant upheaval...

Students are told to create a community using words or pictures. They walk outside to an area in front of the school which has a strip of grass, ditch, and corn field. Students discuss the difference between an ecosystem and a...

Students are read the book "Hands". They discuss things they are able to do with their hands. They create a cutout of their hands and write one thing they can do on the hand. They share what they wrote with the class.

First graders explore how to access the school website and individual teacher websites.

Fourth graders use the internet to research North Carolina facts and symbols.

Students examine the pollution survey created in response to the Public Health Laws of 1903, and compare/contrast polluting factory discharges in 1903 to those allowed today. They analyze the report survey, complete a worksheet, and...

Students pretend there is breaking news in their local area. After reading other eye-witness accounts, they identify the components of an article of this type. They write their own eye-witness account, share them with the class and...

Students are presented with five items found in a suitcase to reflect upon the experience of a Mexican vacation. They use realia to produce a journal entry about one of the objects and its uses. The item is then brought to the front of...