Learners identify types of pollution. In this environmental lesson, students view a video and discuss the types of pollution. Learners create a poster to suggest ways to prevent pollution.

Second graders demonstrate how to use reference materials. In this library media lesson, 2nd graders are introduced to the encyclopedia and are shown how to use the encyclopedia as a reference. Students use encyclopedias to complete a...

Second graders study the use of contractions. In this contraction activity, 2nd graders examine what contractions are and how to form them properly. They use a song to learn which words to change when forming contractions before writing...

Learners interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. For this American Civil War lesson, students examine sources and then write personal accounts of the war.

Students develop their writing skills. In this writing lesson plan, students play a word game to help them formulate a plan to write descriptions of people or objects using descriptive words.

Students identify DNA in a crime scenario. In this DNA lesson plan, students perform paper chromatography and compare it against the pens of various suspects.

Students use observation materials to record what they find outdoors. In this senses lesson plan, students use their five senses to observe things outside. They use a clipboard, pencil, crayons, magnifying glass, and their senses to find...

Students use fruit counters. In this patterns lesson, students identify different fruits, sort the fruits by color, shape and size, and make a pattern using the fruits.

Students examine and experience roles and customs of rural Mongolians through role-playing, and they will compare unfamiliar roles from Mongolia with everyday roles in the United States. the will chart their own families and then predict...

Young scholars create a table in Microsoft Word. In this word processing lesson, students create a table in Microsoft Word. They fill this table in as if it were a BINGO card, but they use their vocabulary words instead of numbers.

Students play VIP tag. In this physical education lesson, students practice their cardiovascular endurance and agility as they follow the provided directions to play VIP tag.

Second graders compare and contrast historical American cultures.  In this American history lesson, 2nd graders participate in reading, writing, oral, and hands on activities. Students discuss the similarities and differences...

Students study the legislation and Amendments of Reconstruction period in America. For this Reconstruction lesson, students work in groups to dissect the Black Codes, an article in the US Constitution, as well as the 13th, 14th, and...

Students create a haiku and illustrate it on the computer. In this haiku lesson plan, students review the history of the haiku while they are outside and then write their own. Students then use a computer program to illustrate their poem.

Learners investigate John Brown.  In this U.S. history slavery lesson, students view a PowerPoint presentation about John Brown.  Learners discuss the North's and South's reaction to John Brown's raid, and determine whether...

Learners research the Conestoga wagon. For this early transportation lesson, students use primary documents to research how the invention of the Conestoga wagon improved transportation.

First graders identify basic needs of plants. For this plant growth lesson, 1st graders observe types of plants and review the parts of a plant as well as the development of a seed. Students review related vocabulary and read The...

Seventh graders experiment with white light, plane mirrors, and curved mirrors in order to demonstrate the physical principles of living systems. In this physical principles lesson plan, 7th graders take 3 days to discover what happens...

Eighth graders practice finding the meaning of words by analyzing the root word. In this root word lesson, 8th graders review a chart of roots, words, and meanings. Students find and list words that have the root of 'geo,' 'terra,' and...

Students analyze mass media to analyze media bias. In this media bias instructional activity, students read example situations and definitions about media bias. Students read and discuss how to be aware of media bias.

Young scholars use the correct stress in words and in sentences to correct their pronunciation. In this pronunciation lesson plan, students are provided many words and sentences to practice the stresses correctly.

Eleventh graders examine the challenges that faced United States as a new nation.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders study the chronology of events leading up to the expedition of Lewis and Clark.  Students organize...

Learners decide as a class what their data is going to be to graph. In this math lesson, students organize data so that it will be easier to display in a graph. Learners are guided through the process by their teachers, and helped with...

Young scholars discover how schools around the world are the same and different. In this international school instructional activity, students learn about different types of schools from all around the world and the items and activities...