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Digital Plants...Alike and Different!
Third graders. in groups, take pictures of plants and turn them into a learning game.
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Bean Sort
Students define and discuss dichotomous keys. They create a dichotomous key to identify a bag of mixed beans, and assign their group of beans a genus and species name.
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DAY AND NIGHT
Students use a lamp as the sun and his/her body as the earth. They rotate in different directions to explain how the earth moves around the sun. Using specific questions in their discussion, students discover the reasons for day and night.
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Magic Wand
Students observe how an image falling on a CCD array is divided into individual pieces, by the property of persistance of vision.
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Constructing a Wardrobe
Sixth graders compare and contrast storage spaces of the past and present. They examine how furniture tells us how people lived, and work in pairs to design and construct a contemporary wardrobe that fits their personal needs.
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Look Again: Revising
Fifth graders read "Jabberwocky," as an example of revision. They practice revising their own work.
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Florida "Stuff" Bag
Students utilize different methods of applying textile media to a canvas bag, which can be used to carry all their necessary art "stuff".
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Create a Cavern
Students make a classroom cave using chairs, desks, and sheets to create a meandering path. They explore safety steps for spelunking exploration.
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Meteorologists
Fourth graders investigate the work of a meteorologist and then take on the identity of one to make reports on clouds and temperature.
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Structural Comparisons
Students study structural elements of a picture's composition. They scan images and compare the structural elements of the images.
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Read Aloud Lesson Plan
Students listen as the novel "On My Honor" is read to them. They identify similes and the characters differences in the novel.
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Mars: Off the Charts--Until You Put It There
Students explore the night sky and make illustrations which are shared in class the next day. Distinctions are made between the stars and the planets and views of the constellations for the season are made available. The work of early...
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Face It!
Students explore the proportions of the human face and utilize a graph to draw a self portrait based upon the techniques and styles of a variety of artists.
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A Visit to Southern Africa - Volcano
Young scholars examine a cookie that represents pumice and lava in order to realize that lava is a composite of many rock particles. They compare and contrast pumice to the cookie by estimating, weighing, measuring and dissecting the...
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Solar System Distance Activity
Students examine the distances between the Sun, planets, and smaller objects in the Solar System. They design a model using beads that shows the scale distances of the Solar System using astronomical units converted into a 10 centimeter...
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The Daoist Immortals
Learners discover the basic principles and beliefs of Daoism through investigation and in-class discussion in this High School instructional activity for a Social Studies, Humanities, or Asian Studies class.
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Yin And Yang
Students examine the symbols of change, Heaven and Earth, as expressed in
Chinese art and literature in this High School instructional activity. Evaluation is accomplished through a short, small-group research project.
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Lao-tzu Riding On An Ox
Students discuss expressions of Daoism in Chinese art in this lesson for the high school Social Studies, Humanities, or Asian Studies classroom. The philisophical elements of Daoism are emphasized.
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Conflict Over Land Use 217
Students examine the land use values of a variety of people in Kenya. They determine how these differences can cause conflict among those who use the same land area. They look at the conflict from different points of view and they...
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Jupiter's Moons
Students predict which of Jupiter's moons will be the "brightest" in infrared wavelengths. Using provided information, they rank the moos from brightes to faintest in infrared.
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Warm Glass Renaissance
Students explore an ancient artistic technique know as glass fusing or slumping. Using random arrangements of items, students decorate glass sheets. Next, students follow instructions for fusing the glass and placing it in a kiln.
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What percent of ratio is proportion?
Ninth graders investigate the concepts of ratio and proportion.They solve examples with the teacher for ratios and proportions. A basic fraction review is used for a warm up in this lesson. The primary focus of the lesson appears to be...
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VOTING
Students discuss 'The importance of voting'. They elect 5 candidates - each representing one of the five values. Each candidate presents a case why their value is important. The other class members then vote for whichever value/candidate...
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Crazy with Cotton
Pupils look at fabrics. They discuss how to print/contrast. They demonstrate cutting center. Students are shown how to trim the block accurately. Pupils sew in blocks. They discuss how to finish, including tying, machine quilting,...