Students identify winners and losers in economic globalization. They read a story, complete a list and exchange their lists with students to explore if the items are British or Imported. They investigate global markets and what...

Second graders investigate dinosaurs. They explore various websites, submit questions to a paleontologist online, construct cut and paste model dinosaur skeletons, develop a graph to compare dinosaurs, and label pictures from online...

Students explore the rules and regulations drivers must adhere to. As a class, they list safe driving procedures and identify the consequences of driving while impaired. Students write questions about safe driving practices. This...

Young scholars participate in a layered curriculum unit. Credit is earned for learning, which comes about through listening, discussion, reading, and/or doing. They are verbally assessed for each activity chosen to complete.

First graders engage in a writing activity about manatees and use e-mail to contact representatives about important issues. This would be a very exciting, and meaningful lesson for a first grade writer!

In this "A Sound of Thunder" activity group, students complete a graphic organizer for the plot of the story. Students then complete activities with vocabulary from the reading and edit passages from the text.

Students research newspapers and the Internet to learn about the election. Students work in groups and choose a state that they want to compare to Florida. Students organize the data they have found into a graph labeling an "x" and "y"...

In this pecans and peanuts worksheet, students complete a Venn diagram comparing pecans and peanuts with the labels on the Venn diagram. Students complete 1 Venn diagram.

Students read a letter about the characteristics of the Maasai culture. After identifying them, they discuss how to live a pastoralist way of life. In groups, they discuss the roles of men and women in the country and what it might be...

Students investigate vegetables. In this multi-subject instructional activity, students learn about vegetables and participate in several activities using vegetables. A list of 7 materials is included.

Second graders research animal life spans and complete related math activities. In this life span lesson, 2nd graders read How Many Candles and discuss life spans. Students arrange animal cards based on their life spans. Students find...

Students receive teacher prepared puzzles of animals. They try to name the animal by looking at only one piece. Students work in groups to assemble the puzzle pieces and name the animal. They draw their own pictures of the animals in...

Students investigate the skills needed to survive for the early colonial settlers and Native Americans. They conduct research, develop a list of skills, and create a how-to poster demonstrating a survival skill.

Students work together to research the names of places in their state. They divide up their state so that each group can research a different section and complete a chart of the different names. They create a key for the map to explain...

Students create a book about colors. In this exploring colors lesson, students read the book Hailstones and Halibut Bones. Students select a color and describe how the color looks, feels, tastes, and smells like. Students write down...

Third graders practice creating bar graphs by conducting a taste test.  In this graphing lesson, 3rd graders taste several different brands of peanut butter and discuss among their classmates which tastes better.  Students...

Students explore television commercials to classify them into categorizes. For this commercial categories lesson, students brainstorm about commercials that catch their attention. Students analyze the categories for commercials and then...

Students observe their local forest and document the change that occurs over the school year.  For this forestry lesson, students utilize a GPS to mark a certain area of the woods as their study area for the remainder of the year....

Students comprehend the basics of the nutrition label. They comprehend the Recommended Daily Allowances. Students analyze the regulations that govern food labeling. They review the Food Pyramid.

Students discuss differences between wild and domestic animals. They list animals on chart paper, and then cut out pictures from magazines to create large collage showing wild and domestic animals.

Sixth graders examine how to convert fractions to percents and percents to fractions. They list their activities for a 24 hour period, and create a pie graph using Microsoft Works.

Students, in groups, research, design and construct a relief map of a section of Latin America using papier-mache. They show major landforms, elevations and notable bodies of water. They present their maps to the class.

Students take part in an activity that allows them to learn the names and some interesting facts about the signers of the Declaration of Independence while having fun and participating in physical activity.

Learners read the story: 9-year-old girl dies on railway line. They engage in the 'Human Barometer': Collect a range of names of dangerous activities from the class. For example: skateboarding, waterskiing, bungee jumping, climbing,...