Students, using construction paper, and an empty black film canster with no lid, create their own night sky full of stars that can be seen in the middle of the day.

Students practice throwing for distance and for accuracy.

Students participate in a lead up game that emphasizes practicing all of the basic soccer skills (e.g., correct punting, dribbling, trapping and passing.)

Students participate in a creative "doctor vs. germ" version of freeze tag.

Students apply what they have learned about chasing/fleeing/ dodging in a game situation.

Students play a game that emphasizes practice of all the basic soccer skills.

Learners count up to 10 or more M & Ms using verbal names and one-to-one correspondence, as well as use sets of M & Ms to represent quantities given in verbal form.

Students measure and record weights and heights and compare to others in the class as they find out more about their bodies.

Students study the Spanish words that name fruits in spoken and written form.

Students explore the concept of setting in literature by identifying their own current setting, and imagining what their ideal setting would be. They read a piece of literature, identify the setting and record the information on a chart.

Students create books with photographs as illustrations. In this book making lesson, students create books for different subjects to accompany what they are learning. They take photographs to match what they have written. 

First graders listen to a story, manipulate flannel board figures, and cut soft cookies and paper plates into equal parts.

Students participate in Density Discoveries, which is a hands-on learning opportunity for students to find the mass, volume, and density of solid matter.

Students reinforce dribbling/trapping skills in soccer.

Students learn offensive and defensive strategies in flag football and work on passing, catching, and defending.

Students practice their chasing, fleeing, and dodging skills. It is best to play this tag game in a smaller groups as opposed to the entire class.

Students participate in offensive and defensive strategies in flag football and work on passing, catching, and defending.

Students examine various triangles and discuss how similar triangles have sides that are proportional. They utilize an ancient Egyptian method to determine the height of a flagpole.

Students investigate how to draw and classify two and three dimensional figures (squares, triangles, rectangles.)

First graders explore why the sun and moon seems to disappear and reappear creating day and night.

Second graders become aware that thermometer liquids expand or contract as temperature affects them.

Middle schoolers remove heat energy and determine how it causes a phase change.

Students discuss shape and number patterns and play a game practicing completing patterns. Then they rotate through five workstations that reinforce the concept of patterning.

Young scholars work in small groups to find pictures that represent the fractions 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4. They paste their examples onto bulletin board paper and share their results with the rest of the class.