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Dribblemania Fitness
Students demonstrate the skill of dribbling with stretching and cardio strengthening activities. In this dribbling activity, the students use cones as boundaries to practice dribbling a basketball. During this activity, a whistle is...
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Is there a stone in my soup?
Young scholars observe teacher's inappropriate classroom procedures such as tattling, pushing, or interrupting. In this showing respectful behaviors lesson, students respond to scenarios created by the teacher and address what the...
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AP Calculus
In this calculus activity, students solve problems with trigonometric functions. They take the derivative and find the average rate of change.
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American Frontiers
Students study the settlement of the American frontier through literature. For this literature lesson, students read and discuss works by James Fenimore Cooper, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, and Hamlin Garland. Students compare...
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Leviathan
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Leviathan by Hobbes. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
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Worksheet 4 - Math 126: Sketching Polar Equations
In this sketching polar equations worksheet, students solve 5 short answer and graphing problems. Students describe a curve given the equation of the curve in polar form. Students sketch a graph of the equation.
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Election Time: Presidents and Prime Ministers
November is a great month to learn about elections, and explore the jobs of the president and prime minister.
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Abraham Lincoln Lesson Plans
This article illustrates diverse ways to educate high school students about Lincoln, his struggles and what they mean for us today.
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Moral Dilemmas of the Ramayana
Twelfth graders explain the concept of dharma and appreciate differences in moral reasoning. They relate the Ramayana to their own experiences.
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How Can You Decide Among Competing Responsibilities?
Students study the characteristics of competing responsibilities. They read a article in which a person faces competing responsibilities and create a skit. Finally, they discuss how they would deal with the situation.
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Debating the Issues of Rockdale County
Learners interpret information from the video "The Lost Children of Rockdale County" through a series of written questions and answers, and group discussion and evaluate the parameters of parental responsibility in the lives of teenagers.
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Good Snack,Smart Snack
Second graders pretend to be company managers who design and advertise healthy snacks to sell.
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How Can a Spacecraft Always Face the Sun?
Young scholars determine the correct orbital path for a satellite that collects data about the sun so that its view of the sun never be obstructed by the Earth.
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Anatomy
Students explore the similarities and differences in human beings. They consider that all students are special, and appreciate everyone's similarities and differences.
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Toy Dissection Graph
Students explore simple machines and how they are made. They examine the parts of the simple machine and collect information about its parts. Using Excel, students create circle and bar graphs from the collected data.
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Influence of Music On Our Lives: How Does Music Influence our Actions?
Eighth graders research how music influences our actions. They form an educated opinion of how music can influence our actions. Students create a computer generated presentation to outline the research methods used to form their answer....
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Harry Truman: A New View
Students explore how Harry Truman became President and in what ways was Truman an atypical President. They examined World War I changed Truman's life and what opportunities World War I gave certain people and how World War II affected...
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ABC Community Walk
Students listen to several stories about cities and different types of communities. They take a walk in their city to identify unique characteristics. They create an alphabet book using people or features of their own community to go...
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Colors and Trouble
Students discuss what it would be like if there weren't enough resources by reading " The Land of Many Colors." In this tolerance lesson, students identify the differences between tolerant and intolerant behavior. Student volunteers try...
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How Prophet-able Are You?
Learners examine the role of prophets/advocates in society and define qualities and characteristics of an effective prophet. They list qualities of prophets and discuss which characteristic is most important.
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People & Trees
Students see that people have developed new technologies and new products that increase efficiencies and maximize the productive use of each tree harvested. This lesson provides many good ideas across the curriculum to study forestry.
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Diversity and Adaptations of Organisms
Eighth graders discuss ways in which to protect endangered species. They examine the concept of carrying capacity. They discuss the importance of carrying capacity for wildlife and people.
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Properties of Elements
Eighth graders explore information about the periodic table of elements. Using the Internet, 8th graders choose one element to research. They complete an "Adopt and Element" information sheet. Using Microsoft Word, students create an...
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Nineteenth Ammendment
Students discuss the Nineteenth Amendment and how it gave women the power to vote. They emphasize the struggle women had in gaining the right to vote and some important questions are answered.