High schoolers investigate the issues of economic prosperity, environmental concerns, government intervention in the market economy and responsible civic participation in solving community problems.

Students earn incentives from local businesses for both academics and good behavior.

Students practice their skills of forming hypotheses by conducting various experiments.

Learners determine if something is a tattle or a report.

Seventh graders gain a better understanding of endangered species. This lesson requires a field trip to the North Carolina Zoological park. At the park, 7th graders use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to identify and categorize the...

Students create a song about philanthropy. They work together to develop a list of ways to donate money. They choose an aid organization which helped victims of Hurricane Katrina to receive their donation. They reflect on their...

Students develop an action plan to prevent trash from becoming a problem in the future.

Third graders examine the relationships between rhythm and math, tone color and science, form and geography, melody and art, and harmony and social studies. Why, they are like cousins! Students, in groups, present projects demonstrating...

Fourth graders construct a miniature robot using recyclable materials. They write a descriptive explanation from the robot's point of view explaining how it aid in protecting the environment.

Students review letter writing skills and the use of descriptive language, and practice writing persuasive letters, with help from teacher and peers. Letters are then written to nominate friend for Friend of the Year.

Fifth graders view and discuss the use of voice in writing through the in-your-face, aggressive, powerful messages of the Nike advertisements and the book Hoops as examples of the intensity words can have and how voice is expressed. A...

Fifth graders explain how workers performing specific tasks contributes to the total production output of the workers.

Students access the First Among Equals website and research Canadian Prime Ministers.

Students gather information about family, parents, and grandparents using the database form. They place their personal information into the database and save the information to compile class in formation. They develop skills in database...

Twelfth graders get to know each other in an energetic, interactive learning space.

Students become familiar with the role women play in the Canadian government. They gather, organize and analyze data on female politicians.

Twelfth graders examine how to evaluate reading material by using direct quotations. They read a Newsweek magazine article, answer questions, underline the passage that supports their written response, and write a letter to a senator...

Learners research and describe major causes and effects of change in the lives of the Arkansas Indian Culture during the Mississippian Tradition.

Students create a solution to a problem related to the environment. They work together to develop the plan and pitch the plan to their class. They discuss the action steps taken in a story they were read.

Students conduct lab test with minced onion to determine where chromosonal DNA is located within the cell, and whether or not it can be extracted.

Seventh graders are introduced to the vocabulary associated with archeology. Using a dictionary, they practice finding the meaning of various words and create sentences. They also identify an appropriate use of the word and draw an...

Fifth graders examine the role of the Gutenberg press and its effect on society. Using this information, they write a persuasive paper discussing which form of copying is easier to mass produce. They share their opinions with the class...

Fifth graders examine current events impacting aquatic life in their communities. They search for newspaper, magazine and television reports for information about aquatic life in local bodies of water. Students can write letters to...

Second graders use a Sleep Diary to record their sleeping hours and their energy levels each morning and discuss whether they see a connection between the number of hours they sleep each night and their energy levels.