This is an excellent multidisciplinary lesson plan designed by Scientific American. It provides three creative activities--designing a garden, studying hieroglyphics, and writing poetry--relevant to the ancient peoples of the Middle...

Eighth graders complete a unit of lessons on basic geometry concepts. They participate in a variety of activities, culminating in a project that involves publishing a booklet or a poster that presents the major geometry concepts from the...

Students demonstrate the process of creating a scaled rubber band enlargement of a simple drawing. They observe and discuss a teacher-led demonstration, and create a scaled rubber band enlargement of simple drawings and their invention...

Students experience and study how space offers expanding resources for commerce, science, technology and education. They view how advances in space can and do improve life on Earth. Each student views a geological exploration within this...

Young scholars practice scientific inquiry while learning about bubbles. In this lesson about bubbles, students explore characteristics of bubbles. Young scholars move through nine different "bubble" stations following directions and...

Learners explore teen entrepreneurs. In this teen entrepreneurship lesson, students examine teen entrepreneurs and answer questions about the real-word situations. Learners role play and explore the basic characteristics of an entrepreneur.

Learners use a stopwatch to collect information for a scatterplot.   In this fastest legs lessons, students collect data through the taking of measurements, create and find a median number. Learners develop an equation and...

Students create a paper dart airplane and measure its flight pattern. In this flight lesson, students follow the included directions to build their own paper airplane. The students change the aileron configurations to see how it affects...

Students discover how air pressure effects flight.  In this physics instructional activity, students create two types of airplane wings so they can observe the way air pressure creates lift.  Students utilize a printout to...

Incorporate technology in your classroom by teaching your students how to graph systems of linear inequalities as they apply to an area of land.  The lesson provides an extension in which students are challenged to write a system of...

Students explore the five senses.  In this cross curriculum five senses lesson, students view an "I Can See Colors" PowerPoint presentation and sort items by color and shape. Students mix primary color paints to create secondary...

Tenth graders experiment with gravity and air pressure. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders build their own kits and fly it. They investigate the questions: what keeps a kite in the air and what are some important factors when flying a...

Students identify the quadrants and axis of a coordinate plane. In this algebra instructional activity, students discover the ocrrect way to graph using the coordinate plane. They discuss the relationship between x and y values, domain...

Students explore the tools of navigation.  In this shapes lesson, students navigate using direction cues to create a shape.  Students follow specific steps to create their shapes. Students use compasses to see the directions...

Middle and high schoolers identify and analyze fractals and research information using the Internet to locate information about them. They look at fractals in relation to nature and other real world situations. Pupils create several...

Here is a problem-solving instructional activity that has learners take the role of a packaging expert to design an inexpensive means of packaging a potato chip. It could benefit from having more specific detail about the instructional...

After a class review on the basics of fractions, learners discuss the importance of integrating technology and mathematics. They then produce a PowerPoint about fractions. The required elements of the presentation are included in the plan.

Students explore the concept of spelling geometric terms and words with number prefixes. In this spelling geometric terms and words with number prefixes instructional activity, students play a game of baseball. Students spell words...

Students participate in playing online games. In this practice lesson plan, students play online games to practice skills learned throughout the week.

Learners analyze smoking behavior based on peer pressure.  In this health lesson, students read and complete worksheets on the internet concerning the behaviors associated with smoking.  They summarize what they have learned by...

The interactive lesson featured here calls for the use of a Smartboard for sorting and classifying shapes. Then, pupils discuss the rules they followed for sorting their shapes, particularly focusing on the properties of angles. While...

Learners explore the earning power of someone with a post-high school education. In this education and income lesson plan, students evaluate examples of occupations, their salaries, and education level needed for the job. Learners...

Students use Microsoft Office Excel. In this technology lesson, students enter data on a spreadsheet using Excel. This programs tallies data and presents it using graphs. 

Students collect and analyze data from the United States Census Bureau. Using spreadsheet technology, students explore their results and make preductions about income groups. Students compute the mean, median and mode. They create...