Fourth graders explore the Washoe people and their history among non-Washoe. The lesson focuses on not only the traditional, but also on the contemporary ways of life of the Washoe people. The unit consists of thirteen lessons.

Students create awareness for ways in which the "Western" lifestyle negatively impacts the Earth. They create awareness for alternatives to our current ways of living, eating and traveling. Students are challenged to talk with their...

Students create small shamrock replicas using green and white paints, paper, bubble wrap, and gold glitter. This lesson intended for the early-elementary classroom is ideal for celebrating St. Patrick's Day or spring-time in general.

Students create "Shamrock Men" using construction paper, pre-cut patterns, glue, and scissors in this instructional activity that celebrates St. Patrick's Day. The instructional activity was originally create for a Special Education...

Young scholars discover optical illusions in this lesson that uses a red shamrock and white construction paper. Emphasis is placed upon inquiry, experiment, and then a short discussion on optical illusions and complimentary colors.

Fourth graders complete a two-month long unit on the physical characteristics of the oceans and animal environments. They create a "Creatures of the Sea" alphabet book in collaboration with a kindergarten class, conduct Internet...

Student develop a vocabulary of "mining words" and study about exploring and mining for minerals. They break into groups and are assigned an area at the "mine" to do their "exploration" for the valuable "coal". The coal is represented...

Young scholars brainstorm a list of items to be gathered by knowing about someone else's culture and religion. As a class, they share something related to their culture and discuss. To end the lesson plan, they participate in a...

One method of creating a genuine information gap is through the use of blindfold activities. Blindfolds can be employed in a variety of ways in the TEFL/ESL foster a truly communicative and student-centered approach to learning.

Students use a web tool to create a word search using their current spelling words. They access the internet site www.puzzlemaker.com. They then follow step by step instructions for creating their own word search puzzle on the internet...

In this music instructional activity, students look for the facts that help to complete the questions and then they draw a picture to complete the sheet.

For this environment worksheet, students read an article about growth and development of population and the environment. They respond to various types of questions throughout the article packet pertaining to what they read and why.

In this printing worksheet, learners form the upper and lowercase letters Mm. Students also color in pictures that begin with the letter.

In this printing learning exercise, students form 11 uppercase and lowercase letter M's and write two rows of them on their own. Students also color in pictures that begin with the letter M.

In this science worksheet, young scholars find the names of 14 waterfowl in a word search puzzle. The word bank has a detailed color drawing of each bird.

In this coordinate pairs worksheet, learners learn to plot points on a graph. Students study the examples and then complete 20 questions. This is intended as an online activity, but may be completed with pencil and paper.

In this mirror writing activity, students follow the directions to decide which alphabet letters are symmetrical. Students use a mirror and a white light as they work in partners to trace simple shapes.

In this reading comprehension and discussion worksheet, students read a short selection titled, "The Painting." They discuss the selection using 4 questions that ask their opinion about the painting, and the people in the story.

For this phonics worksheet, students perform the task pictured, speak the word represented in the picture, and respond to 9 fill in the blank questions providing the correctly spelled word of the task pictured.

Students learn to follow a specific plan in order to do something or get somewhere. In this following directions activity, students explore key vocabulary related to following plans, complete fun activities that require attention to...

In this objective thinking instructional activity, student practice thinking objectively when observing information. They summarize two paragraphs. One they summarize in an objective manner and the other is summarized in a subjective...

In these alphabet letter worksheets, students color in the uppercase and lowercase letters from Aa through Zz. Students color 26 worksheets.

First graders identify safety hazards in the home and learn ways to prevent home accidents. In this home safety instructional activity, 1st graders discuss ways to keep a home safe by brainstorming and then reading a story about home...

High schoolers play a ball game to reinforce vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson plan, 1 student throws a ball to another student and states a vocabulary word. The receiving student has to define the word. If they do, they get to...