Lesson ideas for the substitute teacher for middle school and secondary art instruction.

This lesson offers an interesting, hands-on experience for middle school students studying cylinders. Students will create cylinders, and measure and compare their volumes.

This lesson begins with a story about rescuing reptile eggs from a new construction site. Using the story as motivation, learners are presented with an engineering design challenge: Build a portable device which can warm, support, and...

Media-rich lesson in which students discover that it takes energy to break bonds, and that energy is released when bonds are formed during the process of dissolving. They also determine whether dissolving is either exothermic or...

After observing a demonstration of a chemical reaction between a burning candle and the oxygen in the air, students use atom model cut-outs to model the reaction and see that all the atoms in the reactants show up in the products.

Students draw and interpret Lewis dot diagrams for individual atoms and both covalent and ionic compounds.

Check out this informative site featuring an analysis of Shakespeare. The objective of this activity is for students to analyze a sonnet and present their findings via slide show. This lesson integrates technology into the curriculum.

Students identify and control variables to design an experiment to see whether the temperature of a solvent affects the speed at which a solute dissolves.

Students interpret the information given in the periodic table to describe the arrangement of electrons on the energy levels around an atom.

A six-part learning module with links to images, videos, texts, and websites to use while learning the elements and types of drama.

The details of Longfellow's life, and the influence of his "Paul Revere's Ride" are explored in this lesson. Extensive materials, links and background information are strengths of this site.

This collection of plans is designed for 7th grade, and includes interdisciplinary ideas for use in the classroom. Also included are student handouts and copies of the poems.

Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.

Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.

Introduce polynomial operations to your middle school students using the highly engaging story of ?IntelliGum?. This one-of-a-kind gum, when chewed regularly, and in appropriate quantities, will make you smarter. As part of this creative...

Students observe and investigate how a catalyst increases the rate of a chemical reaction while not becoming part of the products of the reaction.

Students experiment to see if the temperature of two clear colorless solutions affects how fast they react.

Students develop their own water molecule model to help them understand the idea that water has a slight positive charge at one end of the molecule and a slight negative charge at the other.

This lesson is designed to help students of all backgrounds learn to work together in groups to complete a research paper assignment. This is a collaborative based lesson plan that challenges students to work together to complete the...

Explore the world of Africa through these teacher's guides. This site features teacher tools for middle school age students.

A site by New Haven Teachers Institute, Yale University by Maxine E. Davis. This site is for secondary and middle school students. The whole curriculum is here for the viewing! Great information but no images. You can find them and add...

Looking for the epicenter of an earthquake and measuring the magnitude of waves are goals for learners in this lesson plan for intermediate to middle school students. Learners get to analyze the P and S waves.

Over the years as members of the House of Representatives increased, leadership positions in the House have expanded. Study the following summary of each leadership position to understand their duties. Included is a glossary of terms and...

As part of a career discovery unit, middle school students examine the need to prepare a resume and the potential consequences of giving false information in a resume. Using an online resume wizard designed for middle schoolers, students...