Learners view a series of videos that explore the development, formation and arguments for the geocentric model of the solar system. Studenst investigate the heliocentric model of the solar system and consider how scientific theories...

Students examine the contributions of women on the international, national, and local platforms. In this writing skills lesson, students analyze a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt and compose essays that reveal how women advocate...

Writing can become one-dimensional if authors don't involve all their senses. First, scholars observe a strange object which, ideally, they can touch and even smell. Without using certain words (you can create a list or have the class...

How can you tell if something is living or nonliving? Introduce a set of criteria which can be used to determine which things are alive and which are not. The class discusses the basic needs of all living organisms, checks out an...

Learners identify how they are feeling and deal with feelings constructively. In this conflict resolution lesson, students explore their feelings through discussion. Learners read and complete the What Can I Do? e-sheet. Students "think...

Students differentiate cold and warm-blooded animals using infrared images. In this physics instructional activity, students compare the images formed by infrared and visible light. They explain how scientists use infrared technology to...

Students explore trees and their leaves. In this tree identification lesson plan, students observe items and are able to identify them by the five clues they are given. Once the leaves are identified, students in each group sketch the...

Learners brainstorm all the possible scenarios that would help them tell a story in detail with the whole class and with partners. They create web outlines to create a name story and then illustrate it with creative grammar usage and...

Connect science, art, and language arts with a nature-themed bookmaking project. Kids craft book covers, cut paper for pages, and learn how to bind their creations.

Students look at the words, symbols, and signs that surround them. For this early childhood lesson plan, students use observational skills as they note the abundance of letters and signs in their world, then apply this awareness to...

Students observe and discuss the change of water to ice and back again. In this water and ice lesson, students observe the change in temperature and what happens when water freezes and turns to ice and vice versa.

Students explore magnification. In this science skills observation lesson, students make a hand lens using a wire loop and a small amount of water.

Pupils observe images of amazing places, either real, or imagined by Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali, and Ansel Adams. They think about a time when they wanted to escape and where they wanted to go. They draw their getaway and then...

Students create a model of the land to water ratio in a large group and search for all the places water is used at their school while on a Great Water Hunt. They identify where water can be found and compare how much of world is covered...

Students calculate the circumference and diameter of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students construct a circle and calculate the distance of different sizes of circles. They define the relationship between the diameter and the...

Students explore the concept of nutrition.  For this nutrition lesson, students identify the benefit of eggs as a nutritional meal or snack.  Students also discover how to prepare easy meals or snacks using eggs. 

For this American foreign policy worksheet, students respond to 20 essay questions about expansionism in the country during the 20th century.      

Students identify the effect of light on objects. In this scientific inquiry lesson, students use a chart to write a hypothesis about what will happen when colored construction paper is left in sunlight. Students observe and discuss the...

Second graders investigate the different living and nonliving things they can find on Earth. In this life science lesson plan, 2nd graders record their observations as they dig into the soil. They examine them under the magnifying glass...

Students observe air quality and monoxide data. In this air quality lesson, students draw conclusions and manipulate data from a one year period on changes in air quality.

Young biologists use a activity to fill in the blanks of five sentences. Each one needs a word from a word band at the top of the resource. All of the sentences are about things that are alive, and how we know they are alive. The words...

After a review of all three of Newton's laws, physical scientists complete a choice project. They can create a book in which they collect pictures where the laws of motion are depicted, produce a PowerPoint presentation, or produce a...

Students classify and compare plants using specific information, observations, and numbers. In this mathematical inquiry lesson, students use plant characteristics to describe, compare, and classify them. They attempt to develop a system...