Students realize that aging is a "natural, continuous process" and develop sensitivity to the needs, desires, and capabilities of the elderly by interviewing elderly community members and photographing age related things.

Students experience an archaeological dig exploring off the shore of Black Hawk Island and Wisconsin River. They study in the same place where the infamous Dell House once stood. Dell House and its historical significance is reviewed...

Students observe the movement of pendulums, they begin to understand the relationship between gravitational forces and the mass of objects, the changes in speed and direction of objects, and the distance between objects. They understand...

Students consider how World War II impacted Europe. For this D-Day lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about the invasion, its conditions, and the people who fought. Suggested activities are...

Learners pick an area that needs cleaning up and help clean up the trash in that place. In this clean up lesson plan, students pick either their home, school, or neighborhood to clean up and sort through the trash that they find.

In this geometry worksheet, students apply right triangle trigonometry to find missing distances or angles in real life examples involving angles of depression or elevation. The four page worksheet contains twelve problems. Answers are...

Students survey other students and record the information on a chart using tally marks. They record their favorite fish and their favorite foods, and share the results with the class.

Students design and lay out a map of a coastal area that includes a bay, an estuary, an ocean entrance, and prime beach lands. They write a plan outlining solutions to the economic problems of their community and present their map and...

Students compare and contrast the characteristics of various public lands in Canada, including national forests, wilderness areas, national and provincial parks, wildlife sanctuaries, recreation areas and national historic sites. They...

Learners develop a concept of the relative size of objects in the nanoscale. They complete an internet assignment using the website,"Scaling the Universe to Your Desktop". Using analogies to common objects they get an appreciation for...

Students become acquainted with the art and literature of artist/author Faith Ringgold.

High schoolers determine their eye's blind spot. In this biology lesson, students explain what causes this visual deficiency. They give real life applications of this concept.

Students pick an object of their choice based on their ability to kick. The object is not to touch the ground. Group sizes vary within the lesson.

Students are given the task of designing an apartment. In groups, they practice estimating the area and perimeter of different shapes. After designing their space, they apply the same formulas to solving real-world story problems.

Second graders depict the illusion of depth in an artwork, using overlapping shapes, relative size and placement of fabric on a mural. They identify with the elements of art in objects in nature, the environment, and Ringgold's mural.

Students research and discuss the 2000 presidential election. They role-play Al Gore's and George W. Bush's legal teams, and members of the Florida Supreme Court. They of each legal team present their arguments to the Supreme Court.

Students discuss Picture 7 which is a hairdryer near a basin. They discover that if the hairdryer is plugged in and turned on and falls into the water it will form a circuit and anyone touching the water or hairdryer may be electrocuted....

Second graders discuss experiences of watching a rocket launch either on television or in person before making paper rockets. They make and color rockets which they attempt to launch using a strong breath blown through a straw at the...

First graders identify key elements of folktales and the countries in which they are told. They compare and contrast folktales they have previously heard with the Haitian folktale Horse and Toad. Reading materials and maps are included.

Students videotape information about the biome in which they live without naming it and send this to other students across the nation so they can guess which biome it comes from. Students include local ecosystems, information concerning...

For this holiday worksheet, students, with a partner, examine, discuss and complete a variety of activities involved with celebrating holidays.

In this writing and grammar worksheet, pupils proofread 24 sentences. Students correct wordiness, noun use, subject-verb agreement, tenses and spelling.

High schoolers organize and stage a town meeting. They write a set of discussion guidelines and participate in a political discussion.

Kindergarten students created this children's picture book. If You Take a Dog to the Beach was based on the commercial book series that includes If You Give a Moose a Muffin in which a sequence of events is kicked off by an initial...