Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Go Fly a Kite

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students complete activities to learn about wind. In this wind lesson, students study wind in an open field and use a kite to complete their observations. Students make a series of drawings to show how they flew their kites and explain...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing a Fictional Narrative

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write a fictional narrative using the computer. They can use files to help them focus on including a beginning, middle and end, characters, setting and plot or planning a story by answering questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fitness Race Track

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a series of exercises and run laps. They estimate what their heart rate be at the end of the session and then check their estimates.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Primary Producers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the role of carbon in the oceans and how phytoplankton determine the levels present. In groups, they practice measuring primary productivity using two methods. They use the internet to research the role of phytoplankton...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time-Out

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students watch the Time-Out Shrot, "Martin's Dad's Story" They work in groups to plan a Jerry Springer type of talk show. Students prepare a summary that can be read at the end of their "show" including a summary of what ha happened, the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Class Celebration of Primary Sources (Lesson 6)

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a celebration to end their examination on primary sources. In teams, they guide special guests around their classroom to show what they have done with primary sources. They share their peronal primary...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Are School Trips Too Risky?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students analyze and chart what risks are involved on school field trips. Students devise a study trip to take and dissect at the end of their findings. Students scale the conditions of what a risk is and we can manage them in the future.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Block & Tackle

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners participate in a lab experiment in which they discover the need for so many blocks and tackles on sailing ships. In groups, they make and test their predictions and practice measuring objects in various units. They record and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Family Bowling Night

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students and their families visit a pretend bowling alley created in an activity room at school. They help their family members to bowl, set up pins and have fun without keeping score to engage the students and culminate the end of the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aaaa! Don't Scare Me Like That!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice saying each letter of the alphabet to determine the different sounds from each letter. As a class, they are given a tongue twister to practice making the "a" sound and spelling the words. To end the lesson, they...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pioneering Spirits: A Personalized History of Our Jewish Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students travel in groups to various stations to discover the history of the Jewish community. At each station, they read primary source documents about the history of their community and research their own family history. They mix...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hide & Seek Butterflies

For Teachers K
Students examine a variety of butterflies and discuss how they believe they get their color variations. In groups, they brainstorm the advantages and disadvantages of their color schemes. To end the lesson, they watch butterflies in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Client Profiles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students in an interior design class read over pretend client profiles. In groups, they use the profiles to design a floor plan for their new house. To end the lesson, they present the floor plan to the class and ask for feedback on...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

School Identity

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss what symbols make a group. As a class, they create a list of the advantages and disadvantages of a school uniform and how it reflects the culture of the school. They complete worksheets and discuss their own...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Belonging and Identity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in a class in which they eat in different social groups. As a class, they discuss the importance of eating a healthy diet and how some foods are harmful to some but not to others. They use the internet to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aquatic Exercise - Object Retrieval

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to a variety of exercises to do in the water. In groups, they swim in the deep part of the pool to retrieve objects at the bottom. To end the lesson, they practice techniques to help them breathe and grab the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Care For Your Classroom Computer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the proper way to care for their computers at school. As a class, they use the Internet to view a website on how to care for pets and relate it to their classroom computer. To end the lesson, they are given different...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Circus Addition

For Students K - 3rd
In this circus addition activity, students cut out the six numbers at the bottom of the page. They then insert these squares in the open squares above to correctly answer the addition problems. There are 6 problems to solve.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Remember Me Bag and Other Gift Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Pupils make end of the year gift bags in the forms of a bag with different materials in it. In this crafts lesson, students put stationary, lollipops, stamps, bookmarks, pencils, and other materials into the bags.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ordering Geologic Events Using Cross-Sections

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners analyze cross-sections of geologic events. In this geology lesson, students identify the type of environment where the cross-section come from. They take a quiz at the end of the lesson.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Behavior - Why Do Dogs Drool?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders give examples of learned behaviors. In this life science lesson, 7th graders simulate a behavior conditioning experiment. They complete an assessment at the end of the lesson.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ethics: Cheating and Plagiarism

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the reasons why students cheat and plagiarize material. They discuss what could have been done to avoid cheating and copying material. They answer questions to end the lesson.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nike Transitions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars discuss the use of transitions in film and video using prior knowledge, a Nike film, and a teacher-created iMovie as examples. The lesson ends with the creation of student iMovies using transitions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Should We Allow New Mining in the Upper Peninsula?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compose an essay taking a position on whether or not a proposed mine near Marquette, MI should be opened. Students defend their position addressing relevant issues through factual supporting details. Their essay includes an...

Other popular searches