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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Orienteering

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study navigation skills when a compass is unavailable. They are timed as they move quickly through a predetermined arrangement of numbered traffic cones . They straddle over the cone and read the bearing found on the record...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Library Media Center Orientation

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders demonstrate the ability to follow the library media center floor plan and use directional symbols and guides. They also use after-reading strategies to increase understanding and learning from content area texts.
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Handout
Charleston School District

Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal

For Students 8th Standards
Pupils study angle measurements between different types of angles associated with parallel lines and transversals. The independent practice asks pupils to identify the types of angles in a diagram and to determine the measure of angles. 
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PPT
Curated OER

Anatomical Position & Directional Terms

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Simple lists of anatomical terms fill the slides in this collection. It begins by explaining the general anatomic position and then goes into directional, body plane, and body cavity terms. The separate regions are categorized as head,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Matching Directions

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
These shapes are pointing all over the place. Learners examine rows of crazy shapes to find the one pointing in the same direction as the first in the row. Keep in mind, these aren't the shapes your mathematicians are used to. Because...
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Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

High Stepping

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners who are blind or have visual impairments learn to take high steps in order to improve their balance and mobility. They start by marching in place, and then march around the room. Finally, they attempt to step over a towel as...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 8th Standards
What does similarity have to do with the Pythagorean Theorem? The activity steps through the proof of the Pythagorean Theorem by using similar triangles. Next, the teacher leads a discussion of the proof and follows it by an animated...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Terrabagga Activity using a Magnetometer

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use a magnetometer to determine the orientation of a magnetic field. In this magnetism lesson, students build a simulated planet and use a simple magnetometer to determine the orientation of their planet's magnetic field.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

GPS Treasure Hunt for Knowledge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine themselves as being part of a global community. For this global community lesson, students investigate GPS systems. Middle schoolers gain knowledge on how the device works. Students discover that satellites...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Media Center Orientation

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the media center. They locate, retrieve, and handle media and equipment. Students use a variety of sources to locate materials in the media center. They explore where and how to find materials in the media center.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the music of Woody Guthrie and how the political and economic climate influenced his work. They read and discuss online articles, define key vocabulary words, take a Political Orientation Survey, and write a position...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Art Box

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a 3-D Art Box in this design-oriented art project for the 6th grade. Rubric is included for grading purposes. The elements of design are covered and applied (includes line, form, texture, shape, value, color, and...
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Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Confectionery Delight

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers explore the problem of maximizing the volume of a box by making a physical model and observing how changes in the orientation of the paper changes the volume. They use the symbolic capacity of their calculators and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Make a Pinhole Viewer

For Students 9th - 11th
In this light worksheet, students construct a pinhole viewer using a paper box, wax paper, tape and a pushpin. They answer six questions about their observations, the orientation of the images they saw, and the results of their experiment.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning a New Environment

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review a school map with color-coded markers and use it to locate classrooms, bathrooms, library, principal's office, etc. They color a school map, cut it into puzzle pieces and then reassemble the pieces.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tropical Ecosystems

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use a Palm eBook Studio text to read about tropical ecosystems. They use a study guide to orient their reading, use software to create a map of a tropical ecosystem and take a quiz.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition Practice: Valentine's Day

For Students 1st - 2nd
No regrouping is required to complete the 16 double-digit addition problems on this page. Equations are vertically-oriented. Cute Valentine's Day theme. 
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eBook
Core Knowledge Foundation

Volume 2 - A History of the United States: Modern Times—Late 1800s to the 2000s

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
The second volume of the Core Knowledge History of the United States ebook begins by asking young scholars to consider the impact immigration, industrialization, and urbanization had on the United States in the late 1800s. The text ends...
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eBook
Core Knowledge Foundation

Volume 1 - A History of the United States: Precolonial to the 1800s

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Volume One of the 299-page Core Knowledge History of the United States covers events from the Precolonial Period to the 1800s.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Orienteering II

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students name the parts of a compass and comprehend the function of each part. They define paces and tallies and use them in a real world situation. Students are shown the proper use of radio terminology. They use a map and compass to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Orienteering

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students proceed through a simple course following a map but not using a compass. They must find 18 controls working in pairs that leave at 2 minute intervals. Students must record letter and after finding all 18 controls they will...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Orienteering I

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to compass work. They name the parts of a compass. Students describe how the parts of a compass are used. They are shown the proper way to hold a compass. Students are shown that-a-way arrow and its purpose.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Orientation of the Earth in Space

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students hypothesize the location of the sun in the sky at diferent times of day and at different latitudes. They perform several experiments to provide evidence for their hypothesis. Experiments including observing the sun's position at...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Arianna Travels the Orient Express

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss how they eat when they travel. They resequence a letter that has been separated into pieces. They read the letter aloud, discuss the foods eaten by the writer and analyze whether she ate the right amount of food...

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