Eighth graders plot points of longitude and latitude on a world map. In groups, they create a model of the earth's interior and label the parts,

Students research the historical and present movements of bananas. Using maps, they locate the countries in which the fruit is grown and identify common characteristics between the banana-growing countries. They also trace the movement...

Students communicate non-verbally while playing a game. They get other students in the room to sign a form, without speaking. They continue to collect signatures, until one of them who has been chosen to control the game winks at them....

Learners, working independently and in groups, apply the distance formula to practical situations. After solving various problems, students in pairs design coordinate planes from the school blue print to measure the distance from the...

First graders listen to the book Happy Birthday Martin Luther King and sing a song about him. In this reading lesson, 1st graders develop listening skills as they listen to the book. They also discuss their feelings about the laws that...

Students research and build model penguins. In this penguin lesson, students examine the anatomy of penguins by creating models and completing coloring pages.

Students work cooperatively to create a spring-time bulletin board for classroom use in this excellent Art-based instructional activity. The instructional activity includes ideas and tips on how to create a successful board that looks...

In this Origami crane worksheet, learners create a crane to recognize Buddha Day. The visual art helps students illustrate their knowledge of the Buddhist religion.

Students investigate the concept of basic needs. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students define the term "philanthropy" and brainstorm ways to help others who don't get their basic needs met. Students analyze and sort acts...

Fifth graders, after seeing Honeycomb examples, complete a Classifying Angles worksheet, Clock worksheet, and Defining Angles worksheet.

Young scholars practice statistics skills by calculating range, mode, and median. In this 4th - 6th grade lesson plan, students calculate range, median, and mode of given numbers while playing a game.

Students identify resources that all humans need and compare needs and wants. In this needs and wants lesson plan, students discuss with their teacher situations in which people need or want items and how some people don't have the...

Those extra large markers or "bingo dabbers" are so much fun to play with! Let learners use them to dab groups of five and practice skip counting by 5s to 100 or to 200. 

Students draw a quick plan of an ocean floor as seen from the side; including the edge of a continent, a continental shelf, a continental slope, a basin, a trench, and a range. They require their definitions to do this.

Fifth graders gain an appreciation for mandalas in many cultures. Compare and contrast designs from many cultures. They see geometric design in mandalas and become aware of symmetrical balance and radial balance. They create a mandala...

Students collect and analyze data, then draw conclusions from the data and apply basic concepts of probability.

Students create their own fabric designs on the computer.

Students experience sewing by hand. They discover and demonstrate the techniques necessary to make the Crown of Cherries block, a pattern transfer, applique placement and needleturn applique and perfect circles. They also observe some...

First graders participate in a variety of math activities that emphasize the concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to. They order numbers on the number line, compare numbers, create letters using numbers on a 1-100 number chart,...

Students practice a variety of techniques and strategies to assess the differences between the lowercase letters b and d. They listen to and identify the letters b and d in the book, "Bud the Sub," and then play a game to master this skill.

In this science worksheet, high schoolers engage in the process of using a sundial to tell the time in various places. The sundial is meant to be cut out.

In this math worksheet, students complete activities based on number cards that range from one to ten. Each card also illustrates its number by displaying the correct number of snowflakes.

Students learn the mechanics of vision. In this biology lesson plan, students discover the relationship of light to vision, how light moves, how that affects what we see, and some structural aspects of the eye.

Students explore earthquakes. In this earthquake lesson, students research earthquakes and identify where they take place. Students use map skills to track down earthquake locations. There are internet sites suggested in this lesson.