Students and teachers share their individual concept of families to begin the lesson. As they read different pieces of literature, they keep a journal of the activities and problems each main character gets into. To end the lesson,...

Students study evolutionary thought. They examine how characteristics are inherited and that they are a source of variation. They illustrate the perpetuation, elimination, and variation made among members of a species. They determine...

Students make a list of how the government impacts their lives and discuss it with their parents. In this government lesson plan, students also write a paragraph about what they discussed.

Pupils take home a fat diary and, with the help of their parents, keep track of how much fat they ingest every day. The fat diary should include entries for each day, as well as items eaten, servings, and total fat intake.

Fifth graders, working in pairs, create 30-second commercials for fish food products. They create slogans and incorporate props, music, costumes, or illustrations in their spots. The commercials are videotaped and parents are invited...

Study, manipulate, and research genetic traits. Discuss how genetic traits are passed from one generation to another. Classmates explore how they look like their parents and debate whether or not they can do anything about it? They...

Students participate in a folk dance presentation. In this multi-cultural lesson plan, students and their families work together to learn and perform folk dances at a school sponsored festival. The teacher acts as facilitator, working...

Learners determine the benefits of a school Web site for parents, teachers and student. They analyze the role of school Web sites in building community, and outline and design sections for their own school's Web site.

Sixth graders do the work of historians. For this world history lesson, 6th graders examine the artifacts and handouts in mystery boxes that their teachers prepare. Students collaborate to solve the mystery of their assigned boxes as...

Students examine the factors leading to divorce and its ramifications on family members. Among the reasons considered are finances, selfishness, and communication difficulties. The lesson pays particular attention to effects on...

Students draw pictures of themselves. They mail the picture of themself to the teacher prior to the start of the school year.

Learners and parents are introduced to the current practices in physical education. In groups, they examine activities for different aged children when it comes to physical activity. To end the lesson, they watch a video describing the...

Fourth graders investigate eponyms in the English language. In this eponym lesson, 4th graders participate in a teacher led lesson on the definition of an eponym. They complete a worksheet in which they determine which eponym became part...

Learners investigate the concept of observable behavior. They watch someone for three to five minutes and record everything that is seen. Students must be as objective as possible, avoid any value judgments about physical appearance or...

Sixth graders investigate how asexual reproduction produces single-parent offspring. They use plants and yeast to demonstrate vegetative propagation and budding in a laboratory. Students draw five different types of asexual reproduction.

Students explore the differences between going through adolescence in New York City in 1980 and today by reading and discussing the article, "When He Was Seventeen." They write a script for a podcast about the teen/parent relationship...

Ninth graders explore the arguments surrounding evolution versus intelligent design have affected relationships among people of different religious backgrounds.  In this ethics lesson, 9th graders determine whether relationships...

Students explore aspects of life in the 1800's. In this lesson on historical life, students move through various outdoor stations and meet with costumed re-enactors (parent volunteers) who lead students in 8 different activities geared...

High schoolers develop a budget for either a single parent, or a household with two adults and a child. They develop a list of expenses, and create a PowerPoint presentation.

Sixth graders investigate how traits are passed from parents to their offspring. They list things they have in common with family members, read key vocabulary terms, create a poster of shared physical and personality traits, and watch...

In this ESL research learning exercise, middle schoolers use the Internet to answer questions pertaining to the legal ages  in the UK for different activities such as joining the army or having a full-time job.

Students explore how genetic information is passed down from parent to offspring. Because of this, they examine how this causes the variation in each species.

Students trace their family history back to their great-grandparents and examine where their family is from and what types of jobs their ancestors had. They also define different terms used to describe family relations such as...

In this original music composition activity, students compose a piano accompaniment for their own original ballads as they follow the 7 steps on this activity,