Students investigate the water wars taking place in East Africa. In this global issues lesson, students watch video clips and read selected articles about the water shortages in East Africa. Students estimate their own average daily...

High schoolers discover the technological and scientific requirements for making the atomic bomb, the immediate effects of an atomic bomb, and the social and political changes that have resulted from the Manhattan Project.

Students study what passive solar design is for buildings and structures.  In this solar design lesson students identify passive solar design techniques.

First graders, in groups, explore patience through use of the book The Carrot Seed.

Students examine how people, products, and ideas travel. They create an outline using the proper format after completing a class brainstorming session about means of transportation.

Students compare and contrast works of art. In this art analysis activity, students complete art analysis discussion activities and then journal activities.

Students explore cycles in nature. In this cross curriculum agriculture lesson, students define "cycle" and research weather and planting folklore. Students make a bracelet in which individual colored beads represent the many "cycles" of...

Students understand the sea ice cycle and can explain its stages. In this Sea Ice lesson, students play a game to identify types of sea ice. Students answer critical thinking questions about sea ice. Students complete a sea ice worksheet.

Fourth graders discuss the roles and responsibilities of family members in their homes today. They decide what they do to help their families both inside and outside the home. They realize why it is important for each person to...

Students examine food allergies as a children's health problem. In this food allergies lesson set, students participate in a discussion about common food allergies. They research how the immune system misfires in allergies, and...

Students explore Nobel Prize winning economist Thomas C. Schelling's strategic egonomics theory as it applies to making new year's resolutions. They make their own resolutions and develop plans to keep them using Schelling's strategies.

Students research the Industrial Revolution. In this Industrial Revolution lesson plan, students research on the Internet, with books, magazines, fill out worksheets, and more to learn about inventions that were made out of necessity or...

In this teaching American history worksheet, students examine a primary source document regarding post-World War II suburbanization. Students discuss their impressions of the document.

Learners compare two nineteenth century family portraits using historical data, statistics, and historical context. Students analyze their own family pictures adjusting the criteria to the current decade. Lastly learners study the...

Learners discuss common attitudes about aging that are found in popular songs and how music is a means to explore attitudes about aging in this one-day instructional activity ideal for a middle-level general music classroom. The...

Students examine a Baga Drum in order to explore the history of the Baga people of West Africa. In this art history lesson, students recognize figures used in Baga Drum design that represent aspects of Baga culture. They also design and...

Students discuss online e-mail safety and etiquette rules and how they should apply the same rules in cyberspace as they use when encountering strangers in the face-to-face world. They participate in mock situations and tell what the...

Students explore the inventions and innovations of skyscraper engineering as a part of architecture analysis. In this architecture analysis lesson, students research the inventions, innovations, architects, and engineers of skyscrapers....

Students complete a family tree.  In this farming and ranching lesson, students define the term genealogy, learn how to create a family tree, and fill in a family tree with the help of their parents making sure to note if any of...

Students participate in activities that familiarize them with what Earth Day is, why it is important, and why it is a celebration.

Third graders identify ways that ocean animals grow, survive, reproduce, and adapt. They use computer Internet skills to acces and collect information. They create a PowerPoint presentation. They demonstrate writing skills throughthe...

Learners explore how an egg becomes fertilized. For this biology lesson, students "candle" a variety of eggs in order to determine which ones have been fertilized and which ones haven't. Student use paper plates to create a graphic on...

In this economics instructional activity, 3rd graders answer questions about crops, natural resources, prices of items, and more. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.