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Shelter

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study shelter and how plants, animals, and people must have shelter to survive. In this shelter activity, students read paragraphs about various shelters and their necessity with plants, animals, and people.
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Making Paper

For Teachers K
Students create paper by adding a few small scraps of paper into the blender pitcher and adding just enough water to thoroughly soak paper.
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Slide into Achievement

For Teachers K - 5th
Students take close-ups and people pictures, and to use lighting. They evaluate the quality of their slides as they sequenced them for the three shows.
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Daytona 500

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use pedometers to help track distance goals while participating in a team scooter race modeled after the Daytona 500.
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Scootermania

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how to work cooperatively with a partner.
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Sneaker Slap

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students develop agility while moving from the "ready position." students change directions efficiently in a game-like situation.
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Frizbee Pop

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars practice the "pop" action of popping a wet towel to throw a frisbee.
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Vowel Catcher

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners reinforce their knowledge of different vowel sounds while playing a form of tag.
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Line Monsters

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students play a game of tag using lines on the floor.
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Starting Off

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners practice starting and stopping safely at a signal given by the teacher as they practice different locomotor movements.
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The Cay

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read The Cay as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan has many good activities across the curriculum to keep your students actively engaged in the story. They will do math, art, music, science and geography...
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Food Pyramid Lab

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a lab to review the Food Guide Pyramid and prepare a food item using all of the food groups.
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Geology in the News

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students discover the underlying scientific principles in common, daily events.
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Egg Fun

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students complete experiments to find out if all eggs are same size, how they roll, and where is the air inside of the egg.
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Signs of Everyday Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine how Keith Haring used signs in his artwork and explore signs in everyday life. They list the signs they see during the day, and invent a new way to sign their name as a tag or picture-sign.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 3, Lesson 14: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore characteristics of symmetry, write a definition, and locate the line of symmetry on a shape.
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Ugh! We DRINK This Stuff?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explain the processes involved in the cleansing and purifying of surface water. After a lecture/demo, students engage in an experiment that illustrates how water is cleansed before we drink it.
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Your Blooming Pond

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students model a pond system that becomes enriched with nutrients (fertilizer). They manipulate variables, make observations over time, and draw conclusions that may lead to further inquiry. They, in groups, simulate a pond environment.
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Experience the Challenge of Being Pete Gray

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners view films, photographs and engage in an empathy-building exercise to become familiar with Pete Gray, the first one-armed major league player. They read an interview and write an essay about Gray's career.
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Project School

For Teachers K
Students investigate different people, places and items throughout the school. They examine different places and discuss their uses. They collect the data and others can interpret it as they choose.
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Skills You Need to Succeed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify basic skills needed to succeed in the world of work, including communication skills, computation skills, problem solving skills, and interpersonal skills.
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Be Ready, Be Safe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore the Canadian Red Cross emergency preparedness program for youth, ages 12-13.
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Media/Citizenship: Speed 1

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate media images of cars and speed. They examine drivers' atitudes to speed by completing an activity sheet and responding to press reports about speeding drivers.
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Searching the Attic

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate an attic or basement to "discover" family artifacts. They develop a grid map using string, create a naming system for the grid, and analyze items of interest.

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