Students examine their own intelligence to find areas of strength after studying the multiple intelligences.  In this diverse learning styles lesson, students analyze how the school environment fosters or fails students of diverse...

Students participate in a field trip to a nursing home. In this character education lesson, students visit a local nursing home and bring the residents cards or crafts that they made.

First graders study addition and subtraction. In this mathematics and physical education lesson, 1st graders pop balloons and solve math sentences involving addition and subtraction inside each balloon.

Students take a closer look at archetypes. In this characterization lesson, students examine the setting and the characters of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as they read and analyze the novel. Students consider how Twain mythically...

Students experiment with photovoltaic cells and determine the energy use of their appliances. In this renewable energy lesson, students calculate the energy emitted by a photovoltaic cell through an inquiry-based lab. They keep track of...

Students perform an experiment which simulates what happens inside an internal combustion engine. They explain how the chemical reaction they witnessed is similar to what happens inside the car engine.

Eighth graders participate in a computer based Family Search Unit. They use multimedia resources to research their country of origin, conduct interviews, and use software to produce narratives, databases, spreadsheets and graphs in this...

Students read "Fish Tale: Falling For a Live One" from The New York Times and discuss the methods and techniques the writer uses to create a strong mental image. Students pick a place in their community they wish to write about and...

Third graders discuss how Aristotle concluded that the Earth was round. As a class, they review theories about the Earth's shape and describe how life on Earth would be different if it were flat. Individually, they make a moon book in...

Students investigate the density of touch receptors in various parts of the body. They discover how the body senses various stimuli, then maps a picture of the "homunculus" of the experimental subject.

Fifth graders read in any textbook, about the French, Spanish and Dutch explorations. They choose any 5 questions from the back of the chapter to answer. Students listen to the tape and follow along in "America will Be." They watch a...

Students read first hand accounts of earthquake survivors in order to begin the describe the different types of earthquake waves and the order in which they arrive. They engage in using earthquake waves as a means to indirectly study the...

Students study even and uneven rhythms in music. They demonstrate slow and fast movements using various body parts and echo clap with their hands. Listening to uneven rhythms of the drum, they skip, jump and hop and simulate toys in a...

Pupils practice rolling a ball to a target and learn various bowling terms and rules.

Tenth graders listen to a presenters introduction and write questions they hope to have answered during the presentation. They listen to a presentation and record notes. They participate in small group discussion and complete...

Students, when the drums are playing, imitate a drummer. When the music changes (drums stop), students imitate a surfer, bending at the knees and moving up and down.

Students practice addition and subtraction skills while practicing jumping rope. They must jump rope using a variety of basic rope jumping skills and add and subtract in their heads.

Young scholars practice the strategies of putting one's back or side between the ball and the defense, as well as switching the ball to the hand away from the defense when moving with the basketball.

Students follow a series of instructions so that they can successfully perform a two handed overhead pass in volleyball.

Students listen to the book "The Bookshop Dog" and discuss what happens when there is a change in their lives. They create a class T-chart about changes and feelings, develop a graph related to the story, and define key story vocabulary...

Students work on their estimation skills while enhancing their balancing skills. They walk on a rope on the classroom floor while measuring their balance skills.

Students practice creative and safe play using P.E. equipment by themselves and with a partner.

Students practice dribbling as the class spells words from a chart or board.