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Veterans Day Remembered

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate Veteran's Day. In this holiday lesson, 6th graders conduct interviews with veterans and create an oral presentation to share the results of their interview.
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Seed to Plant

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students understand the stages of a plants life. In this stages of plant development lesson, students read about bean plants and grow their own. Students record growth and photograph changes in their plants. Students label the parts of a...
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Report to Congress on Our Expedition

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research in small groups to locate information on the outcomes and observations made during the Lewis and Clark expedition. In this westerns expansion activity, students role play their findings as though they were reporting to...
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Learning About Animal Shelters for Earth Day

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore habitats. in this ecology and animal habitat lesson, students listen to the book A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman. Students discuss the basic needs of animals and go on a nature walk to observe animal...
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A Day in the Life

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students inquire about the politics and culture of Ancient Rome. In this Ancient Rome project/unit, students research life during ancient Roman times and create a newspaper with articles on politics, sports, culture, and economics.
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CSI Podcasts

For Teachers Pre-K - 9th
Students investigate crime scene scenarios to meet standards. In this crime scene scenario lesson, students gather background information during the first week. They investigate topics such as mammals, genetics, bacteria, or fungi. They...
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Community Helpers in our School and Town

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners create a PowerPoint presentation. In this community helpers lesson, students discuss community helpers and create a t-chart to list what each community helper does. Learners watch a PowerPoint presentation, walk through the...
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Energy Agents in Action

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students share information about energy use and conservation. In this energy use instructional activity, students work as a production team to make an instructional video about basic energy information. They develop a short survey about...
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All About Me!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students write about themselves. In this descriptive writing lesson, students view a PowerPoint for examples of descriptive writing and then write sentences describing themselves. Students use a computer program to type their sentences...
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What's the Matter?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore matter.  In this matter and technology lesson, students locate examples of solids, liquids, and gases inside and outside the classroom, and record their findings in a graphic organizer.  Students listen to the...
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Water Cycle Voice Thread

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners understand the water cycle through a role playing activity. In this water cycle lesson plan, students become familiar with the water cycle through a play about the water cycle. Learners illustrate their parts and create a...
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Wanted- Dead or Alive

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify the characteristics of trickster tales. In this literary genres lesson, students read trickster tales from Africa and create a clay model of a trickster character. Students design a "wanted" poster with a...
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Human Geometry Book

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate geometric shapes. In this geometry lesson, students read the book The Greedy Triangle and define the shapes mentioned in the book. Students make the shapes by using their bodies.
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Book Talks- Reading Rainbow Style!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recommend a book. For this book talk lesson, students watch Reading Rainbow book talks, choose a book to recommend to others and write a brief summary and recommendation. Students video tape their introduction and take pictures...
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Animation Station

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine clay animation. In this technology lesson, students use the Internet to investigate the history of clay animation. Students use story boards and clay figures to create their own "animation."
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American History Digital Movie

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a video. In this historical presentation, 5th graders watch a video clip of a dramatization of a historical event in American History. Students discuss how this video was put together. Students divide into small...
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Biography Report- Learning Microsoft Word

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn how to use Microsoft Word. In this biography lesson, students participate in mini-lessons on key features of Microsoft Word and then use it to write a multi-part biography report.
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The Power of Images

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore emotions represented in artwork.  In this cross curriculum social studies and art lesson, students explain examples of political and social issues expressed in artwork by Dorthea Lang, Diego Rivera, Dan Eldon, as...
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High School Students meet Veterans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers meet Veterans. In this veteran lesson plan, students interview groups of Veterans from WWII, The Vietnam War, the Gulf War, The Korean War, and our current war.  High schoolers collect audio and visual media to create...
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Digital Mitosis and Claymation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Take mitosis and meiosis out of the biology textbook and onto the screen! An innovative class project prompts young biologists to create an animation movie using clay, showing the phases involved in mitosis or meiosis by...
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Cultures and Cuisines WebQuest

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create and present a powerpoint presentation.  In this cultures and cuisines research lesson, students select a country, interview someone from that country and visit a restaurant from that country.  Students complete...
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GPS Ecosystem (Ecotone) Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers describe the characteristics of an ecotone. In this ecotone lesson plan, students pick out their area and describe the visual appearance, conditions, ecosystem, biodiversity, predators, prey, and trees in their ecotone....
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"You may now enter the Holodeck."

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars study and make a hologram. In this holography mini-unit, students study the science behind holography and in the culminating activity they create their own holograph. This mini-unit includes six lessons and a culminating...
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How Do Plants Grow?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate plant growth. In this plant growth lesson, students investigate what would happen to plants if they did not have water and sunlight. Young scholars conduct experiments to determine what plants need. Students...

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