Let's Look Around! is the theme of a unit that offers a plethora of challenge activities. Enhance your scholars' learning experiences and reinforce concepts with activities such as writing a book about farm animals, an...

Very young learners identify ocean animal pictures by their correct name and create a book of ocean animals. They read books and lean ocean animal vocabulary using the SMART Board. A well-designed activity!

Learners research the people, customs, and traditions of Sri Lanka. They discover the importance of elephants in Sri Lankan history in the areas of warfare, field work, and transportation. They then produce a highly ornate picture of an...

Students investigate how animals move. In this animals lesson, students use pictures of animals and demonstrate how each of them moves from place to place.

In this air pollution worksheet, students list sources of air pollution in their neighborhood and then walk around the neighborhood to take pictures or draw pictures of these sources. Then students complete 5 short answer questions.

Students create a PowerPoint presentation. In this community helpers instructional activity, students discuss community helpers and create a t-chart to list what each community helper does. Students watch a PowerPoint presentation,...

Third graders gain the necessary skills to write a descriptive paragraph. They see the evaluation and decision making process that are used in good wriitng. The bible is used to see illustrations and then used to paint a picture in...

Learners understand how their food moves through the digestive system. In this digestion lesson, students measure the length of the digestive system from a projection of it. Learners draw their own pictures of the digestive system.

Students explore slope.  In this middle school mathematics instructional activity, students analyze and interpret graphs as they investigate slope as a rate of change.  Students use a motion detector to collect data as they...

For this at the zoo worksheet, students watch a YouTube video that uses sign language to express a song about animals at the zoo. They use drop down menus to fill in the blanks to the lyrics of the song. They mark the proper picture of 8...

In this fossil worksheet, students are given a bag of fossils to identify. They use a key and a worksheet with pictures of the various types of fossils. They answer questions about fossils and use a web site to find out if their state...

In this plant biology worksheet, learners take a walk in the woods to write down signs of plant diseases. Students draw pictures of sick plants they observed and identify the number of different symptoms found. This is a three question,...

Students explore how seeds travel. In this seed disbursement lesson plan, students head outside in their bare socks. Students walk around then before going inside they take the socks off and examine what their socks picked up. As a class...

Learners have cinnamon sprinkled onto their hands and walk around the room touching objects within their reach. Students observe all of the objects containing cinnamon fingerprints to visualize where and how germs are spread.

Students are asked to describe to a partner how he or she walks to school or the bus stop. They are shown on the overhead an one-inch grid paper, and at the intersection of two lines on the grid paper, students are shown a house and...

Third graders examine and identify the effects smoking has on the lungs. They view and discuss pictures of a smoker's lung and a healthy lung, and read and discuss an informational handout. Students then participate in an aerobic...

Students explore the Forest and the vocabulary associated with it. In this Forest lesson, students take the roles of photographer and reporter to examine an area of land for evidence of past life. Students take a close-up and complete...

Fourth graders listen to The Bear's Toothache and illustrate the story in their minds.  In this visualization instructional activity, 4th graders draw pictures of what they hear in a read aloud.  Students discuss their...

Students identify, interpret and demonstrate a positive learning attitude. They identify, comprehend and use basic concepts and skills and then, communicate clearly in oral, artistic, written, and nonverbal form. Students also identify...

First graders investigate picture graphs. In this graphing lesson, 1st graders create a picture graph with the x-axis being number and the y-axis being color. Students sort their gummy bears by color and use pictures of colored bears...

In this money learning exercise, students look at 5 pictures and name each one, walk around the room find somebody that fits 6 scenarios and match 10 verbs in bold print with their appropriate phrases in grey.

Students participate in various fall activities. In this fall lesson plan, students take a trip to a farmers market and purchase the ingredients needed for vegetable soup. Students paint fall scenes and create a fall story. Students...

A comb, wattle, and beak are three characteristics that describe a chicken. Your class can explore the life of a chicken through reading, art, movement, and music. Using a plastic cup and string, they'll create a pretend chicken that...

Students research Martin Luther King Jr. In this African-American history instructional activity, students read the book A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. and discuss how he was a philanthropist. Students use kind words towards...