Students read and discuss Native American legends. They examine how the Native American name came about.

Students discuss the importance of getting a good night's sleep. They make connections between sleep, energy, and having a good day at school. They make a sleepiness chart which shows how they feel each day for a week.

Learners discuss the qualities that make an interview successful. Students role play appropriate and inappropriate behavior during an interview. This lesson is intended for learners acquiring English.

Students explore number sense applications and discuss strategies for multiplication and division using mental math. For cross-curricular purposes, they explore causes and effects of inequality and social injustice. Students explore...

Learners explore the Earth. In this space lesson, students view the " Earth and Moon Viewer" web site and complete a related worksheet.

Students build a wall of kindness. In this character education activity, students design a character trait bulletin board that features noteworthy student acts of kindness.

Learners practice hand-eye coordination skills by identifying proper throwing technique, and by passing, throwing, and bouncing ball to partner from distance of six feet, both while stationary and in motion.

Students determine how to find North using a watch and their shadow. In this finding North lesson, students go outside on a sunny day and work with their shadow and a wrist watch to find out which direction that North is. They examine...

Students explore the concept of acceleration. They determine the acceleration rate of a roller-blader and graph the results.

Students read and discuss an article about body image, particularly about women's responses to unrealistic body images. They complete vocabulary exercises and identify the use of noun phrases in the article.

Sixth graders use a number line to solve addition and subtraction problems. In groups, they play a game of "Human Number Line Relay." They use a deck of cards to randomly create addition and subtraction equations and physically walk a...

Students participate in a instructional activity that focuses on the concepts of combining monomials to make polynomial expressions. They use algebra tiles to complete the exercises in the instructional activity. This is hands-on...

Students discuss what makes good service and poor servies. They brainstorm ways to file a complaint when they receive poor service. Students work in pairs to practice making a consumer complaint verbally and in writing. This lesson is...

Students continue to develop criteria for evaluating candidates, consider personal qualities needed in the presidency, and compare candidate's qualifications for office. They write in their journals: "What issues get the most air time or...

In this macroeconomics worksheet, students respond to 41 short answer and fill in the blank questions regarding economic concepts related to market failure.

Eighth graders explore the coordinate system. They identify the x and y-axis, parts of the coordinate plane, and discuss the process of plotting points. To emphasize the process of plotting points, 8th graders play an ordered pair...