Students follow directions in the ABC of Symmetry to make a butterfly which shows a line of symmetry.

Fourth graders create an individualized wellness plan that addresses these controllable health risk factors:obesity, high cholesterol level, high blood pressure and inactivity.

Students analyze the writing process through the ten lessons of this unit. The expository lessons address topic and detail sentences, paragraph organization and development, note taking, reports and letter writing.

Young scholars examine demographic factors that contribute to voter turnout. They analyze graphs, complete handouts, and create a public service announcement on voter participation to present to the class.

Students investigate the Navajo Code Talkers and their role in World War II. They complete a Webquest, explore various websites, encode a short message, analyze maps, answer discussion questions, and read newspaper articles about secure...

Learners create table to display GED Testing data located in paragraph provided by teacher, use information in table to create appropriate graph, and determine percentage difference between passing scores and failing scores.

Students create artistic renditions of two random adjectives and one noun in this game-like Art lesson for the elementary and middle school classroom. The cross-curricular lesson includes a vocabulary list and a short resource list.

Students explore the leadership of Eleanor Roosevelt through the use of historical documents. They examine the complexity of the creation of international documents. Students explore the Human Rights Declaration.

Seventh graders tour the Texas State Capitol and discover two historic paintings in the Capitol building. They discover how these paintings depict crucial events of the Texas Revolution. In groups, they review notebooks of the artist...

Young scholars explore the concept of adding integers.  In this adding integers instructional activity, students simulate the battle of the 300 spartans at Thermopylae.  Young scholars use colored game pieces to represent...

Learners use a science journal to log plants that are native to Alabama. In this plant lesson plan, students identify characteristics, describe environments, and classify the plants that they find.

An example of a project-based learning assignment where students examine their own identities based on their family history and environment then move forward to write a nonfiction narrative which will be showcased.

When fourth graders are required to learn their state history, this California teacher takes it across the curriculum implementing a project-based learning unit highlighting the Spanish Mission Era of California in the 18th and 19th...

Students can explore Peruvian culture through project-based learning. In the role of present-day reporters, students will research the lives of the Inca in the 15th and 16th centuries. Includes suggestions for actively engaging students,...

Students and teachers participate in a yearly history-themed competition and celebration of historical topics. Young learners conduct primary and secondary research by studying archives, museums, oral history interviews, and historical...

Inquiry research is self-directed and project-based on the grade-level curriculum. Young scholars begin an area of inquiry research becoming a critical historian. Focusing on research writing involves reading and a digital search on...

Architectural styles of the times reflected the economic status and taste of the individuals who owned the houses. As this turn of the century proceeded from 1780 to 1820, many changes occurred in communication, transportation,...

Many students view Mounties as simply policemen on horses. But it is important to understand the Mountie not only as a Canadian symbol, but also for the role they took in shaping the development of Western Canada. This site has many...

This lesson is designed to help students of all backgrounds learn to work together in groups to complete a research paper assignment. This is a collaborative based lesson plan that challenges students to work together to complete the...

Students design a health and human body exhibit for a local museum by researching topics such as infectious diseases across history, anatomy, physiology, health, and nutrition. Students visited four museums across the country to...

Come and learn more about how to incorporate embryology into your classroom. This site features tons of information about the embryology of chickens.

Explore the evolution of the Midwest region of the United States. Learners and teachers will gain a different perspective about the Midwest when they check out this site.

This lesson will be an interdisciplinary lesson that involves both English Language Arts and Social Studies (History). The lesson will be primarily technology-based and also project-based that will have the young scholars performing...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An article outlining a PBL unit taught in an eighth grade history class. The educator discusses how the unit was developed by accident and how he drew on the students interest to make it successful!