Ninth graders investigate the Protestant Reformation. In this global history lesson, 9th graders examine the provided primary sources that enable students to create posters and presentations that reveal how Catholicism, Lutheranism,...

Learners are introduced to the early peoples living in the Jewett Mine area. After viewing transparencies, they view pictures of the mine today and its main area of production. For each picture, they develop symbols and captions about...

Students research and prepare an almanac on the Arctic. They examine the laws that attempt to provide jurisdiction over this area and consider how these laws be affected if geography of the Arctic continues to change due to global warming.

Middle schoolers learn navigational techniques change when people travel to different places. They understand differences between navigation on land, water, air and in space. They explain the concept of dead reckoning as it applies to...

Students recognize how international trade affects them as consumers and become familiar with basic agricultural crops grown in Kentucky. They identify items used in their daily lives and .heir place of origin and examine export/import...

Students weigh the uses of the yum yum tree against the problem of conserving them. In this conservation lesson, groups of students discuss and make suggestion to conserve the yum, yum trees. Students apply knowledge to renewable and...

Using Google Earth, Google Docs, and other Google Tools, collaborative groups of seventh graders research and then create and share online newspapers reporting on the early development, geographical features, political issues, and...

Students sort information pieces by structure and purpose.  In this resource analysis lesson, students view several types of informational materials and work in teams to look for the way that piece is organized.

Students explore Mount St. Helens' quiet eruption of 2004-2005. They examine different types of eruptions and then present creative first-hand accounts of different volcanic eruptions in history.

Students explore issues relating to refugees. Using the internet, they gather facts about refugees. Students discuss the range of situations which turn citizens of one country into refugees of another.

Students participate in various classroom activities designed to teach them about the location and cultures of countries in Southeast Asia.

Students develop hypothesis about what might happen when salt water is frozen. In groups, they freeze ice samples with different salt concentrations. They use the internet to research the situation of the Jeannette to discover their...

Students make connections between new vocabulary words and what they already know by illustrating the words and writing about them.

Students discover how the railroads contributed to the interdependence between farms and towns. Using the railroads, they describe the effect of them on western settlement and the relationship between their location and the availability...

Students explore immigration in the late 1800's. They identify and describe the settlement patterns of European immigrants to the U.S. Students work in groups to research immigration from specified countries.

Students examine the role of climate and landforms in the use of Utah's land. In this geography lesson, students analyze the relationship between geography and agriculture in the state as they examine data regarding wheat production in...

Students investigate the motion of Mars. In this space science lesson, students use transparencies to trace the path of Mars through constellations. Students discuss the characteristics of the planet.

Students create an anemometer, an instrument that measures wind speed.

Second graders discuss the different types of landforms throughout the world. They pick one and research and present it to the class.

Fifth graders investigate and practice the foundational math skill of division. They make cognitive connections to how it is related to multiplication. Independent practice is done using the computer program provided by Houghton Mifflin

Students utilize several different sources to research wolves, after completing the K-W-L process.

Students investigate and determine the origins of the ancient Anasazi who inhabited present-day Utah and the Four-Corners-Region.

Students discuss various versions of the myth of The Queen of Sheba and the basic characteristics of myths. They research how different cultures interpret the story and include it in their religious beliefs. They create projects about...

Eighth graders describe the relocation of Native Americans during the 1830's. The teacher pretends he has been told to move out of his room and the students are to help. They take the longest route and end up in the hall without any...