Fifth graders explore the concept of work. Rewards for working are considered and related to personal recognition and satisfaction.

Students explore the characteristics of the area around the battlefield and the groups who participated on both sides of the battle. The relative importance of manpower, motivation, and leadership in the outcome of a military conflict is...

Students develop definition for parabola, explain relationship between properties of the graph of a parabola and its equation, explain how the equation of a parabola can be written in different forms, and solve problems that relate the...

Learners develop a definition of parabola and explain the relationship between the properties of the graph of a parabola and its equation. They explain how the equation of a parabola can be written in different forms and solve problems...

First graders examine the life and goals of Martin Luther King Jr. They listen to a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. from the "Let's Read Biography" book series and discuss discrimination and Dr. King's goals. Students complete a...

Students read excerpts from the historian Conover Hunt writing about John F. Kennedy and from primary source documents using the handout: Historical Sources and Historians. Students discuss and identify source types, evaluate sources,...

Students consider the role of a critic by creating top ten lists for arts-related topics and participate in a simulated blog activity. They write newpaper articles to accompany their top ten lists and submit them for publication.

Students design an experiment to see how wind, temperature, and salinity work together to influence ocean currents and present it in a report format. They explain to their classmates how experiment findings relate to ocean currents.

Second graders respond to language, meanings and ideas in different explanatory texts relating them to personal experiences. They listen to and interact with others. Ask questions and talk about personal experiences in a group.

Eighth graders work in teams to investigate the authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency & coverage of web sites related to tobacco use. They have previously been taught the concepts of authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency...

Students collect and organize data relating to migratory species and habitats; undertake a habitat action plan, then maintain planting and building projects for continuing benefit to wildlife; understand the unique needs of migratory...

Students explore the physical process of melting. They observe melting ice and answer questions related to energy transfer during phase changes.

Students participate in a live simulation of traveling through space as part of a large science unit. They are encouraged to go into the community and ask for participation from parents and relatives. Students reflect upon their own...

Young scholars relate the trigonometric functions to the coordinates of the unit circle. They classify trigonometric functions as odd or even. Students determine the signs of trigonometric functions in each quadrant. They are...

For this foreign language worksheet, learners use words related to working, or their career, to fill in the blanks on ten sentences. Each sentence has three options for students to select from.

In this literacy worksheet, students practice looking for the words that are related to the idea that is focused upon in the sheet. The skill of spelling is used and vocabulary increases.

Students explore communication and confidence issues. In this communication and confidence lesson, students discuss fear, stage fright, phobia's in relation to the planks of confidence. Students view a related film. Students explore...

Sixth graders complete activities to learn about the trucking industry. In this truck driving lesson, 6th graders explore websites for positive trucker images and learn about their contributions to society. Students communicate with...

Students examine a Bahamian festival called Junkanoo. They analyze how group cooperation is related to the festival. They finally identify how factions form and how they can help or hurt a community.

Middle schoolers read books with younger children, incorporating context clues and vocabulary aids as reading strategies to help the younger children learn to read. They discuss the concept of community capital and how this activity...

Seventh graders role play the position of someone in one of six different civilization groups. They research the group's development, advancement and fall of their civilization. They create a presentation to share the information with...

Students view and discuss the public television program, Wide Angle: Young, Muslim, and French. They research and write a position in favor of or against the headscarf ban in France, and examine the influence of media in shaping...

Students create a scale model of the Earth and the sun that demonstrates where the SOHO satellite is in relation to the Earth.

Students create a mural depicting who they are. They observe and describe animals in their local environment and relate themselves to an animal. They also discuss how animals show proof of them being in a certain area.