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The Parts of an Insect
Students examine various insects. They discuss the parts of an insect and the environments in which they live. Students explore the importance of insects to our environment. They draw an interpretation of their insect and label its parts.
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Ping Pong Soccer
Seventh graders demonstrate basic soccer concepts using hand-eye coordination and a paddle and a ping pong ball. In small groups, they play a traditional game of soccer, but with each student using a ping-pong paddle with the object...
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Designing Samples/Simple Random Samples
Students explore the concept of sampling techniques. In this sampling techniques lesson plan, students identify possible sources of bias in situations such as phone polls, supermarket surveys, and drawing names from a phone book....
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Words Will Break Your Heart
Learners practice being kind. In this character education instructional activity, students identify hurtful words they have heard and then share kind words they have heard. Learners discuss the impact of hurtful words.
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Size Small School
Students explore the concept of scale and ratio. In this scale and ratio lesson, students work in groups to measure a given space such as a hallway, office, or gym. Students measure their area using a meter stick. ...
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Problem Solving
Students use hockey sticks to pick up bean bags and put them into hoops which they get money for in the end. In this movement and math lesson plan, students get fake money and add up how much they earned in the end based on how many...
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Soccer Dribbling Individual and Partner
Students practice dribbling in the sport of soccer. In this soccer dribbling lesson plan, students practice this skill individually and with a partner.
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Math Investigations Facilitation Plan
In this math lesson plan, students choose a topic involving math that interests them to investigate or research. Students make a plan detailing how they will investigate their topic; such as, keeping track of plant heights over time,...
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Utilizing Community Resources
Students gain an understanding of scientific methods and use process skills (such as observing, classifying, and predicting) to solve a problem. They develop an understanding of the need for natural preservation.
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The Brain and the Sense Organs - Lesson Plan
Learners identify the five sense organs and state the uses of the five senses.
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All About Me
Learners examine their own personality traits and preferences. They use this information to write an autobiography.
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Communicate and collaborate using technology
Students participate in a collaborative project with another class and view their process of creating the project using technology. Then they use a digital camera and send pictures electronically, saving the pictures to the school's...
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No Sex Please, We're British!
In this no sex please, we're British worksheet, students, with a partner, come up with five adjectives to describe someone, decide if eighteen statements or true or false and strike up a conversation over three internal questions.
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Character Building - Brick Wall
Students build a wall of kindness. In this character education lesson, students design a character trait bulletin board that features noteworthy student acts of kindness.
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Rhythmic Movement Skills
Students participate in series of rhythmic movements to demonstrate skill in dance elements. In this rhythmic movements lesson plan, students answer sequentially developed questions which include clapping and marching to explore...
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Bow and Arrow - physical education
Students practice archery. In this archery lesson, students see how to shoot the bow and hit a target. They attempt to hit balloons that are attached to a target.
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Throw (Don't Mow!) the Yard
Pupils practice and are assessed on the cue's of overhand throwing. They use a variety of objects to throw and aim at.
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Building a Dichotomous Key
Students analyze how a dichotomous key helps us explain and identify unknown organisms. They design and construct a dichotomous key, developing a list of three observable characteristics per organism.
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What Do I Write About?
Second graders write as essay describing the cooperative group drawing they made or describing the process to draw a group picture.
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The Law: Your Rights and Responsibilities
Students explore First Amendment rights and responsibilities.
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Self Assessment
Learners comprehend the concept of self assessing and being able to demonstrate a self awareness to asses their own skill ability. They are each given three popsicle sticks-green, yellow and red. Students use their popsicle sticks to...
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Assessing Freedom of Religion or Belief in Your Community
Students examine the issue of the freedom of religion or beliefs in their family and community. As a class, they state the difference between a plural and homogenous community and identify the difference between major religious groups...
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Place Names
Students investigate the meaning of various Native American names. In this Native American language instructional activity, students locate state names that come from Native American descriptions and mark them on a map. Students then...
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Artful Technology
Students read the article 'Fading Indian Rock Art Saved, at least in Database' and discuss its contents. After viewing examples of works from a variety of periods and places, students choose a time and place on which to conduct research.