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Lesson Design Archaeology- Digging in the Classroom 2
Students participate in an in-class archaeology dig. In this archaeology lesson, students use problem solving skills to construct a puzzle. Students are assigned roles, such as the sifter, measurer, etc.
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Light and Dark
Students explore the concept of light and dark. In this light sources lesson plan, students use an interactive whiteboard to discuss light sources and illumination. The students complete a worksheet as an assessment.
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Technology
Students create podcasts. In this technology lesson, students familiarize themselves with podcasts and develop their own podcast about a current event.
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Ocean Observation
Students describe the different methods used by MBARI researchers to study the ocean. In this ocean lesson students research the Internet and use the information they find to write in their journal.
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Political Party Manifesto
For this political party manifesto worksheet, students work collaboratively to respond to 5 short answer questions regarding party platforms and then write their own manifesto speech.
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Beginning Analogies 4
In this analogies instructional activity, students study the pairs of words and choose the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair. Students complete 12 problems.
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Mission to Mars: The Journey Begins
Students take a trip through space. In this space science lesson, students travel on a simulated mission to a space station. Students write a script and perform a play based on the pretend trip.
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Early American Government: Cause and Effect
Students explore cause and effect. In this early American government lesson plan, students research the series of events that led to the revolution, confederation, and constitution. Students use cause and effect examples to complete a...
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Utah Becomes a State—1890
Students read about and discuss the geography and statehood of Utah. In this Homestead Act lesson plan, students read the Homestead Act and discuss its effects. Students analyze a precipitation map and work in pairs to answer discussion...
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More Moms, Fewer Pops
Young scholars explore the concept of women entrepreneurs. In this women entrepreneurs lesson, students read an article about women opening their own businesses. Young scholars discuss factors influencing women to become entrepreneurs....
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Exploring our World through Video
Student develop their technology skills. In this video production lesson plan, students create a movie featuring their day-to-day lives. Students use flip video cameras to film the movie and use software editing programs to prepare it...
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Harlem Renaissance Research Project
Students complete a group research project on the Harlem Renaissance. In this Harlem lesson, students pick from a list of topics all related to the Harlem renaissance. They create a PowerPoint presentation, topic outline, and bibliography.
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Box-and-Whisker Plots
High schoolers explore nutritional information for several fast food hamburgers using statistical applications. In this statistics lesson plan, students analyze calories, fat, and sodium content of various fast food restaurants. High...
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Talk the Talk
Students interactively learn multimedia terminology while using the Alice Programming. In this multimedia instructional activity students become the director of a movie or video game.
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Exponents: Expanding
In this exponent worksheet, students expand and calculate exponents. There are 7 questions that have multiple parts and also cover substitution and the order of operations.
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Era of Self-Sufficiency - Pre-1890
Students investigate the relationship between physical geography and Utah's settlement. In this Utah land lesson, students view a PowerPoint about Utah land and work in groups to answer questions about the uniqueness of Utah's Mormon...
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Movie Cloze
In this movie activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences with movie vocabulary. Students fill in the blanks for 24 sentences about movies.
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Rhetoric and War
Students examine the relationship between rhetoric and war. In this history of war lesson, students analyze paintings, photographs, movies, and articles that paint an opinionated picture of war. Students discuss their impressions of the...
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"An Internet Nose for News"
Students conduct research on the Internet. In this technology studies lesson, students use a variety of Internet search engines to research a topic of their choice. Students complete worksheets based on their research.
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Archaeology and Prehistoric Native Americans
Students study the terms paleontology and archaeology and examine how they can help us learn about prehistoric Native Iowans. In this archaeology lesson students discuss these terms and view a video on Native Americans.
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I Wood if I Could
Tenth graders investigate the process of how specific products are made from trees. For this chemistry lesson plan, groups of students must choose among ice cream, bubble gum, paper, toothpaste and lipstick. They research, design and...
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Pedestrian Safety for Students
Students create a spreadsheet. In this spreadsheet lesson, students take the responses they received from a pedestrian safety survey to create their spreadsheet. Then they turn this information into a graph.
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Word Usage: Verb + "out"
In this word usage: verb + "out" worksheet, students complete 20 multiple choice sentences selecting the correct verb with "out", interactively and with immediate feedback.
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Area, Perimeter, Circumference
Sixth graders use different measuring tools to measure area, perimeter, and circumference of different shapes. In this measurement lesson plan, 6th graders measure parallelograms, triangles, and circles.