Students view a documentary called, Uncommon Americans, a special presentation of Biography, highlights the efforts of three extraordinary average citizens who have made a difference in their communities. Discussion and a creative...

Students utilize their understanding of individual resources in solving practical, everyday problems that might arise in the workplace and/or in their family and home.

Students express their opinions on the danger from HIV. They study appropriate speaking techniques and become aware what it feels like to learn that they have been infected with an incurable, fatal disease. The share personal...

Students complete laboratory activity to discover what temperature is most effective in prohibiting bacterial growth in two percent milk. Students then write lab report detailing findings.

Learners discuss their feelings related to family rights and the law. Using the internet, they research information to back up their opinions and examine counter-arguments. They take a survey to identify their feelings more in depth to...

Pupils examine the role courts play in family matters and children's rights. They propose a court-ordered plan to resolve conflicts between parents/guardians and children. Students complete worksheets with various scenarios and discuss...

Young scholars create an presentation that suggests composting as a possible solution to solid waste issues. They research the types of solid waste that can be composted, the composting process and the role of worms in composting.

Young scholars, who are considered delinquent, prepare for the behavioral demands and expectations in society. They develop skills needed for social support networks, friendships and adjusting to social situations.

Students research and experiment to discover the lifting power of helium gas.

Students plant flowers for others. They care for flowers. They summarize experiences through drawing, discussions and writing.

Fourth graders experience playing different positions in the outfield and learn the position numbers. After viewing Abbott and Costello's, "Who's On First," students go outside and play the game, "Move Up."

Eighth graders, in groups, work on a service-learning project by defining their own community and the problems within it.

Students discuss elements of effective writing in small groups. They work together to critique individual and group writing focusing on including supporting details.

Students read to discover the African-American migration to Oklahoma following the Civil War and the eventual settlements of thirty-two all-black towns. To present their findings, students will write position papers and participate in...

Students engage in p.e. activities that have roots in native Indian, Metis, and Inuit cultures. They practice the skill involved and listen to the significance behind the skill. They read relevant books and define new terminology.

Second graders draw pictures of the "work" they do and create a bulletin board of career categories using their parent's jobs.

Students, in groups, is choose a research topic from a list imbedded in this plan. They are given two class periods to collect and organize information on their topic and create a PowerPoint presentation to give to the class.

Fifth graders complete a variety of activities as they study the various tools and machines that have been invented throughout history that have made life easier and tasks less difficult for modern man.

Students compare and contrast the warriors in Japanese history, folktales, and art to the kinds of soldiers American children learn about. This lesson includes possible lesson enrichments.

Students examine the uses and beliefs associated with the Chinese art of Feng Shui. The class reads about the traditional uses of Feng Shui. Individually, each student creates a room makeover using Feng Shui principles.

Sixth graders discuss the role of an archaeologist as a class. After viewing photographs, they relate the objects found in their local area and Ancient Egypt. They draw a picture of an object that represents their own culture and gives...

Students create landscape flyers of local landscapes using digital photography, educational software, and examples of Irish landscapes. This creative-project lesson lasts two weeks, including class time spent collecting photographs...

Students develop their reading and writing skills in this year long activity. They discuss the physical traits that they have in common and those physical traits that make them unique. Students draw a portrait of their partners and write...

Sixth graders write journal entries o school site at least once during each season, including sketched and written observations of present environment. They can use sample topographical maps and student's own maps. Students can use...