Students read the the story Heroes in order to navigate the Internet safely. In this Hector's World lesson, students examine the importance of checking with an adult before participating in the online environment. Students explore other...

Fifth graders use the CD- Rom, "Castles" by Edmark to view animated versions of medieval castles. They research a given website to find information about castles in order to complete a worksheet and create a PowerPoint presentation..

Students share their knowledge about aluminum and aluminum recycling by sharing the information with the rest of the community.

Pupils study the lives of four Native cultures. They examine the people that inhabited Wisconsin over the last 12,000 years. They create a newspaper and imagine themselves as a reporter living during this time period and sharing a day...

Students in two classrooms share information about their communities in classrooms throughout the year. In groups, they identify the physical and human characteristics of each area and how they change through time. They also discover the...

Young scholars, using their foreign language of study, role-play as two people meeting for the first time. They use courtesy expressions and respond to questions and prompts with correct intonation, pronunciation, and inflection. ...

Students are introduced to polyhedrons through using straw models to explore geometric solids and constructing Christmas tree ornaments using Epsom salt crystals. Students will view interactive videos and investigate and retrieve...

Students research information about the Viet Nam Era. They listen to a guest speaker talk about his/her role in the Viet Nam War. Students write articles for the classroom newsletter or other appropriate publication.

Eighth graders explore service learning projects. They work, in groups, to choose a video project. Students collect information and present it in a storyboard. Next, they use music, video clips, and still pictures to create their video...

Students are introduced to the concepts of ecology and ecosystems. In groups, they use the Internet to research one of six topics. They present their information to the class sharing the most interesting information they found. They...

Second graders complete the first column of a KWL chart with information that they know about caterpillars. They listen to a read aloud of Eric Carle's, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, while focusing on what caterpillars eat. They clap out...

Ninth graders reflect on what they have learned throughout the unit.  In this Science lesson, 9th graders demonstrate how working together can produce an informative useful project.   

Students create a timeline of historical weather events in Bedfordshire, England. In this local weather lesson, students interview elders, research the Internet and newspapers to gather information about weather events of the past. the...

Students examine immigration. In this oral and social histories lesson, students analyze primary sources to research immigration history in their community. In this year-long research project, students participate in visual and...

Learners research Los Angeles and its surrounding communities. They create digital presentations of the information they have gathered by answering the question included in the lesson plan.

Learners write their own autobiography. They fill out a worksheet to help them organize their personal information. They create their own website displaying their information and share with the class.

Students practice using computers. They use the Internet to practice surfing the web and finding information. They also practice writing emails and journal entries.

Students examine the characteristics of the ghettos during the Holocaust. Reading various texts on the subject, they gather important information related to the event. They create a visual project of the ghettos and shares them with...

Students read "The Giver" after finishing the unit on inventions and inventors. Using the information in the novel, they develop a geographic map illustrating the community in the story. They identify human and physical features and...

Students examine the architecture of Antonio Gaudi. Using the Internet, they research his life and summarize the information. They create a real estate advertisement in Spanish. Using new vocabulary, they use descriptive adjectives and...

Students investigate the concept of a biography by using famous African Americans for a subject. Each student is assigned one biography and conducts research in order to complete an ABC book for the class that is used for display...

Second graders explore using nonfiction text to gain information. Working in pairs, 2nd graders read an article about the spotted owl. Each group identifies the main idea and supporting details of their text and use this information to...

Young scholars explore natural disasters by reading stories about volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes. They explore safe behaviors in order to understand what to expect in a catastrophe. Students practice safe evacuation...

Learners complete a set of CD-ROM's to introduce them to the flight program at NASA. In groups, they research a topic related to flight and put their information on a CD-ROM. To end the instructional activity, they share their material...