Students make a handprint underneath a Valentine poem to give to their parents. In this Valentine poem lesson plan, students also glue conversation hearts around the edge of the page for a border.

Students consider features of skyscraper using descriptive words, reflect on notion of skyscraper as orientation point in a city, and explore New York Times Building in Manhattan by reading and discussing article, "Pride and Nostalgia...

Explore Japanese society and national identity. Class members share ideas about the Japanese economy and then investigate a series of resources, including an article, a film, a lecture, and a poem, to learn about Japan's Bubble Economy...

Middle schoolers solve and write riddles using similes and metaphors.  For this similes and metaphors lesson, students work in groups to solve descriptive riddles for famous landmarks.  Middle schoolers are given pictures of...

In this math riddle instructional activity, students read through the rhyming math poem about the 'Card Castle Addition.' Kids list all the ways they can come up with 14 using two numbers. Students then solve the final number sentence...

The instructions say to put commas where they belong, and that is just what your class will do as they practice comma placement and use. There are 20 sentences in desperate need of commas and four extensions exercises where comma use is...

Young scholars explore how pendulums work and why they are useful in everyday applications. In a hands-on activity, they experiment with string length, pendulum weight and angle of release.