Students practice lining up quickly by following the rules on a card that is in their hands while lining up.

Pupils identify neighborhood, town, and state boundaries. They distinguish between natural and man-made boundaries. They identify major state geological features and explain how NH boundaries have changed over time.

Students examine patterning in Chinese and Japanese artwork prior to creating their own tessellations using styrofoam plates in this creative cross-curricular lesson for upper-elementary/middle level classrooms.

Sixth graders review the needs of their community and salmon in a local creek. Using information they gathered, they design and implement a project to restore salmon and steelhead back to the local watershed. They identify threats to the...

Third graders write a noun that names a place they spent their summer vacation, a verb telling one activity they did, and use those words to write a complete sentence. Finally, they use an ice cream cone graphic organizer as a guide to...

Students practice lining up for class with the help of cards that are coded. The lesson is meant to be an organizational tool to help the teacher organize a class before entering the school building. The teacher could use numbers and...

Second graders create a modern day dinosaur menu to generate creative ideas regarding what dinosaurs would eat at an imaginary restaurant. They utilize a graphic organizer imbedded in this plan to guide their menu ideas.

Students identify simple machines and how they must work together to form a piece of equipment used in agriculture. They create a diagram of a piece of farm equipment and write about two of the simple machines they drew.

Students discuss how the sun, wind, clouds and other elements of nature can be their friends. They create mobile demonstrating this.

Pupils create an artistic crest that represents either themselves, their group of friends, or their their family.

Students study the influence masks had on Hispanic society. After investigating uses of masks in various cultures, they create masks that relate to their own experiences. In groups they create an Hispanic mask and a mask representing...

Students investigate the uses and purpose of the Hubble telescope. They create a model of the telescope and conduct research about the history behind the invention of it. Students use the information in order to create a context for the...

Third graders use a variety of information resources to identify local environmental issues and examine the ways that people have tried to solve these problems. They read "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs" and create a list of three...

Young scholars assess the positive and negative affects of humans on the environment. The lesson explores ways in which individuals and societies can reduce the negative impact on the environment. By taking a "waste walk" around their...

In this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 12 multiple choice questions complementing the April 2008 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.

Students make their own wrapping paper. In this art lesson, students cut paper sacks stamping them with ink pads or decorating them with markers.

Students read You're a Grand Old Flag as well as other provided books about flags. In this flag lesson, students cut, decorate and bake cookies as flags, practice the letter f, the number 4, the rectangle shape and use the color white....

From the Holliston Historical Society this is "Stenciling: Short History of a Very Long Tradition", which goes into detail about the historical evolution of the use of the stencil in arts and crafts.

The St. Louis Public Library presents this informative description of methods for stenciling on different surfaces. Books on the topic are linked to the page as well.

The Museum of Modern Art presents this classroom or group activity for making stencil portraits. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]

Ten Inuit artists and their work are surveyed. There are lesson plans that study animism, drawing and stenciling, and printmaking. You can use the timeline to see the chronological history of this period and also juxtapose images with...

Let your imagination flow and sketch your design. This free online drawing application lets you share step-by-step replays of your work with friends. You can also drag an image to your page to use as a stencil. Ready, Set, Create!

James Houston was a devoted arctic naturalist and writer. His life and accomplishments as well as his dedication to the Inuit people are profiled in this article.

Creative ideas for making unique and personalized packages for Hanukkah presents.