Students identify the fat content in foods. In this nutrition lesson, students review the food pyramid and identify foods that are low in fat. Students create a low-fat dessert by using fruit.

Students create a creative interpretation of Jack and the Beanstalk. In this artistic expression lesson, students paint the stages of the beanstalk plant as a storyboard and create song about how the seed is growing.

Students compose a story and tell it to the class.  In this storytelling lesson, students work in small groups to create an illustrated story.  Students are given a checklist of elements to include in the...

First graders review Frere Jacques and perform crescendos and decrescendos. In this music lesson plan, 1st graders also learn about the dynamics of music including piano, forte, mezzo piano, and mezzo forte.

Students examine scenarios in which misspelling words may have unfortunate results. They create tightly written public service announcements convincing others that spelling matters.

Pupils explore the ways in which voice quality and intonation can convey meaning.

Students dramatize a postwar reunion between people who held opposing views during the U.S. Civil War.

Students engage in a variety of activities in order to achieve the objectives of a layered curriculum unit. They take notes on the differences between fact and opinion. Students also use a newspaper in order to recognize opinionated...

Students study a play and then discuss the mistaken identities, misrepresentations, and changes of mind that occur. In this discussion of plays lesson plan, students learn new vocabulary words and discuss and differentiate between...

Students explore homelessness through the reading of "Homeless" by Anna Quindlen. They discuss their thoughts about homelessness and how they feel about the problem. They complete a reader response sheet.

Students role play one of the three given situations. They discover how to deal with a conflict in a positive way. They discuss the role of radon in their community and complete another role-play scenerio.

Fifth graders, by doing research and seeing actual and simulated artifacts, gain knowledge of and make comparisons about clothing in the Colonial and early Republican eras with attire of present time.

Students use the Jan Brett story, 'The Mitten,' to develop self-confidence and improve their oral language skills. They also practice performing in front of a group. Students take on the various roles that the animals play in the story.

Students locate mill sites on a New Hampshire map. They describe who worked in the mills and their working conditions. They examine the environmental impact of the mills and work together to find out more information about mills.

Third graders use metric measuring for model and actual plan in designing a roof garden. They photograph the process, record results in a journal, and plant seedlings in small containers. Finally, 3rd graders complete an acid rain...

Third graders will use the bat houses we built as examples of various quadrilaterals.

This site offers lesson plans and activities to help teach middle and high school students to write scripts including character development activities, and script ideas.

This series of tutorials, teaches you how to write CGI scripts such as form mailers and guestbooks, using the popular Perl scripting language.

Using the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, source material for Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," lesson plan teaches students to analyze the structure of a play's text in a way that will give them a clearer understanding of how to perform...

An outline for how to teach this BC drama course. In Film and Television 11 and 12, students gain practical experience in some of the major areas of the industry, including acting, scriptwriting, and production.

English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] As a resource to be used with J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, students will engage in different writing experiences that are extensions of the novel. The prose activities include...

Students analyze the language, style, content, advertisements, of radio stations and determine their target audiences. then students create their own radio station targeting a specific audience including news, advertisements, stories,...

This ArtsEdge lesson plan provides strategies for teaching the creation myth to high school students. Students participate in writing intensive activities which relay the various implications of these myths and their relation to the...