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Digging Into Science: Excavation Procedure
In this excavation procedure worksheet, students determine the roles of group members for an excavation of a sample box containing buried bones. They complete 9 short answer questions before beginning the excavation.
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Aerobic Frisbee Golf
Pupils work cooperatively to accurately throw a Frisbee in order to learn about fitness components and different systems of the human body.
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Turkey Trot
Students work in small teams to find laminated feathers to bring back to their turkey. They use different locomotor skill each time they hunt for hidden feathers.
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3-2-1 Blast Off!
Fifth graders work cooperatively in groups to assemble and launch a rocket.
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Job Hiring...Who's the best candidate?
Learners, working in teams, assume they are the newly hired research director of a biotech firm interviewing the top two candidates for the position of research scientist. They evaluate the candidates and decide who should be hired based...
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What Did You Say Relay
First graders each write a sentence describing how they want the other students to race. The teacher calls one of students to read his or her instructions. The other students compete as relay teams to complete the instructions.
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Wahta (Maple) Project
Students increase their knowledge base of the maple syrup process and increase their skills of organization, technology, research, teamwork-cooperation, and oral presentation. Students use a team approach to choose a topic pertaining to...
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Second Grade Science Textbooks
Second graders create their own science textbooks. They work in small, cooperative science teams to plan and create their textbooks. In addition, they photograph their group work, projects, materials and specimens, and other images.
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Mini Track Meet
Students, in groups, practice all of the physical activities they have learned into a track meet. They run relays and each member of the team is to participate.
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Game: Turkey Put Together
Students play a game using a symbol of Thanksgiving - the turkey. In this Thanksgiving game lesson, students divide into teams and participate in a relay race to create a turkey.
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WebGraphics Inc.
Students in two different countries work together to create their own business website. They are potential clients to the other teams involved in the project. They get a great realistic business like approach when the lesson is completed.
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Comparing Primary Sources from the Industrial Revolution
Tenth graders, in teams, analyze, evaluate and describe primary sources pertaining to industrialization at the turn of the century. They examine the sources and answer questions about each.
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On the Trail with Lewis and Clark
Eighth graders use the Internet to conduct research on the Lewis and Clark journals and work cooperatively in planning and delivering a presentation.
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Choosing a Family Dog
Fourth graders research types of dogs and recommend one that would make the best family pet. They work in cooperative groups of three using Kidspiration to map out the essential question before beginning their research, write reports,...
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Celebrating S.C. (Field Day Theme)
Students celebrate different field events that are celebrated in South Carolina. For the Freedom Weekend Aloft activity students line up in two teams with the first person from each team standing inside a starting hoop. The first two...
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Pumpkin Patch
Young scholars work cooperatively during a fun, Halloween themed scavenger hunt in the gym.
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SPORTS HISTORY
Young scholars research and analyze the development of sports in our country. Students interpret the events in histors that have been reflected in the sports and leisure activities selected as individuals and as a nation. Young scholars...
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STONEHENGE
Young scholars work in cooperative groups to create a theory about the origin of Stonehenge. Each member of the group has a specific role, responsibilities and tasks. The group work can be implemented as a scaffolding technique.
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Help Your Friends
Pupils, through this game see the results of cooperation using bean bags and an open playing area (gym or field).
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Apples Are A...peeling
Second graders participate fully in cooperative learning groups, assuming all the different job roles.
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Do a Ditty
Fourth graders work in cooperative groups to create a ditty to teach the characteristics that distinguish literary forms to younger students. The ditty is performed before the class.
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Poetry Book
Students study the following terms and concepts: word choice, dialect, invented words, concrete terms, abstract terms, figurative and sensory language. In cooperative groups, they select three of the terms, research them, and pick poems...
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Problem-Based Learning With Chinese Art
Students form small, cooperative learning groups, research a major Chinese dynasty and present their findings to the classroom in this multi-day lesson adaptable to many different age levels.