Students examine drug and alcohol abuse by American teens. In this health journalism lesson plan, students read the USA Today article titled "Boomers Assess High School", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and...

Students explore symbols by identifying public signage. In this public safety lesson, students view flashcards of everyday road, fire and food signs while discussing their function and purpose. Students record and identify road and...

Students research a South American Spanish speaking country, analyze and organize the information that they collect and present their findings to the class.

Students research and write reports about inventions and inventors. They develop graphic organizers to organize their information, and create reports on the impact of inventors and inventions.

Eleventh graders study the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization. They collaborate in small groups to research and explore perspectives of each group, identify objectives of each group and key arguments...

Students identify rhyming words. In this word study instructional activity, students review the concept of rhyming by following examples written on the board. Students circle the words that rhyme in each group. A worksheet is included as...

Students explore the concept of poison distributions. In this poison distribution lesson, students construct poison distributions by surveying the number of cars that pass a point in a specific amount of time. Students find poison...

Students explore the concept of code theory. For this code theory lesson, students discuss noise, error correction, Hamming distance, parity check matrices, and cyclic codes. Students develop these concepts through practice and discussion.

Young scholars explore the concept of proper canine treatment.  For this social skills lesson, students decide if the teacher's statement about treatment of dogs is good or bad.  Young scholars then play games to show their new...

Students view different vocabulary cards with personal information words. They match pairs of cards with personal information vocabulary. They complete an information form and read their information to the class.

Students play 'telephone' to simulate communication difficulties. In this media analysis lesson, students read and analyze newspaper articles related to religious tensions between the Pope and Muslims. Students  evaluate the...

Students practice writing basic questions to gain information. Working as a class, they identify questions they would ask to gain information about locations, time, and events. After writing their questions, they practice asking and...

Students investigate how to make a professional telephone call. In this communications lesson, students choose an organization to volunteer at and place a call to the organization to ask questions. Students discuss the phone conversation...

Students discover how a fax machine works including: how a light sensor works, how light is reflected and how signals move across telephone lines. A "bingo" type game is played where students simulate the work of a fax machine to create...

Sixth graders are able to see the role of chance in evolution. The activity is similar to the party game "gossip" or "telephone." Students start off with a drawing of an animal which changes as they pass their copies of the animal to...

Young scholars demonstrate their communication skills by answering questions on a case study worksheet and participating in a class discussion.

Students identify nonverbal signs of attention, and demonstrate skills for interacting with others.

Middle schoolers work together to solve a classroom mystery. They collect and organize their information into databases. They educate the school on how databases benefit life in a democracy.

Fifth graders participate in first aid demonstrations. In this first aid lesson plan, the students answer questions and participate in demonstrations focusing on common household first aid conditions. The teacher poses first aid...

Students write a paragraph about what they want to do when they grow up. They include the special skills and education (human capital) they must have to do the job they've chosen.

Students describe various medical facilities and the services they provide. Working in pairs, students research and list the location and telephone number of community medical facilities and the services they provide. Independently,...

Students identify how household materials can be hazardous to themselves and family members. Precautions for preventing and/or minimizing various hazards are discussed as a class. Working in pairs, students create a directory of...

Students draw a picture of their favorite tree from memory, and then add detail as they learn more about leaf characteristics of Virginia trees. They will use their writing skills to nominate one or more of their favorite trees to the...

Students apply the problem solving skill of Request-Response-Result in word problems where the requests are nested. They practice using the technique and determining when it is appropriate to be used.