Students listen to the song "Waltzing Matilda" in order to become familiar with some Australian words.

Students listen to a dialogue in order to comprehend verbal directions in Italian. They work in pairs practicing giving directions to each other.

Students reduce fractons.  In this fractions lesson, students visit a given website and perform directed activities.  They reduce fractions to their lowest terms.  Students complete worksheets containing fractions.

Eleventh graders discover the perspective of Cold War on the American homefront. In this Cold War lesson, 11th graders watch Duck and Cover video segments that instruct citizens what to do in case of nuclear attack. Students discuss the...

Students investigate characters' traits in a specific fable by noticing what they think, say, and do. They study key vocabulary and complete a vocabulary worksheet. They work in groups to discuss how you know if a person is kind.

Students explore using crickets' chirps to calculate temperature. They read "Cricket in Times Square" and "The Quiet Cricket," read and discuss a Cricket eBook, develop a formula and calculate temperature using cricket chirps, and graph...

Students graph and solve linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students use the slope and y-intercept to graph lines. They relate lines to the real world using different applications.

Students participate in a game-like format to identify characteristics of genres. They categorize stories into genres bases on story summaries after a class discussion of the characteristics.

Students, after exploring several secondary historical sources, compare/contrast their local history of the Brush Lake area, by viewing their own individual local histories. They assess contemporary cultures of the white homesteaders and...

Students create an original project dealing with birds. In this bird lesson, students take a virtual field trip to bird feeders around the nation. Students replicate the coloring of winter birds.

In this identification of sentence errors activity, students choose the answer that best corrects the errors in each sentence.  Students have 10 minutes to complete 15 questions in this SAT practice activity.

Murals are used to represent the various ways we rely on water.

Students work together and investigate the shapes of 50 states. They identify the states that they find hardest to recognize. The group then list the states in order from most difficult to just difficult to recognize and create a...

Students practice reading and vocabulary connected to music.

Students explore and experience information about temperature changes by using crickets' chirps to calculate the temperature. The data is applied to formula and the temperatures are calculated.

Students develop strategies to organize data while following teacher demonstration. They calculate the mean, median and mode of a data set while determining the relationships between the numbers. They analyze data from tables and double...

Second graders learn to identify the parts of a book. In this book parts instructional activity, 2nd graders learn the names of book parts by participating in a teacher led instructional activity in which they look at transparencies....

Students examine their fluid intake and the types of beverage they drink. For this adult health lesson, students describe the risks of too much sugar in their drink. They brainstorm ways to cut back on sodas and drink healthy...

First graders study the months of the year. They enjoy making a class book using their birthdays and the types of weather in that month. After a lecture/demo, 1st graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to design their book.

Students study the fatwa in Islamic countries, and the impact of Wahhabism on Saudi Arabia. They investigate how Osama bin Laden has use the fatwa to justify terrorism.

Students are introduced to the concept and components of a habitat. They discuss the key components of a habitat and describe how certain factors can cause disturbances in a habitat and change its population. Activities are leveled for...

Students demonstrate basic procedures for archeological excavations. They explore an archeological site, students using various archeological methods and techniques to determine some of the aspects of past life and culture.

Students decide when people are being fair and unfair. They participate in a game in which teams find different color pieces of wool in a timed situation. They discuss the feelings of those on the winning team, and if the game is fair....

Students experience completing research in a library. They explore a personal myth and examine sources to answer questions about the myth. They develop research questions for exploring a personal myth and explain how some sources may...