Students list characteristics of wetland and describe the functions of a wetland.

Students get an overview of the importance of food safety and become familiar with common foodborne pathogens.

Students review a subject and get points such as the points in football for correct and incorrect answers. In this football review lesson plan, students fill out a score board as they review.

Students research the effects of day-to-day weather on animal migrations, plant growth and other seasonal events. They consult maps, observe and record local conditions, keep journals and use their collected data check hypotheses.

Students perform various cardiovascular activities, then complete a worksheet that records their target heart rate.

Students examine the uncertainties of investing in the stock market. They look at how company profits, good or bad news, and new competition affect share prices. They write and discuss journal entries about share prices before completing...

Students run lap around the field. They complete dynamic stretching: high knees, high knee kicks, forward lunges, 45 degree, side lunges, and high knee crossover. Students review the scoring and rules of the game speedball. They are...

High schoolers apply Glo-Germ to their hands to see the amount of germs on their skin. As a class, they watch a demonstration on how to properly watch their hands to prevent the spread of disease. To end the lesson, they are introduced...

High schoolers analyze data on coral reefs and use this to help characterize reefs.  For this mapping coral reefs lesson students identify and explain the major threats to coral reefs.

High schoolers use maps and online data to find specific geographic areas.  In hurricane Katrina lesson students use aerial photographic imagery to see some impacts of hurricane Katrina. 

Students define several laws of pressure and see how they relate to scuba diving.  For this ocean explorer lesson students answer questions and complete an activity. 

Young scholars build an understanding of the dynamics and composition of the atmosphere and its local and global processes influencing climate and air quality. They analyze global atmospheric changes including changes in CO2, CH4, and...

Students increase cardiovascular endurance and develop the components of health related fitness.

Students play a game with a hula hoop, jump rope, and scooter that requires them to develop locomotor movements skills.

Young scholars play a game of tag while holding the position of turkey or feather. The turkey's are it and when they catch a feather they switch positions. Great for Thanksgiving.

Young scholars observe a model of the distribution of the earth's water and compare the relative volumes and percentages of types of water on earth.

Fourth graders go on a virtual field trip to five ecosystems. They investigate and videotape a temperate forest in the school's backyard.

Students investigate how excess nutrients enter a body of water, and the harmful effects they have on aquatic organisms.

Students read the article "Feeling Sleepy?" students compare the article to a sleep survey they do in their class, describe problems that can arise from not getting enough sleep and identify strategies for getting adequate sleep.

Seventh graders create a model of an ecosystem and label it to show structure and function. They research the food web of an aquatic animal and also trace energy flow from the primary producer up the food chain.

Students are introduced to the culture of the Kumeyaay. Using their text, they discover how they used their native flora and fauna in San Diego. They participate in a matching game and examine the types of organisms who make their home...

Learners investigate three examples of how changing circumstances, linked to technology and social attitudes, affect a business. They complete an activity and participate in discussion.

Students examine the importance of customer service in the travel and tourism industry. They determine the role of staff in providing service and when there are problems with services provided by completing case studies.

Students engage in a study of the volcanic forces and earthquakes associated with The Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean. The people of Japan are researched in how they have dealt with living in the area. Also students write in journals...