Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Year 2: Northern Europe

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
How is life in Northern Europe different from other areas of the world? Historians journey through the various regions of Northern Europe discovering what type of climate, animals, and lifestyles exist in that section of the world. They...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

A Rainforest Folktale: Determining the Message of “The Wings of the Butterfly,” a Tukuna People Tale

For Teachers 5th Standards
Did you the message? Scholars listen to a read aloud of The Wings of the Butterfly to summarize and determine the message of the text. They discuss the folktale and vocabulary in groups, then use a double bubble map to compare the story...
App
Notion

Popplet

For Students 1st - 12th
Add color to the mind-mapping process! Users double tap to create a bubble and everything flows quickly from there as they drag, draw, type, and more.
Activity
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Weebly

Liberty Theme Park Project

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Invite your young historians to demonstrate how the American Revolution truly was one crazy ride after another as they design a theme park! This unique and engaging project prompts learners to consider major events leading up to and...
Handout
Port Jefferson School District

Hurricane Katrina

For Students 6th - 12th
Young scientists track Hurricane Katrina across the Atlantic Ocean as they learn about these destructive forces of nature. Provided with a table of data tracking the location and conditions of Katrina over a one week span, learners...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Inverse Relationship Between Logarithmic and Exponential Functions

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Introducing inverse functions! The 20th installment of a 35-part lesson encourages scholars to learn the definition of inverse functions and how to find them. The lesson considers all types of functions, not just exponential and...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Getting a Handle on New Transformations 2

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Use 2x2 matrices to move along a line. The second day of a two-day lesson is the 28th installment in a 32-part unit. Pupils work together to create and solve systems of equations that will map a transformation to a given...
Interactive
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NOAA

Seamounts

For Students 6th - 12th
How do chains of islands form? Young oceanographers explore the mountains of the deep in the final installment in a 13-part series. The interactive compares types of seamounts based on their overall height and height under the water, as...
Unit Plan
Curriculum Corner

Fairy Tale Unit of Study

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
What makes a fairy tale a fairy tale? Use a 27-page packet to supplement your next fairy tale unit. With sequencing activities, story map worksheets, character analyses and story elements graphic organizers, and fairy tale highlight...
PPT
Biology Junction

Mammals

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Mammals include more than 4,000 species and represent the most dominant land animals on Earth. Scholars learn about the large variety of mammals, including orders unfamiliar to most. The presentation highlights the characteristics and...
eBook
Rice University

Algebra and Trigonometry

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Move on into trigonometry. An informative eBook takes the content of a College Algebra course and adds more relating to trigonometry and trigonometric functions. The content organization allows pupils to build upon their learning by...
Lesson Plan
National Wildlife Federation

Bats: Maligned or Malicious?

For Teachers K - 8th
Most people couldn't name the positive qualities of bats. Learners discover how bats benefit the environment and then create a concept map to summarize the information. After their reading, they identify misconceptions people have about...
Activity
GCSE Modern World History

Mao's China

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a great textbook chapter on China's establishment as a communist state in 1949 and the effects of World War II on the nation. The first page prompts learners to complete a timeline activity as they read the material,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Types of Transportation

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study different types of transportation including specialized trucks. In this transportation lesson, students look at a landscape picture map (not included) and identify all of the modes of transportation they see. They see...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Place Called Fairfax

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the various types of maps of Fairfax County, Virginia. Using the maps, they explain the relative and absolute locations of the county and discuss the importance of both. They also discover how the county is...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

When You're Hot, You're Not!!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate volcanoes. In this landforms lesson plan, students locate two volcanoes on a world map. Students compare and contrast the types of volcanoes by using various Internet sites.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Create a Story May

For Teachers 1st
First graders review the terms characters, setting and events in stories. They are shown how to access the Kidspiration Map, and how to add pictures in the correct spaces on the map. Students insert pictures in the map of the story...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Study Skills Assignment

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students utilize six different types of study skills as they review material for a final exam. They are graded on the exam and on the study process for the exam.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Graphic Organizers for Sensemaking

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students create concept maps in order to assess the information that they have gathered during research. They study the concept map to determine if the research is complete.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather Forecasting Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study weather concepts, mapping, characteristics in this series of lessons.
Interactive
Curated OER

Europe Map Quiz

For Students 6th - 11th
In this online interactive geography quiz activity, students respond to 45 identification questions about the countries located in Europe. Students have 5 minutes to complete the quiz.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Europe Before and after WWI

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compare and contrast maps of Europe before and after World War I. In this World War I lesson, 8th graders color and label maps of Europe prior to the war and after it. The historical maps can be accessed online.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ancient Egypt: Connecting Literature and Geography

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students brainstorm prior knowledge of Ancient Egypt, locate Egypt on map of Africa and on world map, watch King Tut film, discuss term biography, and map geographical information mentioned in stories and documentaries about Ancient Egypt.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating A Life Map

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of a life plan and how to write one with the help of a graphic organizer that encourages one to create a timeline for planning. They write journal prompts that are based upon personal knowledge of life...

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