Students listen to, analyze, and describe music. They experience performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Learners get practice jumping using three different types of jumping patterns.

Second graders, using popsicle sticks. illustrate rhythms clapped by someone else. They use different types of pies to recognize and notate rhythms in standard notation.

Students explore the effect that a particular culture can have on popular music. They develop their own music groups, each representing a style of music and a historical culture and perform their group's concert for the class.

Students experience the life a spider through several cross-curriculum activities that address multiple learning styles. In this cross-curriculum lesson, students listen to The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle and toss string in a circle...

Students discuss what types of Internet activity are or should be considered criminal, examine how criminal prohibitions against certain types of Internet activity are best implemented in law, determine whether computer crimes are unique...

Students explore how to use several types of insect sampling and collectin equipment. They work in groups to collect insects in different areas of their schoolyard. Students are explained that quadrats are generally used to randomly...

Young scholars apply the mechanical advantages and problem-solving capabilities of six types of simple machines (wedge, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane, screw, pulley) as they discuss modern structures in the spirit of the...

In this science instructional activity, students use basic scientific concepts to complete the series of puzzles that are intended to increase science literacy for classifying types of rocks and minerals.

Students assess their own energy use to help develop an awareness of the different types of natural resources affected by consumers. Their calculations show them how much they are personally impacting the Earth. Very meaningful and...

Students encounter how to work together as a group to accomplish a common goal. They gain more experience in doing research using library reference materials as well as internet sources. Each group is responsible for making a bulletin...

Young scholars listen to classical music and create a listening map for each piece. In this classical music instructional activity, students select a piece of classical music and create a visual map for the piece. Young scholars set...

Second graders accurately identify nouns and verbs in sentences. In this nouns and verbs lesson, 2nd graders sing a jingle to help them identify characteristics of nouns and verbs. Students classify pictures in the proper category and...

Fourth graders discover time keeping by analyzing technological advances in history.  For this time lesson, 4th graders create and complete a KWL chart based on their research of a famous timekeeping invention, such as a sundial....

Students compare and contrast wild and domestic animal needs. In this animal welfare lesson, students read the poem Where the Wild Things Shouldn't Be and create a list of wild and domestic animals. Students create a short play or song...

In this adjective forms and usage instructional activity, 7th graders review and discuss all the different types of adjective forms and usage and complete one sentences with an article, a noun and an adjective.

Hone your class' research skills with this short quiz. Learners find answers to 15 questions relating to the musical group AC/DC. This could be used as a filler activity.

Use this resource to help your class practice research skills. While the focus of this presentation is a band called AC/DC, it could be used as a filler activity or as a way to help learners practice finding information through research.

High school pupils learn valuable research skills as they search on the Internet for answers to this on-line worksheet, which asks them to investigate the rapper, Afroman.

Get children's blood pumping with this primary grade lesson plan on the human heart. After learning about the important role this muscle plays in the human body, young scholars monitor their heart rates and discover the...

After investigating various forms of print, oral, and electronic media as sources of information, class members research a historical figure and produce a résumé for this person. While templates are provided for an initial sorting...

Students read information about tobacco and describe the problems associated with smoking. They work in groups to create a presentation to discourage teenagers from smoking. They present their songs to the class and digitally record...

Students see examples of other types of written stories. They are introduced to the ballad in literature. Students obtain ideas for their own family story. They discuss how ballads can relate true stories through music. Students discuss...

Students list the four main families of musical instruments, name one instrument from each musical family, name three ways music is used in everyday life.