Students use FoilSim to design an airplane wing that generates a given lift. As they change parameters such as airspeed, altitude, angle of attack, thickness and curvature of the airfoil, and size of the wing area, the software...

Young scholars use the Internet to determine broadcast times for the Winter Olympic Games snowboarding competitions. In determining these times, they need to consider time zones throughout the world.

Middle schoolers practice using computers. They use the Internet to practice surfing the web and finding information. They also practice writing emails and journal entries.

Students research nutrition by examining the food pyramid. In this culinary lesson, students identify the concept of a balanced meal by researching the different groups on a food pyramid. Students utilize the web to play a game titled...

Students type Haiku poetry using AppleWorks, including special holidays or events and famous Americans for the month about which they choose to write.

Students construct a four sentence creative story by using KidPix software. In this computer technology lesson, students use KidPix software to develop slides about themselves, their family, and their house. Students illustrate each...

Students practice their keyboarding skills. In this typing lesson, students use interesting stories to practice their skills. They practice throughout the semester and then monitor their improvement.

Students complete an Excel project on tessellations. In this technology and math lesson, students discuss tessellations and their occurrences in nature. Students use the Excel computer program to create tessellations.

Fourth graders use Publisher to create their own magazine. In this online magazine instructional activity, 4th graders follow the instructions to create a magazine using text, pictures, and colors within the Publisher system.

Middle schoolers construct a simple robotic energy transformer. For this space science lesson, students explain how energy is transformed from one form to another. They identify the different uses of robotic devices.

Second graders invent sentences using high frequency words. In this literacy lesson, 2nd graders type simple sentences using high frequency words, and a clip art picture for each sentence.

Students develop basic Internet skills. In this lesson introducing the basics of the Internet, students discover how to use toolbars, address bars, how to save a website to revisit later, and how to use the back and forward buttons. This...

Learners analyze nutrition by completing an interactive activity with classmates. In this food choice lesson plan, students discuss the importance foods have on our daily lives by keeping us healthy and giving us energy. Learners examine...

In this Google Earth worksheet, students access the Google Earth website and find the latitude, longitude, and elevation for their house and school. Then they do the same for a variety of world locations. This worksheet has 10 fill in...

Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this letter recognition lesson plan, students match letter sounds to a variety of pictures using the program "Kidspiration".

In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students read a description of an item, then choose the correct item being described. Page has links to additional activities.

Students engage in an integrated instructional activity with a unit on inequalities.This math computer-based software instructional activity will utilize Reader Rabbit Math! The instructional activity is designed for students that are...

Young scholars write stories, print hard copies, and use the GarageBand program to add music and record the narrations. A handout to download, of instructions is included in this early-elementary lesson.

Fifth graders use their arm, toothpicks, and marshmallows to create lines, segments, and rays. For this lines, segments, and rays lesson plan, 5th graders learn how these appear on a plane.

Second graders look up their assigned states on the internet, cut and paste pictures on word document, and print out the pictures.

Learners share important moments with their grandparents. Individually, they write one paragraph thanking them for being in their lives or for a specific event they have been involved in. They also identify ways they act like their...

High schoolers prepare for and hold a classroom debate via typed text on a literary topic. Two groups conduct an iChat debate using iChat AV software to document the debate as it happens. Pupils conduct a post-debate analysis of the...

Students identify lightning in pictures from the provided Internet site. They study a definition of lightning as a form of heat energy that can be dangerous. They state and illustrate a minimum of three lightning safety rules.

In this negatives review worksheet, students practice using negatives appropriately as they answer 14 multiple choice questions.