Students explore cubing as a graphic organizer to better explain the key concepts of the Civil Rights Movement and take positions on key concepts regarding the Movement.

Third graders explore forms of matter through reading, hands-on science activities, and research using the Internet. Students create a booklet, directions given, that they title and decorate, to later serve as a review visualization...

Students examine a relief structure focusing on style, relief, and design. Students discuss and analyze the sculpture Sketch for a Fireplace Overmantel by Francesco Antonio Franzoni. Students brainstorm about the current styles...

Students create a reading nook. In this measurement lesson, students find a spot in the classroom to turn into a reading nook. They need to measure how much space they need to fit students and supplies into their nook. 

Students explore world geography by analyzing agriculture. In this dietary habits instructional activity, students discuss the role parents play in their children's diet and where the food comes from. Students write agricultural research...

Students utilize the scientific method to discover the age of an item.  For this historical dating lesson, students compare and contrast a 400 year old cabinet to one made within a few years by using carbon dating.  Students...

Young scholars explore the movement to design low-cost solutions for the world's population and create a graph to represent the information. In this design and graphing instructional activity, students review the concepts of graphing and...

First graders identify different coins and use their values in combination with each other to buy different objects. For this coins lesson plan, 1st graders identify the value of a quarter, dime, nickel, and penny, and use them to buy...

First graders explore money. In this coins value lesson, 1st graders discover the values of all the U.S. coins and practice arranging them in order to buy objects. They will play a game as a class to practice the skill of using money to...

Students analyze the advantages of regular saving and how savings grow with compounding. After reading the story "The Hundred Penny Box", students define the terms "interest," "interest rate," and "compounding." Through several...

Students explore the concepts of rhythm, movement, contrast and texture. They practice using new vocabulary and work on creating a college after designing the arrangement. They self-evaluate their collage and critique their classmates...

Twelfth graders research the history of the jitterbug dance through an interactive group project. The goal of the lesson is to get them to execute the dance steps independently with little outside help from the teacher. The steps are...

High schoolers design a theme park attraction based on a fantastic journey from literature, film, or their own imaginations. They plan a multi-million dollar attraction based on a fantastic voyage from popular culture entertainment.

Fourth graders complete a variety of activities as they study the European exploration of the Midwest, focusing on Indiana. They map the path explorers took, comparing the British with the French. They research why the explorers stopped...

Students are introduced to the concept of sound and how it is presented in the world around them. Using scientific terms, they describe the properties of sound and create their own definitions of sound, music, and noise. They demonstrate...

Learners discover how sound is produced by objects and picked up and heard by humans. Using musical instruments, they identify how the quality can affect the loudness, pitch and tone of the sound. They develop their own instrument or a...

Students read "Elmer" by David McKee. They answer comprehension questions and discuss how Elmer looks and how he is different from the elephants they see in the zoo. They complete a project in which they celebrate their individual...

Students discover how storytelling can shape a person's tradition.Students examine different methods of storytelling such as music, biographies, and African folktales. They then demonstrate their knowledge of storytelling by writing...

In this fraction worksheet, 6th graders change fractions to percent. Students complete 10 matching questions connecting the given fraction to its correct percentage amount.

Students investigate the NYC water supply system and its watershed. In this water supply lesson, students read the Magic School Bus at the Waterworks to help them identify the components of the water supply system. Students diagram the...

First graders add doubles numbers in number sentences. In this doubles numbers lesson plan, 1st graders list things that come in pairs, create doubles addition sentences, and solve riddles with doubles.

Students use a grid-like method to create a life-size self-portrait from a 3X5 black and white photo. They explore the different customs and rituals surrounding face painting from ancient through modern civilizations. Students create a...

High schoolers are introduced to the notion of a complex number and function iteration in order to motivate the discussion of Julia sets and the Mandelbrot set.

Second graders explore cause and effect. They read Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. They discuss their own experiences with bad days. Students identify the causes and effects in the book. They write a letter...