Students identify the unique parts of the body of skates and their egg cases.

Students carve pumpkins, draw pictures and label layers of a seed, and write steps needed to carve pumpkin.

Students make and decorate a replica of a North Carolina coiled pot after summarizing why archaeologists study pottery and how Indian people of North Carolina made and used coiled pottery.

Middle and high schoolers participate in a seven-part lesson plan creating Escher-Esque tessellations. They demonstrate their knowledge of geometric transformations after viewing a PowerPoint presentation, conducting Internet research,...

Students research different mammals and create illustrations and narratives about them. Working individually or in small groups, students compose their rough drafts prior to creating their posters or dioramas. Students present short...

Learners conduct an experiment to discover what happens to air when it is heated or cooled, discover that wind moves from a high-pressure area (an area of sinking air) to a low pressure area (an area of rising air).

There are so many ways to tell a story! Develop visual storytelling skills while facilitating an understanding of Greek art and culture. Learners design Greek style images to tell a story through art. They add their designs to Styrofoam...

Students act as archaeologist and mend broken pottery to see what they can learn.

Students study what worms need to survive in different environments. They study how worm composting improves soil and reduce waste. They discuss composting techniques and present a puppet show about a worm's life.

Students draw and label pictures about holiday customs and traditions from their countries.

Pupils engage in a variety of pumpkin activities. This lesson is especially rich for ESL students, who probably have little experience with this holiday and custom.

Students listen to literature selection, describe life cycle of silkworm, discuss what they know about growth in living things, observe silkworms for one week and record observations in science journals, and review stages of growth.

Young scholars explore signs and types of bullying. In this "building character" lesson, students listen to several read alouds based on a bully theme. Four groups are formed to discuss "gossip", "exclusion", "physical bullying", and...

Learners write directions using maps and ad, they define driving directions and convert cardinal numbers to there ordinals. They write directions which are given orally in these multi-level literacy activities.

Pupils watch a video and answer questions based on wildlife jobs. In this wildlife lesson plan, students learn that biologists don't just play with animals but that there is a lot of study involved.

Sixth graders engage in a visual arts lesson featuring still life sketching and watercolor painting created by individual students.

Students explore heredity by examining how traits are passed from parent to offspring. Genetic terminology is examined and examples of inherited traits discussed. calculating genetic probability is also investigated in this lesson.

Students experiment with clay to create sculptures. They research various animals and work with parts of animal names to create their own imaginary animal sculptures using clay.

Students investigate chemical and physical changes. In this chemical and physical changes lesson plan, students distinguish between a chemical and physical change when observing baking bread and hot dogs and bagels cooking on a grill....

Students explore what a food web is. In this science lesson, students examine how nutrients and other pollutants enter a lake and play a food web game whereby students pretend they are either zooplankton, planktivore,...

Students explore limu in their everyday lives. In this science lesson, students identify various uses of limu and discuss common household products that contain limu. Students participate in a limu party.

Young scholars practice spelling. For this scrabble laps lesson, students divide into teams and complete laps around a track to earn letters.  Young scholars use letters earned to form as many words as they can using random letters...

Third graders identify a cloud and explore how they form. They create an acrostic poem about clouds.

Fifth graders work cooperatively in groups to assemble and launch a rocket.