Students learn about important events in Florida history by making a timeline of the 10 most important events.

Students create an African Art Museum. Each group present art and information about that art on your wall of the museum.

In this Looking at Food Chains worksheet, students read about a food chain under the sea and underline important information. Next, students fill in a graphic organizer about food chains based on the information they just read.

Students explore the different aspects of Korean culture. In this geography lesson, students prepare different Korean dishes in the classroom. They create a visual display of things they learned about Korean culture.

Second graders examine the front cover of the book, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NURSE and discuss with a friend about a time they visited the hospital. They then read the book together as a class and review events. They make a list as a class...

Second graders examine the use of entry words in the dictionary. In this dictionary use lesson, learners look at guide words in a children's dictionary as the teacher/librarian describes the characteristics of each entry. They complete...

Students create a scrapbook style family album for a selected animal. They complete an interactive Internet activity on research reports, fill out a graphic organizer, diagram a food web, and complete their scrapbook that includes...

Young scholars explore marketing techniques. In this media awareness lesson, students watch instructor-selected advertising and identify the marketing techniques used in each of them. Young scholars then create advertisements for products.

Pupils explore the letter sounds and read the book, "A, My Name is Alice." They create a page for a class alphabet book or zoo animal display.

Students examine the myth and reality of settlement in the Upper Midwest during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Students create a memory book and acrostic poem for Father's Day. In this Father's Day lesson, students appreciate unique things their fathers do for them. Students create an original project for their father.

Students read the book, Diary of a Worm, by Doreen Cronin. After answering questions, the do a variety of activities such as a "Dear Diary," "Book Report Card," and/or "Animal Mural."

Students investigate the affect of refugees have one their host country. They examine where refugees go and decide on things that might be affected by their influx such as medical care, moral issues, economic issues, and language barriers.

Students create a poster with a message advocating a social cause using Keith Haring's posters as a model.

Students analyze and develop questions about a text. In this asking questions lesson, students read an article and analyze the information within the text. Students then form and answer questions about the text.

Young scholars download NASA Hubble Space Telescope views of star-forming regions in nebulae and look for evidence of planetary systems forming beyond our own solar system. They hypothesize about mysterious objects in NASA HST images.

Students explore the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson, students simulate the water cycle by placing an ice cube in a Ziploc bag and observing the changes which occur over time. Students record the mass of the Ziploc bag and record...

Second graders complete a variety of bee-themed activities. They consider the importance of honeybees in food production, conduct Internet research, prepare foods using honey, complete puzzles and compile a portfolio of their work.

Young scholars read "The Popcorn Book" by Tomie dePaola and complete a variety of comprehension exercises. They discuss the text, identify facts presented in the book and the evidence supporting those facts and fill in the blanks of a...

Students observe and interpret historic photographs of water in New Mexico. They record observations, draw inferences, and compare water in New Mexico's past with water today. They create a class book or exhibition of the photographs...

In this lesson, 3rd through 5th graders select related pictures from magazines and newspapers, write captions for each, glue them in sequence on a poster board, and use the pictures to tell a story.

This site takes a detailed look at the importance of cutlines and captions. It makes a distinction, too, between the two terms. Explains how readers use news photographs and offers a checklist of information to include in captions and...