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Getting to Know You
Students complete an getting to know each other activity. In this personal names lesson, students play a name game, read a book about names, and then discuss why names are important. Students design a name card on oak tag rectangles and...
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Greek Mythology
Students try activities like this one: Assuming the role of your favourite mythological character, you will be leading a dangerous journey to capture the head of Medusa. Before you go, you must order the necessary supplies. Create an...
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Philanthropy Market Is Open Today
Students earn money for a philanthropic organization. In this service learning instructional activity, students organize a snack market sale to earn money for charities.
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"Promote A City" Posters
Students choose a city, make a poster promoting that city and present the poster to the class highlighting positive aspects of the city.
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Career Research
Students research a career they are interested in. They explore print and online want ads for job prospects, interview a person currently in that career, and make a class presentation about the career.
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Holiday Cards
Students review basic computer skills needed to create a holiday card along with a database of at least twenty five contacts. They create their family greeting card including graphics, correct spelling an grammar. Using their database...
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Career Unit
In this career worksheet, students begin to investigate different types of careers and focus upon research and future planning.
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Eat Your Words!
Students make spelling words using cheese crackers. In this spelling lesson, students use Scrabble Cheez It crackers to make words before eating them.
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Building Bridges for Young Learners
Students compare and contrast families around the world emphasizing the country of India. In this families lesson plan, students share and learn about roles in families, how we share characteristics, and how families in India are similar...
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Extreme Weather: Hurricanes
Students demonstrate the ability to define key words and verbally recall conditions that must be present for a hurricane to form.
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The Bricklayer's Lesson in Physics
Students read a simulated report, written to an insurance company as explanation for a claim of medical benefits. They list the collisions that resulted in the injuries, and identify the forces involved which caused the injury.
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HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?
Students observe the construction and workings of an aquifer. They record and react to the effects of pollution on the aquifer.
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Vegetable Faces: A Guiseppe Archimboldo Portrait Study
Students create drawings of vegetable faces.In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify various vegetables, which they use as models to create drawings. Students experiment with the vegetable drawings by adding faces to their...
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"Promote A City/Town" Posters
Students make a poster promoting a chosen area using materials received. They present poster to classmates showing positive aspects of chosen area.
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A Woman's Place in the House of Commons
Learners become familiar with the role women play in the Canadian government. They gather, organize and analyze data on female politicians.
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Woodcarving
Students research websites on wood carving. In this wood carving lesson plan, students go on the computers and research websites on the internet that teach them how to carve wood and pictures of what they can do.
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Carousel on Democracy
Fifth graders examine the municipal, provincial, federal levels of government. They study the process of making a presentation to a level of government.
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Can I Take Action?
Learners create a solution to a problem related to the environment. They work together to develop the plan and pitch the plan to their class. They discuss the action steps taken in a story they were read.
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Earth Day Trash Survey Unit
Students develop an action plan to prevent trash from becoming a problem in the future.
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Our World A Complex Eco-system
Sixth graders set up an ecosystem, investigate conservation techniques, develop an action plan for conservation, and various other activities to explore the ecosystem.
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Democracy: Participating in the Process
Students research all of the candidates running in an upcoming election. They interview them if possible and state their platforms. They organize a forum for the candidates to come and speak at their school.
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Where We Buy Food
Second graders investigate how to buy food by going to the store. They use pictures of farming and different types of food to engage in the lesson. It includes key vocabulary that puppets use while telling a story to the students. They...