John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Lesson: Navajo Weaving
Intergrating dance into your social studies lesson on the Navajo culture will give your students a glimpse into another way of life. They will use their knowledge of loom weaving, Native Americans, and creative dance to express these...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Brass Instruments and Pitch
Students will enjoy making their own brass instrument with this interesting lesson plan. Objectives include what factors affect the pitch of brass instruments and what determines pitch.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Lesson: A Listening Doll
In this lesson plan, students explore the tradition of Pueblo "Listening dolls" and create their own version of this historical tradition. Also contains a rubric, extensions, and books to use as references.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Navajo Weaving
After studying Navajo weaving and listening to the story "Ten Little Rabbits," learners create their own interpretive dances. Contains an assessment checklist and extensions ideas.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Seven Selfish Shellfish
This video segment from Between the Lions features a classic tongue twister: a type of wordplay that helps children tune their ears to language and the sounds within words. [0:29]
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Bar Graph
This lesson is designed to give students practice creating and reading bar graphs as well as understanding how to accurately represent a graph with appropriate units.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Classroom Tips
From managing the technology to tips for transporting video files, this resource offers practical advice and strategies for video use.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Pet Poll: A Taste Test for Fluffy and Fido
In this mammalian biology science fair project, students will determine which brand, type, or flavor of treats their pet prefers. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Are You in Hot Water? Use Solar Energy to Heat Your Own Water
The goal of this science fair project is to build batch solar collectors from different colors of plastic bags and see which collector is the most efficient in heating water.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Whirl Y Bird vs. Whale Y Bird
Improve the design of a very simple aircraft, the whirlybird, and learn about hydrodynamics and biomimicry in this science experiment. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Bouba Kiki Effect
It may be possible for certain symbolic characteristics, like sharpness and roundedness, to cross language barriers. For this experiment you will investigate the Bouba-Kiki Effect to find out if abstract visual properties can be linked...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Super Why: Princess Presto Spectacular Sounds Bingo
In this bingo game, listen for the sounds of the letters and click on the correct letter; when you have completed all the letters, a picture is revealed.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Seeing Seeds [Pdf]
An exploration for younger students into the diversity of seeds and what is inside a seed. Includes extension activities.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Arthur's Christmas [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Marc Brown's children's book, Arthur's Christmas, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Jack, the Cunning Thief [Pdf]
A reader's theater adaptation of the Celtic fairy tale, Jack, the Cunning Thief, is provided on this script. Seventeen character roles are needed in this performance.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Eugene Triviza's children's picture book, The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, is provided on these pages. Fifteen character roles are needed in this activity.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Redheaded Robbie's Christmas Story [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Bill Luttrel's children's book, Redheaded Robbie's Christmas Story, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Living Things and Their Needs: Need or Want?
Students learn the difference between wanting something and needing something in order to survive. The lesson can be downloaded in PDF format.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Resources and Animals
In this lesson plan students will observe, examine, discuss and draw a walking stick insect or acrawfish in its natural environment in order to understand resources and animals.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Raw vs. Processed Food
In this lesson students will gain an understanding of what "processed" means. They will also distinguish between natural and processed foods, and learn about sources of some foods.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Detecting Air Pollution
In this lesson students are asked to create model air pollution detectors to sample particles in indoor aiand outdoor air.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Brain: Protection
What protects the brain? Why does the brain need to be protected? In this instructional activity young scholars will learn about the fragility of the brain and that it is enclosed by the skull, which protects the brain and forms the...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Brain: Control Central
What do you know about the brain? In this early learners instructional activity, students will explore the basic functions and characteristics of the brain and skull, and also learn about three major structures in the brain: the...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Our Sense of Vision
Which parts of the body are involved in vision (seeing)? Is light important for vision? In this lesson students make kaleidoscopes to learn that light is essential to vision, and that the brain processes information from the eyes, which...