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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"It's More Than a School": Proposing Programs to Meet Student Needs

For Teachers 10th - 12th
This detailed lesson plan from New York Times' The Learning Network centers around Carroll Academy and its girl's basketball team. Learners compare their school to Carroll Academy, read anywhere from 1 to 5 engaging articles about the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Decisions About Public Land

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a proposal. In this public land instructional activity, students discuss the difference between private and public property and brainstorm what problems might occur if a citizen changed public property. Students work in...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Windmill of Your Mind: Distributed Energy Goes to School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research the feasibility of installing a wind-turbine distributed energy (DE) system for their school. They write a proposal (actually, the executive summary of a proposal) to the school principal based on their findings and...