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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Fourth graders participate in a play to work on seeing events from a different perspective. Some of them are reporters, some cameramen and women, and others are interviewed. They put themselves in the shoes of the people in the book...
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Wow! It's A Cow!
Young scholars use the Internet to visit a dairy farm and watch the ins and outs of the every day life of a dairy cow. They survey products that are consumed that come from a cow. The students determine in what states cows would most...
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Scavenger Hunt for Lengths
Students practice measurement using real world objects. In this scavenger hunt for lengths lesson, students collaborate to measure with rulers, yardsticks, trundle wheels, and tape measures. Students must estimate the length then...
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Story Opening Two
In this proofreading a story beginning and writing the ending of the story worksheet, students read and proofread the beginning paragraphs of a story, study questions about predicting events and the characters, and write the story...
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"The Soil Around Us" Project
Students look at Web sites containing information about soil and related subjects such as earthworms. They use Web site review sheets to focus their review of the content on the sites and to introduce evaluation concepts for the design...
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The Life and Work of Marc Chagall
The background and work of the artist Marc Chagall can be a great way to teach students about history and art.
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Romare Bearden's The Dove - A Meeting of Vision and Sound
Students explore African american culture of the late 1950's and 60's through various primary sources including literature, music, art and others. They then prepare and conduct a mock interview and present with the class.
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The Life and Work of Pablo Picasso
A study of Pablo Picasso's art can be an interesting way to delve into a variety of subjects.
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Bring Science to Life With Lesson Plans for Eric Carle Books
An Eric Carle author study can lead students to study a variety of subjects including ocean life, life cycles, and symbiotic relationships.
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Objects of Adornment
Students identify adornments as a form of art. For this art and jewelry lesson, students view portraits of two historical princess noticing their adornments, then draw a person in their life focusing on the adornments they wear.
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The Life and Work of Paul Cezanne
Students can explore the art of Paul Cezanne with these lessons and activities.
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Clay Portrait Project
Students discuss facial proportions and mix colors similar to flesh tones. In this art lesson, students draw and paint a portrait and then translate this image into a 3D form using clay.
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Physical or Chemical? That Is the Question
Learners find examples of physical and chemical changes using the five Web World Wonders camera sites.
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The "Ad" Survey-What Makes a Print Ad Convincing?
Learners develop opinions from a variety of materials, recognize and analyze bias, propaganda and stereotypes, and evaluate effectiveness of print advertisements.
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Name Brands
Students explore the possibility that a products name might bias a consumers decision to buy a particular product. The question remains to be answered, "Why do consumers buy what they buy and why that particular product?"
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Temperature Coefficient of Resistance
In this resistance worksheet, students solve 10 problems about the changes in resistance as the temperature changes in resistors.
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Investigation - Staci's New Car
Sixth graders solve math combination problems. In this combination problem solving instructional activity, 6th graders participate in a teacher led session in which they use tree diagrams and organized lists to determine all of the...
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The Life and Work of Jackson Pollock
By discussing Jackson Pollock's painting techniques, students can engage in an exploration of what makes art, art.
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Hula Hoop Math
Students move about the area doing the teacher-directed locomotor action. When the music stops the teacher holds up a card with a problem. As soon as they come up with an answer they form into a group in a hoop with the number of...
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Gesture Drawing
Students investigate the use of proportion using gesture drawing as the subject matter. They create a painting using the elements of art and principles of design.
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Camping/Catching Fireflies
Students create glow in the dark simulated lightning bug jars after reading stories about fireflies.
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You Are Smarter Than The Ads
Fourth graders examine advertising techniques and create original designs for advertisements in this three day, 4th grade art/social studies lesson. The lesson includes assessment ideas, resource information, and learning objectives.
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The League
Students explore the concept of civic virtue in a democratic state. For this democracy lesson, students listen to John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech, read selections on democracy, and discuss the importance of civic rights and...
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Everyone Has Interesting Stuff Teaching With Objects in the Classroom
Students determine what objects tell about a person. In this historical object instructional activity, students share an object that they feel tells a lot about themselves. They pass the object around a class circle, while others comment...