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A Local History of Global Travel
Students research their families travel patterns over the last 100 years. They work with students in other countries to publish their findings. They also examine key events over the same 100 years.
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Guidelines for Sexual Health Information and Disease Prevention
Students describe effective sex education and its outcomes. They provide a tool for educators, policy-makers and others to evaluate existing or new programs, curricula or policies. Students comprehend that sex education refers both to...
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Monument Museum
Learners design monuments, taking into account what is known about geometric shapes and measuring. Students create a museum complete with monuments and descritions of the monuments. Learners provide guides at each monument in order to...
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Creating Star Quality Job Seekers
Young scholars prepare to job hunt. In this job search lesson, students examine sample resumes and sample job applications. Young scholars write their own resumes and discuss job interview tips. This lesson is set up for students to move...
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Art and Anatomy: The Vitruvian Teen
Students are introduced to the history of showing the human anatomy. In groups, they measure their height and arm spans to create a graph and determine if their measurements support Vitruvius' work. Individually, they make their own...
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America Responds to Terrorism: How Youth Can Help
Students explore the opportunity to educate others. For this response to terrorism lesson, students explore 12 service learning opportunities that they may choose to implement in order to take positive action in response to terrorism.
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Asha's Village
Students compare and contrast their own culture with an Indian girl named Asha. In this culture lesson plan, students read, look at pictures, and make inferences.
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Geometry Shapes Playground Safety
Students create a new playground design to present to elementary students during Playground safety week. They review basic geometry to use in observing and recording the equipment on a local playground. They research playground safety...
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Perceptions of Canadians: A Sense of Belonging, Confidence and Trust
Young scholars explore the concept of social capital. In this sociology lesson, students define social capital and discuss how it is developed in a culture.
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Feeling Flashbacks
Students investigate feelings with their class. In this feelings activity, students mingle with their class and share a specific personal feeling with a random student. Students record their experience in their journal.
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Sketch Up
Students estimate and measure exact. In this geometry lesson plan, students create different object in three-dimensional pattern. They use SketchUp to create their shape and perform measurements on their shapes.
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Early American Education and Horace Mann
Students analyze the contributions of Horace Mann. For this public education lesson, students research Internet and print sources regarding the history of American education, Mann.s life, the Morrill Act of 1862, and the Northwest...
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Take Two and Call Me in the Morning
Eighth graders are introduced to the workings of the major systems of the Human Body: circulatory, digestive, respiratory, nervous, skeletal, and endocrine Systems. They learn the major organs of the systems and their functions.
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Food Environmental Quality And Health
Students focus on the issues that students face during middle childhood. They recognize the negative effects of poor nutrition and make more informed healthy decisions. They conduct further self-analysis in regards to their individual...
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The Architecture of New England and the Southern Colonies as it Reflects the Changes in Colonial Life
Students compare and contrast the various types of architecture in the Southern colonies. Using slides, they discuss how the homes were made and the materials used. In groups, they identify how the types of homes reflected the...
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Citizenship Programme of Study for KS2
Young scholars discover ways to be active citizens. In this civics instructional activity, students prepare for student body elections by creating election materials an writing manifestos. Young scholars also consider offering their...
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Movement of Air Diorama Activity
Students make a diorama to illustrate the process of mechanical airflow. In this movement of air lesson, students discuss ventilation and air movement indoors. Students discuss ventilation systems and study pictures of the systems....
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Tree Inventory and Map Project
In this tree inventory and map project worksheet, students follow the directions on how to take inventories of trees and create a map from it. Students follow 4 sets of directions.
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Tutors & Readers Theater
Students complete literacy service learning projects. In this literacy lesson plan, older students work with younger students to tutor them in reading and writing. They help prepare a Readers Theater for the younger students.
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Connected by Art
Students inspect visual arts by exploring images on-line. In this art analysis instructional activity, students discuss the history of art and the its ability to communicate with people through images. Students utilize pencils and...
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Reconstructing the Squares
Students visit an outdoors area and mark out a square on the ground that they examine, looking for living and non-living things. They make a model or drawing of the findings from the actual square.
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Kids Are Consumers Too
Students investigate a chosen product. They use television, radio, print, and internet sources to investigate how the product is advertised. Students create a market research survey to determine which brand is preferred by their peers...
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Best Practices of Technology Integration
Students study how a type of product is advertised. In this product advertisement lesson, students research a specific product and its advertisement. Students create a market research survey based on their peers preferences. Students...
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Nature's ABC's
Learners will recognize objects in nature that are similar in shape to the letters of the alphabet. In this digital camera lesson, students will find objects in nature that look like letters of the alphabet. They will create a poster of...