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Styroflakes
Students increase eye-hand coordination as they create decorative snowflakes out of recycled packing peanuts.
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SCIENTIFIC ART
Students cut out pictures from magazines and create collages that demonstrate the five senses.
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Paper Flowers
Here is a great art project to use at the onset of spring. Little ones use paper towels, tempera paint, and glue to create free-form flowers. Tip: Use this idea to make the front of a Mother's Day card.
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Conversation Heart Bingo
Primary learners play conversation heart bingo in order to write common phrases. They will create a bingo card with common phrases from conversation heart candy. The teacher calls out phrases and the learners cover them with conversation...
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Middle School Masters of the Web- Video Newsletter
Students develop a school newscast. In this school newscast lesson, students practice interviewing skills, use of video and podcasting equipment, and editing skills. They work in groups to develop a school newscast using digital pictures...
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Civil War Battles: The Reporter's Perspective A WebQuest
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this research skills lesson plan, students research the job of reporting for new agencies during the American Civil War as they complete the provided...
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The Order of Things on a Coordinate Grid
Students are able to identify ordered pairs on coordinate plane, and graph points on a coordinate plane. They are able to write an ordered pair for each of the points on a graph, and create a design or picture using ordered pairs.
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Our Favourite Halloween Treat
Students conduct a survey about Halloween candy and create a bar graph illustrating the data. In this data analysis lesson, stud nets are introduced to the topic with a discussion and survey, then the class creates a large graph and...
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Show Me the Money
Students review the terms in the "Money Vocabulary Word Bank." They make a wallet or purse to keep their money in. Students learn the song "Show Me the Money." They participate in five centers: 1) Head or Tails Tally, 2) Piggy Bank...
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Action, Please!
Students create an advertising campaign. In this environmental education lesson plan, students research aluminum and aluminum can recycling. Students wrap the lesson plan up by writing newspaper articles, creating public service...
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Isn't It Ionic?
Students research the properties and health risks of organic chemical solvents. They create a Safety with Solvents newsletter to share with others in their school and community.
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The Renaissance
Young scholars encounter having been chosen to join a group of renowned historians who have been offered an unprecedented opportunity. They travel back in time to the Renaissance time period. Students research one aspect of that time...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Students brainstorm and share opinions about products that can be reused or recycled after reading the article, "Seattle's Recycling Success Is Being Measured in Scraps." They then investigate, analyze and evaluate articles on recycling...
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Delicious Dinners by Jr. Chefs
Students create a protein-rich dinner. In this nutrition lesson, students brainstorm foods that are rich in protein. Students make burritos and identify the color of meat when it is cooked thoroughly.
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Autobiographies
Students create an autobiography. In this autobiography lesson plan, students create a digital autobiography using photographs and captions about their lives. Students will publish their autobiography on the class blog page, as...
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Wanted- Dead or Alive
Students identify the characteristics of trickster tales. In this literary genres instructional activity, students read trickster tales from Africa and create a clay model of a trickster character. Students design a "wanted" poster...
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Electronic Poetry Project
Students create a digital project to go with a poem. In this technology lesson, students pick a poem and create images to go with it. They make background music for the narration of their poem and attach it to a PowerPoint...
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This is A Day in My Life: A Photo Essay
Studenty create a photo essay of a day in their lives. In this photographic story lesson, students take pictures throughout their day and use the images to tell a story. Students create an album with an online account.
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Self-portrait In a Masterpiece: Computer Illustrations
Learners create a self-portrait using an artistic masterpiece as a guide. For this art appreciation lesson, students research famous artists online, electronically saving a particular portrait or masterpiece made by the artist....
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Me, My Digital Self, and Eye
Students create digital self-portraits for use in a collage. In this technology lesson, students create an original work of art in which they identify a variety of images that reflect their personality. Students complete a...
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Kindergarten Memories
Students create a monthly memory and compile it into a Kindergarten Memory Book. In this memory book lesson, students create a monthly memory page. Students create a graphic organizer in Kidspiration which is developed into a...
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Sim's Cities
Students investigate city management and government by creating a fictional city in groups. In this civics lesson, students create rules and a mascot for their fictitious city which they create from poster board cubes....
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Rainforest Unit
Learners investigate the Rainforest. In this Rainforest lesson plan, students research magazines, journals and the Internet to create a "Save the Rainforest" slogan. Learners will record local rainfall amounts and create a graph...
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Tuning the World One Note at a Time
Students investigate music around the world and work with a photographer to understand elements of photography. In this photography lesson, students visit a dance hall and interview the dancers. Students gather ideas and create a...