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Create a Non-native/Invasion Species
Students view a video about non-native/invasion species. They create a non-native/invasion species that they think would have an impact on farming, industry, recreation, or water in the local environment.
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Dynamic River Model
Students develop the concepts of flood stage, levees, floodplain, and the dynamics of river flooding. They construct river models and test various flow rates and volumes. This lesson plan has an excellent experiment for students to do.
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Can You Control Floods
Students assume the role of an engineer or planner. As an engineer or planner they must come up with ideas that can be put into place to control floods. They produce a working model of flood control.
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Carbon Dioxide Heats It Up
Students design an investigation to test whether vegetation in an area helps regulate the ambient air temperature. They make comparisons between the investigation and global changes in climate. In groups, they present their findings to...
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Pesticides in Schools
Students investigate the practices their school uses for pest control. Depending on their findings, students may suggest alternative, non-chemical methods. They present a pest control plan to school officials. Great, real life lesson!
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Ecosystem Interactions Web
Students pick an ecosystem (forest, desert, coral reef, open ocean, grassland, mountain, savanna, etc.) and design an interaction web for their chosen ecosystem. Each group shares their ecosystem's web of life with the class.
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3D Insight and Influences - Lucas Samras
Ninth graders discuss life of Lucas Samaras, identify familial, cultural, and personal characteristics, and create 3-dimensional containers exploring external and internal characteristics
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Mandala Art
Students investigate art elements such as color schemes and proportion by creating their own personal Mandala Circle on paper or canvas. This also allows students to investigate mathematical concepts such as tesselations or social...
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Painters as Musicians-CD Cover Design
Learners create CD cover art to project the image of the artist or what those artists might sing about.
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Murals With a Message
Students recognize historical and cultural influences in art and appreciate art as a vehicle for public expression of ideas. They develop group skills, working together to produce a single mural or several related murals.
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A Voice for the Times
Students make connections with events of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's with songs made popular by Aretha Franklin.
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Music Styles
Students watch a video showing Sesame Street's featured musical guest stars and discuss what kind of moods and emotions are elicited in the songs. They discuss what songs evoke different emotions in their life.
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Music Styles
Students identify many genres of music and connect styles of music with various cultures. They watch "The Greatest TV Moments: Sesame Street Music A to Z" and list music styles: folk, jazz, rock, etc.
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Chinese New Year
Sixth graders examine the culture and celebrations associated with Chinese New Year in this unit of lessons
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Draw the Three Little Pigs Houses
Young scholars conduct Internet research on The Three Little Pigs. They explore various websites, and create a drawing of the house they think is the strongest using Kid Pix software.
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Musical Mysteries
Students explore the components of sound and how it can be represented visually. A trip to a circus and a walk through a magical forest are used to encourage visualizations and creative thinking.
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MUSICAL MYSTERIES
Students explore the concept of steady beat and develop listening skills.
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MUSICAL MYSTERIES
Young scholars explore the orchestra and identify the sounds of common musical instruments.
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MUSICAL MYSTERIES
Students examine how music can influence our feelings, describe things, and create special effects.
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Say It with Meaning: Applying Sayings and Phrases
Students complete a unit of lessons on well known sayings and phrases. They create a journal, write paragraphs, sequence events, and analyze key vocabulary for various sayings and phrases throughout the school year.
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Snakes
Learners follow directions to make a snake out of patterns. They research a specific snake and present it to the class in a group. They listen to a presentation about the King Cobra snake prepared by the teacher.
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Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
Third graders discuss the story read to them and explain the legend of the Indian Paintbrush. They study Indian sign language of 4 different topics and create a sentence using the sign lang. they just learned.
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Paper Bag Zoo
Students create animals that might be found in a zoo using paper bags, construction paper, and other materials. They present their animal to the class stating any facts that they may know about the animal and its habitat.
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Music As Survival: Alma Rose and the Auschwitz Women's Orchestra
Students explore a period of European history in which musicians have used theri musical talents and abilities to survive and rise above extremely difficult situations. The psychological uses of music by the Nazis is examined in this...
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