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Fast Food Survey Using Bar Graphs
Second graders conduct survey and sort data according to categories, construct bar graph with intervals of 1, and write a few sentences about their graphs.
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Children, Children, What Did You See?
Learners listen to a read aloud of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? They write a story based on naming and drawing things they saw when they visited the Black Bayou Lake refuge.
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Discovering the Oasis
Fourth graders investigate riverbanks and oxbox ecosystem at the Truckee River. They observe the plants, animals, insects and water organisms located there. Students document water samples, flow and then categorize them in class. This...
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Alien Story
Young scholars practice correct punctuation when writing a conversation by using clip art "characters" and the Inspiration or Kidspiration educational computer software. This great language arts lesson plan is intended for an...
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Discovering Dinosaurs
Students research facts about dinosaurs and practice effective speaking strategies by creating a Keynote or PowerPoint presentation in this Science and Language Arts lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. It includes one lesson...
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Poem Movies
Students create iMovie presentations that represent favorite poems chosen by the students in this language arts lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. The lesson includes resource links to find poetry and requires computers and movie...
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Hermit Crab Races
Students predict the speeds of humans and hermit crabs and investigate their predictions using ratios and formulas. AppleWorks is used for this lesson, which includes a data worksheet.
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Pulse Rates
Students answer the question, "How will the intensity of exercise effect your heart rate?", using physical workouts and AppleWorks, or similar spreadsheet program. This lesson can conclude with the creation of a graph of data collected.
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Weather
Learners collect daily weather types throughout the school year using a spreadsheet program and Meteorologist freeware in order to predict weather changes and compare seasons. An Appleworks worksheet is included.
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Healthy Tips Podcast
Students create a health-based podcast for peers using prior knowledge, internet research, and KWL charts. This lesson is adaptable for different health topics and age levels.
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Clouds
Young scholars read the "Cloud Book" by Tomie de Paola and create a map of clouds identifying atmospheric conditions, color and type, and what type of weather each cloud indicates. Emphasis is placed on the use of Kidspiration.
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Graphing Water Temperature
Students graph water temperature using probe software and a Palm on a class field trip to a lake or pond. Emphasis is placed on collaboration with high school science students and the use of ImagiProbe software.
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Body Length Experiment
Students measure the lengths of their bodies and various body parts to determine the relationship (or lack of one) between body part length and the length of the entire body. A spreadsheet program is suggested for data collection.
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National Parks
Learners create national park brochures on selected endangered animals using research information, hand-drawn pictures, and the Pages and KeyNote software programs. This lesson was written for a TAG classroom.
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Solar System
Pupils create and present PowerPoint presentations on certain aspects of our Solar System. The Nettrekker search engine is used for researching the information. Students can then add music and graphics to enhance their presentations.
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Florida the Best WebQuest
Students create a multimedia presentation demonstrating that Florida is the Best State in this creative project for the early elementary classroom. The lesson can be adapted for any state or country.
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Mysterious Creatures
Learners create drawings of animals. The project is research based and teaches learners how to use encyclopedias. The focus is upon finding useful illustrations. The fun of the lesson is displaying student work for opinions and guessing...
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Texture Scavenger Hunt
Students work together to complete a scavenger hunt searching for objects with different textures. After finding the object, they make full page rubbings of each and later make a complete drawing of the item. They collect all of their...
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Mimeograph Madness
Students practice working with a mimeograph. After having a sketch approved, they trace their drawing and color all areas they do not want a certain color. They complete their creation by placing the sketch on newspaper after it has...
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Hidden Collages
Students work together to decide on a theme for their "Where's Waldo" type of puzzle. Using magazines, they collect pictures of the animal, toy or object which is the focus of their puzzle and paste them onto a paper backing. They send...
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Charlotte's Web Venn Diagram
Students, together as a class, construct a Venn diagram of characteristics they see in two classmates. Then, they independently create another Venn diagram comparing/contrasting two characters from the story Charlotte's Web. They share...
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Characteristics of Polygons
Fourth graders discuss characteristics of polygons and organize and visualize those characteristics using Kidspiration. Students import pictures that demonstrate the characteristics and save their projects to be reviewed and graded by...
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Exposition Park Virtual Birding Field Trip
Students explore a variety of sources, including their experiences in visiting places. They access information online, observe and make determinations based on observations. Students hypothesize about observations of bird behavior.
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Internal Spatial Structure of Cities
Students examine the internal spatial structure of cities. In groups, they analyze patterns of functions, structure and characteristics of settlement patterns. They also identify the population densities of land value of business...
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