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The Surface Area of a Cylinder
Students find the circumference and diameter of several circles and calculate the surface area of cylinders. In this surface area of a cylinder lesson plan, students use rectangles and lids to make several cylinders. They calculate the...
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Infusing Equity Gender into the Classroom
Young scholars investigate if gender makes a difference in the classroom. For this statistics lesson, students collect data on whether equity by gender in the classroom makes young scholars more successful.
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Good Health
Students complete a unit with cross-curricular activities to learn about a healthy body and maintaining their health. In this health lesson, students complete 8 lessons to learn about good health, a healthy diet, healthy foods, healthy...
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“My Little Sister Hugged An Ape” | Literature, Math, & More!
Students read the story "My Little Sister Hugged An Ape" and make a list of sensory words from the story. In this interdisciplinary math lesson, students participate in sensory writing, and complete a questionnaire which they will use to...
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Diversity Stereotyping
Students discuss the concept of stereotyping and using "diversity beans" process an activity that allows them to examine the negative aspects of strereotyping through candy.
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Wheel of Pharaoh
In this lesson, students will review important facts and concepts about ancient Egyptian civilization and identify important vocabulary and names pertaining to ancient Egypt.
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Stargazers
Young scholars discuss the light spectrum and light waves as well as how the properties of light and color have contributed to important discoveries about properties of the universe. They research the term redshift and the redshift...
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The Magic of Static
Students investigate static electricity. In this physics lesson, students participate in an experiment with balloons to demonstrate how static electricity works.
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Diversity
Students work in groups to research and prepare an oral report about a region. In this regions lesson, students find out about the geography, population, state capitals, and landmarks. Students assign attributes to the people...
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Diversity Geography
Middle schoolers research another country and its people. In this diversity instructional activity, students work in groups to research an assigned country and develop a short oral report. Middle schoolers use diversity beans...
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Wheel of Pharaoh
Learners investigate ancient Egyptian civilization and its rulers. In this ancient history lesson, students simulate playing a game similar to Wheel of Fortune whereby learners have to correctly guess all the letters that spell a word or...
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A Peaceful World
Students recognize the rights of children, what they mean, how the rights are violated, and how students can uphold those rights. Students express their knowledge and feelings about a right of their choosing.
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Exploring Force: The Nutcracker
Students explore basic dance element of force, compare and contrast the use of force as it distinguishes the expressive qualities of a given dance, and explore the use of force in several of its many expressions.
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A Dictionary of Democracy
Students create dictionary of terms for citizens of a democracy, using events and biographies from both their state's history and U.S. history.
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Forces and Motion
Students build parachutes for chicken eggs. In this physics lesson, students describe the forces acting on a falling object. They predict which of the three parachute models they made has the best chance of keeping the egg intact after a...
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Learning about a Culture from a Story
Students interpret the identity of a traditional culture from objects and a creation story. In this lesson plan on learning about a culture from a story, students read and analyze an Eskimo myth about creation and an essay on Traditional...
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From Smithson to Smithsonian: Who Was James Smithson?
Students evaluate and examine primary and secondary source material as they relate to the life of James Smithson.In this "From Smithson to Smithsonian" lesson, students analyze documents looking for clues to the identity of James Smithson.
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Process of Mitosis
Students discover through whole-class role play, the process of mitosis. They will all become a chromosome and demonstrate how they line up 23 to 23.
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Census and Redistricting
Students learn why the census makes a difference. For this U.S. Census lesson plan, students learn about the methods and politics of redistricting as they explore their local congressional districts and debate the merits of different...
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Density
Students determine the density of different substances. In this physical science lesson plan, students rank them according to their density. They discover the relationship between volume and density.
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Ins and Outs of Respiration
Students determine their respiratory rate and explore the factors that affect breathing rate.
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Estimation
Third graders practice using money. In this estimation lesson, 3rd graders show their ability to figure out the cost of lunch. Students then set up a "store" and students choose the products and estmate the cost. Students visit...
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Newton's Third Law
In this laws of motion instructional activity, high schoolers read a car accident story. Students use Newton's third law of motion to explain what happened in the accident. This instructional activity has 2 short essay questions.
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Pond Succession Mural
Students recognize that natural environments are involved in a process of continual change, and create murals showing three major stages of pond succession. They review the idea of succession (the orderly, gradual, continual replacement...