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A Haring Holiday
Students create a holiday ornament. In this Keith Haring art lesson, students use paper mache to make 3-dimensional ornaments that resemble his work. Students cut out felt shapes of babies, dogs and angels then sew them together and...
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Conflict and Compromise
Students examine opinions about the Boston Tea Party. In this colonial America lesson, students analyze several primary sources about the Tea Party and then write essays that reveal efforts to compromise as well as efforts to instigate...
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Measure Up!
Learners examine parallax and angular measurements. In this investigative lesson students calculate distances of objects and map their results.
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Assessing the quality of habitat for Monarch Butterflies
Students use different sampling methods to determine the population size and appropriate space for monarch butterflies. In this averages lesson plan, students complete word problems where they can accurately estimate the size of an...
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Where Did That Curly Hair Come From?
Students pronounce (as best as they can) the scientific term used in explaining heredity. They study the meaning and/or significance of these genetic terms and use these words in sentences relating to the information taught in the unit.
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African American Poetry: Songs of Protest and Pride
Students are introduced to various time periods in history in which African Americans wrote songs and poetry to cope. In groups, they travel between different stations to listen or read poems and music from the Civil War period, Civil...
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TE Activity: Build an Anemometer
Students determine what an anemometer is and how it measures wind speed. They decide on a place to put a wind turbine by using an anemometer. They examine the role that engineers play when using wind speed to determine a place for wind...
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Relationship Between Addition and Subtraction
Learners are taught how to add and subtract and use number sense to solve basic math problems. In this addition and subtraction lesson, students are being taught using theories from different philosophers in education. They are given a...
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Narrating in the Past Tense
Students describe a picture of themselves from age 5-6 using the past tense in French. They review and apply the rules of using the two past tenses.
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Richard Nixon: Man and President (2 parts)
Pupils watch the video "Richard Nixon: Man and President, complete vocabulary work and discuss the video using the question provided.
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Street Language and Learning
Students examine the type of language they use on the street in the city. In groups, they brainstorm ideas about a topic they decide on from a cluster of words. Using those ideas, they organize them into a written paper using proper...
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The Use of Articles Resource Page
In this use of articles resource worksheet, students receive help in determining the proper use of articles in their writing. They read about the proper use of the, a, and an.
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Clare Booth Luce : Hell on Heels
Students watch a video about Clare Booth Luce who used her brains and her determination to occupy the seats of power, as one of the few congresswomen of her generation.
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What We Leave Behind
Young scholars analyze primary source documents from the 1830's. They examine how records, memoirs and artifacts preserve history and discuss what should be placed in a time capsule for future generations.
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Comparative Embryological Study of
Students complete two labs. They observe the fertilization and development of sea urchin and zebrafish embryos. They examine the similarities and differences in the development of an invertebrate vs. a vertebrate animal.
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Women in Medicine: Past and Future
Learners explore the scientific enterprise in relation to the role of women in science as it has developed over the last 150 years.
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Writing Ghost Stories Using Encounter With a Skull As a Model
Students explore the elements of a ghost story and cautionary tales. The story, "Encounter With a Skull" is read and used as a model for their own story creations. The values and belief systems of various cultures are examined.
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Women in Medicine: Past and Future
Students explore scientific enterprise in relation to the role of women in science as it has developed over the past 150 years. They compare the careers of two women, 100 years apart.
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Venom!
Students examine the nature of venom. They conduct an experiment to demonstrate how proteins such as venoms can be denatured using raw eggs, beakers, heated water, and compresses.
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Approaching Walden: Paths to Emerson and Thoreau
Learners explore readings from Emerson, Thoreau and Melville. In preparation for writing, students sit in a quiet, tranquil location and observe their surroundings. Later, they recreate the experience by putting it into words. ...
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Field Of Beans
Students investigate the concept of crop farming. They plant small fields to test different theories of agriculture. Students keep care over the fields, including pest and weed control. Students make and record daily observations to...
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Latex Helium Balloons: Any Alternatives?
Students discuss the latex balloon release controversy and review suggested alternatives to the latex balloon.
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War Expectations
Young scholars determine what they think Americans currently expect regarding warfare and its cost in human lives and examine the sources of these expectations.
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Unit on Henry David Thoreau
Students investigate the writings of Thoreau in order to better comprehend his impact on American Literature and unique writing style. Working to evaluate the different pieces of writing, they read the essays in order to create their own...