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Poetry in Motion
Middle schoolers create individual poems containing varied line lengths, punctuation, and rhythm, and explain how each contributes to overall effect of the poem.
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Called to be just
Students write journal entries reflecting on how to impact the common good of the world. In this common good lesson plan, students learn about Mother Theresa, good character, and how to make the world better.
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Tuesday Tours: Communication
Students explore communication skills. For this career traits lesson, students are introduced to Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis Model of Communication. Students discuss the impact of verbal and nonverbal communication in the...
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Golden Ages: Gupta Empire, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome
Students investigate the Golden Ages. In this world history lesson plan, students compare and contrast the achievements of the Gupta Empire, ancient Greece, and ancient Rome using an interactive T-chart.
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Dale Carnegie: Man of Influence
Students study about Dale Carnegie, who taught millions how to achieve self-confidence and interpersonal social skills.
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Syria's Role in the Middle East
High schoolers hypothesize why Syria and the U.S. should find common ground in their relationship as it pertains to the future of the Middle East.
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Identification of Career Choices
Take some time to have your pupils identify careers that are not traditional for their gender.
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Sand in Bottles
Eighth graders calculate the speed of bottles as they roll down a ramp with varying amounts of sand inside. Using their data, 8th graders estimate speed of three labeled bottles with different amounts of sand and compare those results...
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Changing Rocks
Young scholars shake a box containing Plaster of Paris "rocks", gravel, and sand, to measure the effects of erosion. They work individually during this exercise. This task assesses students' abilities to make simple observations,...
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Peat Pots
Students place a peat pot in water to observe and calculate the rate of capillarity in a model of a soil. This task assesses students' abilities to make simple observations, collect, record, and represent data, use a data table to...
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Puddles and Soil
Students determine which of several soil samples (sand, soil, and slit) produces puddles, providing insight into the permeability of these different soils. This task assesses students' abilities to make simple observations, collect,...
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The Blizzard of 1993
Students read and interpret the information from a barograph from a major winter storm. This task assesses students' abilities to interpret and analyze graphs, construct data tables and graphs, generalize, infer, apply knowledge of...
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Language Arts: Revision and Peer Editing
Students are able to evaluate their peers' essays to determine clarity, completeness, and persuasiveness. They are able to revise their own essays for greater clarity and fluency, adding explanation where needed and cutting extraneous...
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Constructivist Theory
Students in a teacher education program are introduced to the constructivist theory. In grade level teams, they take their subject matter focus and create lesson plans related to the constructivist theory. They are graded with a rubric...
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Compare and Contrast Composers
Students identify various pieces of music that are familiar to them and define how the music made them feel. Then they select their favorite piece of music heard and the activities in which they like to do. Students also attend a...
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Comprehending the Comics
Students discuss and examine the comic strip section in newspapers. They compare and contrast themselves and others with the comic strip characters. With partners, they select a comic strip and complete a student activity sheet.
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The New Deal
In this 1930s American history worksheet, students study the New Deal as they write 10 vocabulary terms that match 10 definitions, rewrite 4 false statements as true statements, and explain 2 historical themes regarding this time period...
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Energy in Today's Global Society
High schoolers explain how heat is used to generate and produce electricity. In this energy instructional activity students complete several activities that show them about the different fuels used for heating.
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I am Special and You are Special Too #9
Eighth graders will explore the rhythm and rhyme of poems to understand the basic elements of poetry. In this poetry and literary lesson, 8th graders relate their love for rap music to poetry. Students will discuss several different...
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What it means to be a scientist and What is the Scientific Process?
Young scholars read an article and describe the scientific method. In this scientific process instructional activity, students compare basic science and applied science. Young scholars discuss ideas such as team work, application of an...
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Learning From Picture Books and Technology
Fifth graders complete a demonstration on how to set up, use, and close down a camera. In this technology lesson plan, 5th graders complete the correct sequence and answer questions about camera usage.
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Gore Vidal
In this famous people worksheet, students read a selection about the life of Gore Vidal, then complete a variety of comprehension activities including synonym matches, fill-in-the-blank sentence completions, unscrambling words and...
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Packaging
In this environmental awareness lesson, students discuss packaging and the importance of using recycled materials in their packaging. Students bring in all sorts of items from home, and brainstorm ways that those items could have been...
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Kitchen Introduction Unit Test
Learners complete a test demonstrating their knowledge of kitchen safety, sanitation, equipment, measuring, cooking terms, abbreviations, substitutions, equivalents, reading and parts of a recipe, and the microwave oven.