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Class of 2000 - Student Loans
Students determine how they will finance their postsecondary education. In this student loan lesson, students create spreadsheets that help them budget their first year of college. Students identify methods to fund the budgets and...
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Roxaboxen
Third graders discuss the story "Roxaboxen." For this reading comprehension lesson, 3rd graders discover new vocabulary words, discuss the story using story mapping, and take a reading test. Students investigate safety in the desert and...
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Are Polymers Photodegradable?
Students study the term photodegradability and how it applies to the 6-pack loop ring. For this materials lesson students test photodegradability of the 6-pack plastic ring.
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Cultural Contact
Students explore the diversity of the Hispanic Culture, utilizing technology enhanced research and creative graphics (by hand) to retell the researched story.
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Explorer Trading Cards
Fourth graders make Explorer Trading Cards. They work with a partner and research information about the explorers.
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Balancing Act: Olympics, Winter Sports, Ice Skating, Gravity, Physics, Science
Pupils, by way of the Olympic Games event of ice skating, are introduced to the concepts of gravity. They try some hands-on gravity experiments and explore the concept of gravity through art.
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Reading the newspaper
Middle schoolers read articles related to local, state, national, and world events using word maps.
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A Photo Essay
Students analyze photographs, then create their own photo essays by using photos, magazine pictures or drawings to illustrate their stories.
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Know Your Local Government
Learners attend a local assembly meeting of local government officials and keep a journal of what they saw. In this assembly lesson plan, students also discuss government and how they think government can influence society.
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The Sistine Chapel Painting Project
Eighth graders view the movie "The Agony and the Ecstasy" or read the novel to discover details of Michelangelo's life. They paint one of the panels of the Sistine Chapel using authentic painting techniques.
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"Shapes" Dance Lesson Plan
Sixth graders create dances by manipulating shapes with their bodies.
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Everyone Knows It's Windy
Students create an anemometer, an instrument that measures wind speed.
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Bench-Pressing Issues
Students examine some of the issues that may be facing the changing United States Supreme Court. With further exploration, they formulate their own opinions and deepen their awareness of these critical topics.
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A Basic Photography Lesson
Students explain the aesthetics of photography, take photos that demonstrate their understanding of aesthetics, and take photos that convey a message or tell a story. They analyze the qualities of a given photo.
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HEALTH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students use the information gathered from the Nick News Special Edition about homelessness. Each student creates a homeless collage poster featuring magazine and newspaper pictures and articles about the topic and a brief descriptive...
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The Lake Effect
Fourth graders conduct an experiment demonstrating the effects of water and air temperature on precipitation. They create graphs demonstrating their findings using Claris Works for Kids.
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Seeking a Balance in International Trade: Pacific Rim Import-Export Transactions Activity
Twelfth graders explain the concepts of marketing, comparative advantage and the uses of monetary policy to affect markets.
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"Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka
Students explain everyday uses of numbers and relationships of numbers.
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Posters
Learners create a poster with a message advocating a social cause using Keith Haring's posters as a model.
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A Colony is Born : Lesson 2 - Sez Who?
Second graders increase their baseline knowledge of primary and secondary sources and the likenesses and differences of them with regard to a selected historical event.
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Propaganda Flyer
Fourth graders create a persuasive flyer to sway the opinion of the class on a controversial issue. They read assigned editorials representing the viewpoint that they must defend.
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Why Did You Write That?
Second graders use actual written media to identify and discuss an author's purpose for writing. They identify the author's purpose in a selection from the newspaper, and write a short description of how they came to their conclusion.
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Solving Science Mysteries
Learners choose a science-related mystery to investigate such as the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot. They, in groups, research theories and give a persuasive talk presenting the theory they feel to be most likely.
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What is a Medicine?
Students brainstorm ideas about what makes a substance a "medicine" to determine their preconceptions about medicines. They evaluate whether certain substances should be defined as "medicines' and examine various systems of medicine.