+
Lesson Plan
Bowland

Explorers – Patrol Services

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Far out — plan a trip to space! Aspiring mathematicians steer a space vehicle through an asteroid field, calculate currency exchanges to buy provisions, and determine placement of charges to blow up asteroids. Along the way, they learn...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Explore Learning Exponential Functions

For Teachers 10th - 12th
High schoolers graph exponential equations and solve application problems using exponential functions. They re-enact a story about a peasant worker whose payment for services is rice grains doubled on a checker board. They place M &...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Does My hair Disrupt Your Learning?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use the internet to research ways to save and earn money. They interview bankers and financial counselors to discover different types of investments. Students create public service announcements to inform their classmates of...
+
Lesson Plan
1
1
Chicago Botanic Garden

Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
The fourth activity in a series of five has classes participate in a jigsaw to learn about global impacts of climate change and then share their new information with a home group. Groups then research impacts of climate change (droughts,...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pathway to Philanthropy

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars implement a plan to carry out a service project with a nonprofit organization. In this philanthropy lesson, students use a decision-making model to choose a local organization to work with and keep a journal of the service...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

American Idealist Lesson 2: Sargent Shriver and Public Service

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the public service contributions of Sargent Shriver. In this public service lesson, students explore the work of the Peace Corps and investigate other service learning opportunities.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aluminum Can Drive

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a recycling project to clean-up their school. In this service project lesson, 2nd graders assess their campus for litter, set up a recycling project, clean up their campus, and recycle the trash. Students also...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Has Hair?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars explore similarities and differences. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students read literature and participate in activities that features mammals and their hair. Young scholars learn that they share things in common...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Doing the Right Thing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider the payoffs of doing the right thing. In this philanthropy lesson, students examine the virtue of courage in Jackie Robinson's life and in their own.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Career Advice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider animal welfare-related careers. In this career instructional activity, students examine non-traditional careers as they research careers that promote animal welfare. Students study the career of John Walsh who invented...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Heroes Here and There

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropic heroes. In this everyday heroes lesson, students compare and contrast media and famous heroes with everyday heroes. Students discuss heroes in small groups and then come together in large...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Create Your Own Service Project

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students develop a community service project. For this service project lesson, students identify a concern within their community, set a goal, from a plan, and carryout a service project using the project guidelines.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Service Project

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a service project. In this community service lesson plan, students use their special talents to help others. Students draw or write about the service they've provided. The class turns this into a class book.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Raising Resources

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students determine how much it will cost to participate in a service project. In this service project lesson, students develop a budget for participating in a service project while looking at the cost of the whole project. They make a...
+
Interactive
Giraffe Heroes Project

It’s Up to Us

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The Giraffe Heroes Program is designed for teens willing to stick their necks out to make a difference, and to create community service projects that tackle real world problems. The resource guides teens to choose an issue, design a...
+
Lesson Plan
1
1
Overcoming Obstacles

Giving Presentations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
With their action plans in place, groups now develop a presentation to get others interested in their project. Scholars learn how to present themselves during a presentation and elaborate on and add visuals to their presentation. After...
+
Lesson Plan
Workforce Solutions

Workforce Solutions K-1 Lessons

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Three lessons and one at-home connection explore 12 professions. In the first lesson, scholars examine an online map that displays all 12 careers alongside a video. Lesson two challenges class members to choose two of those careers to...
+
Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

The History of Spoken Word Poetry: Historical and Cultural Perspectives In Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Spoken word poetry, more than almost any other form, reveals the historical and cultural perspective of the poet. High schoolers listen to various spoken word poems, select one to research in-depth, and then apply what they have learned...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Phonics Help: The Phonic Alphabetic Code Chart

For Teachers K - 12th
Phonics is a fundamental key to reading success. To help your learners with dyslexia or learning disabilities, try using the phonic alphabetic code chart. The chart and full instructions on how it can be used in the classroom are...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Goods and Services

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate the relationship between goods and services in this lesson. They access the provided internet sites to research the meaning of goods/services and learn about different service jobs. They complete the lesson by...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Customer Service Skills

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss and identify customer service skills. They examine customer's notions of justice and the three types of customer service delivery. They role-play different scenerios as well.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Producers of Goods and Services

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use newspapers to brainstorm a list of the producers of goods and services in their community. In groups, they organize coupons based on the good or service and create a chart to organize the information. They discuss the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Goods and Services?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students distinguish between goods and services, and identify that goods and services are used to satisfy needs and wants. They view illustrations from books to find and chart examples of good and services and make connections that goods...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Community Helpers

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify examples of community services, identify jobs/services performed by community helpers and relationships between community needs and community services, and work cooperatively to create Bubble map, flyer, and Powerpoint...

Other popular searches