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How To Make a Rainstick
Students research the uses of rainsticks in ancient native cultures. The teacher discusses the ceremonies rainsticks were traditionally used in. The students then construct their own rainstick.
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People/Culture
Seventh graders explain both past and present examples of how people use of natural resources. They use the MVAC website to garther information about the prehistoric cultures in Wisconsin.
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Irish Eyes: Taking a Look at Local Landscape
Students create landscape flyers of local landscapes using digital photography, educational software, and examples of Irish landscapes. This creative-project lesson lasts two weeks, including class time spent collecting photographs...
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LET'S TAKE A TRIP AROUND LAHAINA HARBOR
Second graders define the word "cargo", identify the common needs of people, identify likes and differences between Lahaina Harbor and the San Francisco Harbor, draw a ship and color it with watercolor and write a story about the ship in...
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A Look At Charlotte's Web
Twelfth graders investigate the social structure of VIctorian England. They research especially the lives of Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre. Students create an essay and oral presentation using technology. Then they use the internet to...
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Food Webs in the Bay
Students get acquainted with a type of ecosystem and how different organisms of that ecosystem compete with one another for resources. They analyze the submerged aquatic vegetation of a bay ecosystem. Students study plants.
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Historical Fiction: Persuasive Presentation
Fifth graders read a book addressing a specific historical time period that was chosen by their working group. They complete journal entries as they read the book. They create a group PowerPoint explaining the personal point of view and...
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Making a Pitch
Students practice creating their own persuasive pitch of their project. They use this presentation to organize the work they have completed on their project at this stage. They receive teacher and students feedback and how ready they are...
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Early Native Americans
Young scholars create a scrapbook illustrating the culture of Native Americans that settled in the Kickapoo Valley. Working in groups, students choose a topic related to the Kickapoo Valley Indians. Using traditional and technological...
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An Icky Sticky Mess!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter I. Students then view flash cards and identify the pictures containing the short /i/...
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Adapted to Fire
Fourth graders explore forest species' adaptations to fire by participating in a scavenger hunt and mapping a burned forest. Students create maps and explore how indigenous species adapted to living with fire.
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We are where and what we eat
Students explore concepts of plants they eat, where and how they grow and are introduced to genetic diversity. They examine seed characteristics, look at their different sizes, shapes and germination time. They also set up seeds to...
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THE EARTH FROM ABOVE
Students comprehend the geographic themes of location, movement, and human-environment interaction. They identify ways in which individuals depend upon each other within their community. Students identify examples of linkages and the...
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Media Literacy Skills
Third graders watch a news story from three different networks in order to determine how the same story can be presented in three different ways. Next, working in small groups they create a newscast of a current event to share with the...
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Values
Students use MS word to create a two-column table. They use online dictionaries to find the definitions of 34 values. Students identify two values that the student most identifies with. They disucss what the values with one classmate.
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North Carolina State Beverage
Fourth graders demonstrate that milk is the state beverage by creating their own "Got-Milk?" advertisement. They list all the foods that contain milk on Inspiration via the SmartBoard and find advertisement templates, colors, fonts,...
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Literature: The Russian Cinderella
Fifth graders compare and contrast the Russian fairytale, Wee Little Havroshechka" with the Anglo-Saxon "Cinderella." In groups the discuss and then write their own versions of the Cinderella story. Students write about the differences...
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How to Invest Your Money
Students use the Internet to research various companies to determine if they are smart investment choices. Using a role-play activity, they pretend they have received an inheritance from a distant relative. They invest the money into...
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Hip-Hop
Students practice letter recognition. They say tongue-twisters with the practiced sound. Students read a book about the sound. Using laminated picture cards, students pant when they see a word with the sound.
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Summer Scientists
For this lesson, young scholars discuss and reocrd what makes an object living or nonliving. The students then chart the lists of living and nonliving objects. Teacher allows young scholars oportunity to go outside and look for living...
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Symmetrical Journals
Students examine the concept of symmetry by studying the symmetry of symbols in a wall painting and creating journals with a symmetrical design. After a class review of symmetry and identifying the line of symmetry in several objects in...
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Ticket to Ride
Consider the images, ideas and words connected with America with your class as they design a new American passport for the 21st century that reflects an individual vision of and for America. Students reflect on the image of America...
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Lesson Six: Discovering the Power (Point) of Presentation
Students prepare multimedia presentations. In this computer technology lesson, students use PowerPoint and other multimedia sources to compose individual presentations. Students complete an interactive tutorial on how to use the...
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Charles’s Law
Students describe the relationship between temperature and volume. In this chemistry instructional activity, students perform an experiment and record their their results. They use Charles' law to explain their observations.
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