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BOOK REVIEW

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students review a book by choosing one word to describe each element and then combining it into one sentence.
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Bubbles

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students blow bubbles using various wands and observe the shape of the bubble. They design and construct new wands and then measure and illustrate the bubbles.
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Career Bulletin Board

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars examine and discuss different careers. They use magazines and newspapers to find pictures of a career of interest to them. They create a career collage for a bulletin board display.
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Reasons for Seasons

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students track photoperiod (daylight hours) over time and predict how daylight change during different seasons. This helps build their understanding that ever-changing daylight is the driving force for migrations and all other seasonal...
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Label Your Body

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students assimilate the names of the parts of the body. They practice spelling body part words using a worksheet. They trace the outline of their bodies, add features and label the body parts from the vocabulary list.
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Pop-A-Top Math Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play pop-a-top math game to practice solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.
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Season of an Apple Tree

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify how seasonal changes affect plant growth. In this agricultural lesson, students read The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree and are shown pictures of how apple trees blossom through the seasons. Students match each picture...
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ReQuest and Motor Imaging with My Side of the Mountain

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read "My Side of the Mountain." They create a pantomime using vocabulary words from the story. Students create three questions about the reading. They discuss the passage they read and act out words to help them better...
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Sensational Seasons

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how seasonal weather patterns affect temperature and their lives.
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Puppetmania: Using Puppets in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students create puppets to teach concepts such as history and weather. In this Puppetmania lesson, students manipulate their puppets to show a range of emotions, facial expressions, and actions. Students design puppets and learn about...
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What's Your Favorite Season?

For Teachers K
Students collect data on the favorite seasons. In this data collection and analysis instructional activity, students learn about displaying data on charts and graphs. They collect data about the favorite seasons of the children in their...
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Game Shows in the Classroom

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in game show like games when reviewing material for any subject or grade level.
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Interdisciplinary Task: Weather

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students design a chart to use to record the weather for five days. They then build an anemometer to record wind speed and discover why they are used for this purpose.
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A Monster's World

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Study African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create imaginary monsters using texture.
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Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students summarize the "Tri-County Project" section of the nebraskastudies.org web site using a scavenger hunt.
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Historical Success Stories: Banneker, Blackwell, Drew, and Faraday

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate how all races and religions have contributed to US history by looking at the scientists Elizabeth Blackwell, Benjamin Banneker, Charles Drew, and Michael Faraday. They research these scientists individually and...
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Make Waves

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover, through exploration, the basic characteristics of waves. After a lecture/demo, 6th graders work in groups and participate in a series of labs where they investigate waves. Each group presents its findings to the...
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Victorian Philosophies in the Connecticut River Valley: The Connection between Mind, Body, and Spirit

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore late 19th century concepts of physical and spiritual health, which includes spiritualist and conservation movements, heath tonics, the perceived relationship between climate and physical well being.
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Beneficial Bug Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify several beneficial insects and spiders, including predators and pollinators. They search an outdoor environment and record numbers and types of beneficial insects and spiders that they discover.
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Making Patterns

For Teachers K
Students utilize skittles and unifix cubes to practice the recognition and creation of a variety of patterns. The created patterns are copied onto sheets and the colors are labeled.
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Work

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders determine when work is being done on an object. They define work and calculate work for several examples. They define and give examples of force and distance and define power and calculate power. They determine the...
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Invertebrates and Vertebrate Evolution

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore the major characteristics of the major animal phyla. They describe adaptive features that have contributed to the success of animals on land. Students explain how primate evolution provides a context for understanding...
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Circulatory and Respiratory Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are taken to a shady location and they seat in a large circle. They are given three questions each. Students research and answer the three questions. They summarize the circulatory and respiratory system and relate how they...
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Fighting for Democracy, Fighting for Me

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore what it means to be American. In this American identity lesson, students consider the contributions of Americans throughout history that have protected the promises of the U.S. Constitution.

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