Third graders create a multimedia slide presentation containing facts, graphics, and sounds relating to a biographical figure based on their reading of a biography or an autobiography. They present their slide presentations before the...

High schoolers watch one of the top 100 movies to view, research critical reviews and then, write their own reviews.

Learners read the novel, Lord of the Flies, then write an essay analyzing the novel. They analyze, in small groups, characters, plot, setting, style, symbolism, theme, critical responses, and historical influences

Young scholars examine different family traditions to further explain social patterns. They complete a graphic organizer using educational software.

Learners conduct Interned research on the cougar, listing perceptions about cougars, and facts about cougars. They view a video, take notes during the video, and organize presentations to present their findings.

Students produce iMovies to share their thoughts of friendship along with poetry creations in this technology-based lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. The lesson includes a link to a "create a poem" site and requires computers...

Students examine mystery plays by reading a number of five-minute mysteries. They write and perform their own plays.

In this language arts worksheet, students learn to organize research before writing a report by using this KWL chart. KWL stands for "What I Know, What I Want to Know, What I Learned."

Students find symbols and patterns in everyday life. In this patterns lesson, students break into groups and look for specific patterns and symbols. Students record their findings. Students create a graphic organizer with the information.

Students illustrate and paraphrase each chapter of The Hundred Dresses, creating a graphic organizer through the use of story mapping. After students have completed their story maps, ask for a few volunteers to present theirs to the class.

Students read newspaper articles. For this social studies lesson, students locate the latitude and longitude of the location where the news article takes place. Students write a summary of the news article.

Students plan and organize a theme to spend one million dollars. They select a theme, research prices of items on the Internet, organize the information into a spreadsheet, write an introductory paragraph, and create a final project.

Students work together to complete a research project on Harry Potter. They write a research question and develop a survey to give to their classmates. Using the results, they create a graph and draw conclusions about the data collected.

Students research and write reports about inventions and inventors. They develop graphic organizers to organize their information, and create reports on the impact of inventors and inventions.

Fourth graders prepare for the literary analysis. They locate, interpret, evaluate and analyze the relationship between a character and the theme. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders write topic and detail sentences, then correctly put...

Eighth graders explore the chemical and physical properties of a variety of elements in a lab setting. They organize the data they collect onto a spreadsheet and then choose one element from the periodic table to research. They...

Second graders read a book. In this note taking lesson, 2nd graders read a book about pumpkins and take notes together. Students write a summary about pumpkins using the information from their notes.

Students read the book Because of Winn Dixie and then create a personal decalogue, which is a list of 10 personal beliefs. In this decalogue lesson plan, students then write a decalogue of a fictional character and write a story based on...

Students organize information and prepare a visual interpretation that enhances an oral presentation using pictures, graphics and sound.

Eighth graders study the politics and culture of the 1920's and write a report about some aspect of that era. They also create a Power Point presentation based on the 1920's lifestyle.

Young scholars investigate the affects of various risk factors and cumulative risk factors vs. a life of wellness in this technology-based instructional activity for the High School Health class. The instructional activity requires the...

Fourth graders create comic strips for presentation to the class. They make drawings, record them digitally, transfer them to a KidPix program and then arrange them in a PowerPoint presentation in a comic strip format.

Seventh graders begin the lesson by reading primary sources about the country of Mali. Using maps drawn in the past, they discuss what they can gather about the country from the map and how it has changed over time. They use a graphic...

Students create an issue of a magazine. They work collaboratively to write articles for the magazine, design a cover and develop advertisements. Students complete their page layout, and create the magazine using information form each...