Students study the bottom structure of underwater habitats and how they can be mapped.

Students provide input on listening tasks and provide practice in listening for specific information in an exam type format.

Learners complete a list of seven items that they own with an appropriate value attached. They understand the principle of property and write an essay on why people owned slaves.

Fourth graders discuss Newton's Second Law of Motion, and the acceleration of fast and slow moving objects. They experiment with items with different masses to determine the effect mass has on acceleration using a toy car. They complete...

Students identify substances and discover common substances and their chemical composition.  In this chemistry lesson students write a description of the substances and how they are used.

Learners use test kits to measure the level of chlorine, iron, sulfide, and dissolved oxygen in tap (drinking) water and stream water. They post and evaluate the results of these water quality tests.

Students recognize the Nile River played an important role in the lives of ancient Egyptians and still does today. They prepare a newspaper written in English and produced with advanced technology centered around researched information.

Third graders explore poetry by completing a worksheet.  In this poetry lesson, 3rd graders create a quilt using images students have drawn based on imagery.  Students practice using vocabulary from the poem "Adventures of...

Students investigate the effects of UV radiation. In this earth science lesson, students explain how the time of day relate to UV abundance on Earth. They determine if weather affects the amount of UV that Earth receives.

Fourth graders investigate saturation conditions and measure the dew point. They conduct an experiment, record data on a worksheet, and measure the dew point in the experiment.

Learners emulate a key practice of Renaissance theater: doubling. The goal of this lesson is for students to experience-to see, hear, and feel-the differences between characters. Each group presents scenes to the rest of the class.

Students define philanthropy. They apply concept of philanthropy to personal experiences.

High schoolers attempt to solve a countries economic problems. They investigate inflation, devaluing currency and foreign exchange.

This lesson will use the trade book, Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome, to teach making predictions. Students will also learn the true story of Balto and create their own fictional story of Balto.

Contains plans for three lessons that teach a reading comprehension technique called the prediction strategy, where learners predict what will happen in a story before reading. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...

Contains plans for two lessons about circular stories like those of Laura Joffe Numeroff, who is known for the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Young scholars read stories with circular plots as models before composing their own. In...

This intervention, which is based on Schema Theory, engages students in enrichment activities prior to reading the passage. In this way, students have the opportunity to activate and enhance existing knowledge before reading....

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which learners use books from the classroom library to learn strategies that can be utilized to determine the genre of a book and to understand how knowing the genre before reading can aid...