Use Shel Silverstein's poem "Batty" to introduce poetry to young readers. This lesson plan is not formatted well, but the plan does suggest learners memorize a poem, recite the poem individually, and then recite the poem as a class....

Young readers practice looking words up in the dictionary. This lesson describes a simple, yet engaging, game that can be played as a whole-class activity.

A simple P.E. activity will get young athletes running, jumping, hopping, skipping, and crabwalking! These locomotor movement exercises are a great way to build up aerobic endurance. Your pupils will ask you to play this game again and...

Students explain how cells reproduce. In this biology lesson, students transcribe and translate a gene. They discuss and compare their answers in class.

Students explain how cells reproduce. In this biology lesson plan, students explain the different stages of the cell cycle. They calculate the number of new cells produced.

Students predict the characteristics of future offspring using punnet squares. In this genetics instructional activity, students explore monohybrid crosses using an interactive website. They research about causes of blueness in people.

Students research different areas of biotechnology. In this biology instructional activity, students create a presentation about their research. They debate the topic presented and share their views on the subject.

Consider how to use consumer reports to review performance, price, reliability and safety information about specific cars. Young learners review how life styles and economics affect car choices. They then find solutions for car-buying...

Fourth graders improvise music and dance to express their analysis of types of rocks. They discuss the three classes of rocks, list describing words, and create a short musical piece and dance to symbolize the rock they are dancing.

Fifth graders describe the lunar cycle. develop an understanding of the order and phases of the moon. Each student in a team contributes orally in order to make a line up of the moon phases in order.

Fifth graders explore ideas orally with partners or groups.

Students construct 3-dimensional structures from 2-dimensional paper. They design and compile their structures to resemble a neighborhood community.

What would your scholars do if Susan B. Anthony walked into class? Shock them to attention with this lesson, which has the school secretary (or any willing participant) dress as the famous suffragette and answer questions as a surprise...

Students explore the interconnectedness of living things in an ecosystem. They use pictures and arrows to develop a food web, and participate in constructing a class food web with students representing various parts of the web.

Students determine how much they would need to feed a family for a month. They plan meals and use Internet grocery stores to find the cost of individual food items. They brainstorm in small groups to come up with 1 weeks worth of menus.

Students explore physical education by completing a quiz in class. In this engineering lesson, students identify different ways engineering has made sports safer such as stronger padding and helmets, stronger equipment and smarter...

Students analyze number sense by participating in a pattern identification activity. In this number sequence lesson, students examine several groups of numbers and identify the sequence in the group before adding on to it. Students check...

Students observe earth science by examining results from an experiment. In this buoyancy lesson plan, students practice floating different items in two different liquids and identify why certain objects will float and others sink....

Students discover number sense by completing a math worksheet. In this scientific notation activity, students identify the purpose for writing in scientific notation and practice writing large numbers in scientific notation. Students...

Pupils evaluate directions by participating in a maze activity. In this labyrinth instructional activity, students identify the history of mazes and labyrinths and utilize Google Earth to examine real life mazes. Pupils create their...

Learners develop a dramatization of "Odysseus and the Cyclops." In this english lesson, students discuss the importance of a person's identity. They reflect on how ancient Greeks value their identity based on this mythology.

Students read the play The Yellow Boat then have a town hall meeting to discuss the matter.  In this character lesson students discuss whether or not a child with AIDS should be allowed in public schools.

Students explore the definition of a "good Samaritan".  In this social studies lesson students divide into groups and build a skit to present to the class. 

Students explain why some colonists remained loyal to England during the American revolution. In this social studies instructional activity, students write a letter to an editor about their reasons for remaining loyal to England.