Young scholars explore civil liberties. They identify the major provisions of the Canadian Constitution. Students describe fundamental principals of federal and provincial legal systems. They distinguish between individual and group...

Seventh graders investigate the cultural differences that can be found in America. They discuss what it means to be called an American. The patterns of migration to America are discussed with the use of maps and geographical terms....

Eighth graders study about precipitation and graph the information. They look for patterns in a scatter graph and make inferences based on what they see. They need to see a relationship between location and the amount of precipitation.

Fifth graders are introduced to convergence of sequences based on averaging previous terms in the sequence. The power of the "fill-down" function in spreadsheets is exploited. By using various starting numbers, and inferring the limit,...

Learners compare and contrast lifestyles of women from two different societies or two historical periods. They describe the rights and freedoms of different groups. Students write a brief summary and share their findings.

Sixth graders discover why food is an important part of a culture. As a class, they practice the table manners used in China and identify the underlying values. They develop the skills to properly use chopsticks to end the lesson.

Students rebuild two different makes of cars. They calculate the cost of rebuilding the car. They create a spreadsheet to track their progress and costs.

Students survey how the Internet has changed the way we listen to music. Research the powerful new music browser called SIMAC. Test the music field and see if this new concept helps to put in words on a sound track what couldn't be...

Student explore the patterns and characteristics of major landforms, climates, ecosystems and cultures as they interact upon specific areas or regions. They prepare a geographic analysis of a given area.

Students explore the important characteristics of a resume. They discuss the purpose of a resume. Using provided templates, students construct a "resume" of celebrity of their choice.

Fifth graders create poems and other forms of writing.Then working in groups they share writing with each other. The opinions would be gathered and students would revise writing according to the comments.

Students listen to numerous claims concerning the hamburger's origins and then compose an original tall tale on the subject. Students name some tall tales they have heard or read about. Students make books that feature tall tales...

Students complete a handout dealing with the languages spoken most frequently at home in Canada. They interview a person with a home language other than English or French. Students contribute to a bulletin board display representing...

Ninth graders explore the human body and how disease affects man. After using the internet and other reference materials to complete research, 9th graders write a paper on the cause and effect of a selected disease. In preparation for...

Fourth graders create a brief video presentation documenting their research of an impactful African American or woman from history. Students research and identify their accomplishments and create a 2-5 minute iMovie documenting their...

Fifth graders are introduced to the novel "Frederick Douglass" and conduct research about his life. The lesson integrates technology while using a library database. It is used as a source of information with access to a reference...

Students are introduced to linear inequalities in slope-intercept form. As a class, they participate when needed in a demonstration given by their teacher and practice graphing inequalities and describing the solution. They set up and...

Learners use the processes of oral history and the latest technology to engage in historical inquiry and the preservation of the past. The work in cooperative groups or individually to discover and capture the past by interviewing family...

High schoolers investigate the concept of adapting to an environment. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information search is focused upon animals picked by the students that need to be classified and then write a...

Young scholars practice identifying the stages and purpose for meiosis. They use a worksheet to construct each phase, label its parts and describe the process occurring in each phase. they divide the process into meiosis I and meiosis II.

Pupils explore the four stages of mitosis. They view a prepared slide of an onion root tip undergoing mitosis to identify the stage for each cell in view. They record the number of cells in each stage, graph the results, then calcualte...

Students examine laws to protect employees from sexual harassment and other violations. After defining sexual harassment, they discuss how to avoid harassing co-workers. Other topics students investigate include theft and drug use in the...

Students explore ratios and their relationships to fractions. They explain the process of identifying ratios and describe their comparison. Students write ratios as fractions and by using colons. They convert the ratios to percents.

First graders practice counting to solve simple addition problems. They count forwards and backwards and are asked to explain how they worked out the problem presented to them and worked on paper as well as mentally in their minds.