Sixth graders write myths to show tolerance in creation. They read from both the Aztec and Mayan eras and develop an understanding of the similarities and differences of these two closely related cultures. They track the travels of...

Learners identify minerals from its physical properties accomplished through observation and testing of the minerals involved. They divide into groups and perform the physical property tests listed on the Mineral Background sheet.

Students use the word wall to learn letters, their names, develop print awareness and many other literacy skills.

Students practice using the food pyramid and know which food group familiar foods belong in.

Young scholars examine and identify foods on the food pyramid. They catergorize food and place them on the correct level. They discover why they should eat foods in moderation.

Students listen and restate facts from a text. They gather and organize information as a class. They create a report and present it to their classmates.

Students compare and contrast world maps and globes. They convert a 3-dimensional globe to a 2-dimensional map. They are introduced to the Mercator map projection. They observe map distortions of shape, area, distance, directions and angle.

Young scholars participate in an online activity to determine how objects heat and cool. They determine what objects best serve as thermal insulators.

Students use an online instructional activity to help them identify and name different sources of light. They also determine that some sources of light are natural and some are man-made, and explain that light sources vary in brightness.

Students recognize different types of movement and causes that my affect the movement. They know that pushes and pulls are types of forces.

Students participate in an online lesson to determine that different plants and animals are found in different habitats. They use food chains to show feeding relationships in a habitat, and see that nearly all food chains start with a...

Students investigate melting and cooling in a range of materials.

Students recognize the different types of plants and animals living in a local environment. They determine how they require different habitats to live, and relate simple life processes to plants and animals found in local environments.

Students name appliances that use electricity. They construct a simple electrical circuit. They predict whether a circuit work. They name components of an electrical circuit.

Students exercise their muscles to explore concept of heart rate and to explain how blood supplies muscles with oxygen.

Learners participate in an online lesson to determine how light travels from a source, and to explain that shadows form when light travelling from a source is blocked.

Pupils construct a food web to identify producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore and predator. They complete an online activity collecting plants and animals and arranging them in the web. They describe the interdependence between plants...

Young scholars make book covers displaying the Sun during a solar eclipse and a labeled illustration of the Sun.

Seventh graders participate in literature circles as they read African novels. They read, work on word studies, and complete comprehension activities. They share their reading with other literature circle groups in the class.

Eighth graders access the TDC database and view the Brady photos, which depict Abraham Lincoln throughout various times in history. They analyze the photos and discuss the reasons for the changes in President Lincoln's appearance over time.

Students use the internet to discover the basic concepts in physics. They complete interactive simulations where variables can be changed. They answer comprehension questions to end the lesson.

Pupils observe the migration of monarch butterflies. They collect data regarding the number of monarchs they see, the location, the butterflies' behavior, the temperature and the date and time. Then they send their data to a university...

Students investigate Bernoulli's principle of air pressure and how it relates to the lift of an airplane. Students identify various Aeronautical vocabulary terms. Students construct a paper glider and experiment with the control surfaces...

Students create "Bunny Hats" using construction paper, paper plates, glue, googly eyes, and pencils in this fun Art instructional activity for the early-elementary classroom. The instructional activity emphasizes building cutting skills...