Students identify and compare Herakles's heroic qualities to those depicted in students' portraits of their favorite heroes.

Young scholars create a fabric poncho to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. They sample food and drink from Mexico and follow instructions to make the ponhco. They also discover the history of the holiday.

Students explore the origin and significance of Mardi Gras and experience some traditional activities associated with the hoilday.

Students review chapters 1-5 from the book, Where the Red Fern Grows. They complete/answer comprehension cards and create an advertisement for a getting a pet of their dreams.

Students investigate how trees produce their own food. They examine chlorophyll cells with a microscope, analyze a cross section of a log, determine how old the tree was, simulate the distance of the roots, and create a play.

Students review the concept of courage and relate it to their daily life. As a class, they are introduced to the events of December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. Using a map, they locate Hawai'i and label the islands. They use the internet to...

Young scholars chronicle development of human rights for students up to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, define human rights for young scholars according to Convention, and identify and discuss three components of the...

Students listen to a teacher read aloud of a book about families before discussing what a family is to them. They discuss how families can be the same or different, who they are made of, and what their traditions might be. They draw a...

Ninth graders will speak and listen to explore, clarify, extend, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences. They will be able to communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly, and to respond personally...

Third graders engage in a lesson that is about the study of racial discrimination with the focus upon Martin Luther King Jr. They conduct research using a variety of resources and fill out a graphic organizer looking for information.

First graders explore Africa, its geography and climate. After completing a KWL chart, 1st graders locate Africa on a globe and discuss how its location on the earth affects its climate. Using the Internet and a given fact sheet,...

Students explore the concept of quadrilaterals. In this quadrilaterals instructional activity, students use the slope formula, midpoint formula, and distance formula to justify that a given quadrilateral is a parallelogram.

Students work as a group of scientists studying a specific biome of their choice. In this biome activity, students research a biome and develop a podcast where factual information is read about a biome and the events...

Eleventh graders explore the three basic trigonometric functions. In this trigonometry/Algebra II instructional activity, 11th graders use GeoGebra and the unit circle to define the ratios of sides is a right triangles as they examine...

In this plant reproduction worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 36 questions. They identify the different plant reproductive features.

Students watch a PowerPoint presentation about how to create a brochure using Word.  In this word processing instructional activity, students create a three-fold brochure about a topic of their choice. 

Fourth graders examine healthy food choices. In this health lesson plan, 4th graders create a lunch that includes one serving from each food group and create a poster about a food group. Students participate in a variety of games in...

Students explore the human body by participating in a physical education activity. In this bean bag lesson, students identify the hand eye coordination skills necessary to throw and catch a bean bag with a partner. Students throw,...

Students prepare for a field trip to Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument and exploration of Ape Cave (see also Ape Cave Exploration). In the absence of a field trip, students become acquainted with lava tubes in general.

Students strengthen skills in mathematics, problem solving, and communication skills by working together in groups using "Hot Dog Stand: The Works" educational software.

Eighth graders, in a computer lab, transform their images into a full face using the paint & draw tools.

Students practice various locomotor skills at six different stations. They move a 'bunny' down a 'trail' to track their progress. All of the activities must be done as a group and stress teamwork and sportsmanship.

Students identify numbers as prime or composite and complete prime factorization of composite numbers.

Students participate in the Hare and Tortoise Game and the "Castle Warwick" problem (from an Addison Wesley text). They use the computer to practice resampling statistics and explore different approaches to their tasks. They present th