Students investigate the American flag. In this citizenship lesson, students listen to the book The Story of the American Flag by John Herman and discuss the symbolic meaning of the stars and stripes. Students construct their own paper...

Pupils study about famous Olympic athletes. They are introduced to a few that have earned gold medals to encourage interest. Students read to find out more about them to become with more equally famous Olympic Games stars.

Students explore the rotation of the Earth and observe the shapes of constellations. After discussing how the Earth moves. volunteers use a flashlight and globe to model the movement of the sun-Earth system. Using Digitalis technology,...

Learners research songs from the past to learn about historical events. In this music history lesson plan, students conduct a survey on the Star-Spangled Banner, research the song and history on various websites, and research songs in...

Students demonstrate their knowledge of early childhood practices. In this early childhood activity, students prepare a portfolio and a resource container following the Early Childhood STAR Event guidelines. Students do the case study in...

Students explore job opportunities in their chosen career field. For this career exploration lesson, students complete a portfolio using the career investigation in the STAR event link. Students present the project to the class and...

Students draw the outline of the Lone Star State, label the state signs (bird, flower, tree), and sing the state song.

Students use an ordinary toy to reveal the Doppler effect. The connection is also made to moving cars, and to the shifting of the lines in the absorption or emission spectrum when the distance between a star and Earth is increasing or...

Students investigate the planets in our solar system. They conduct research using a variety of resources in order for students to make cognitive connections with the demonstrations made by the teacher. Students discover how to recognize...

Students study Mars and other plants in the night sky. In a planetarium setting using Digitarium planetarium system, students identify the Big Dipper and Polaris. They explore the major differences between the planets and the stars. ...

In this tally chart worksheet, 1st graders use tally marks to count. Students count the number of stars in each row, keeping a running tally beside each grouping.

Young scholars research ancient Greek heroes immortalized in constellations. They choose three constellations in either the summer or winter sky to illustrate and reinforce their understanding of the northern constellations.

In this constellation worksheet, students pick a constellation to track over time. They measure its altitude and azimuth at least three times. They make an experimental design for their research and plot their data.

Students identify the geographic and climatic characteristics of Florida that made it the best location for the space program. They describe how the space program affected the economy and growth of the eastern coast of Florida.

Students design a United States flag using reasoning. They describe their design to make it easy for it to be duplicated. They share their designs with the class.

Is this any way to treat a Greek Myth? By all means, turn the tale of Orpheus into a reader's theatre exercise.

Need a quick way to administer and grade a multiple choice quiz? Keep this bubble sheet as a staple of your curriculum toolkit! It can be used for assessments with up to 30 multiple choice or true/false questions.

Two stuffed animals open a lesson that examines two types of touch. Scholars discuss the difference between comfortable and uncomfortable touch. They offer examples then brainstorm ways an individual can keep safe from uncomfortable...

Pupils watch a video about the life of Latin singer/pop star, Shakira and identify the elements that make her music unique. They explore Latin music and dance and research the music and dance of a specific Latin American country.

Fourth graders investigate the geography of the Southeast regions of the United States. They conduct Internet research, listen to the book "No Star Nights," and plan and write a trip through this regions.

Fifth graders are introduced to the various planets, stars and moons in our solar system. Using photographs, they place the planets into the correct order from the sun. In groups, they research one planet, create a fact sheet and make...

In this Christmas bar graph recording worksheet, students receive a number and record what is placed at the top of their Christmas tree. They chose between a star, a gingerbread man, an angel, a finial, a cross or a Santa figure. There...

In this mixed math problem solving worksheet, 3rd graders complete 8 problems on a variety of levels. The more stars the higher level of difficulty.

In this mixed math word problem worksheet, 4th graders complete 8 mixed math problems on a variety of levels. The number of stars increase as the level of difficulty increases.