Students view and discuss the public television program, Wide Angle: Young, Muslim, and French. They research and write a position in favor of or against the headscarf ban in France, and examine the influence of media in shaping...

Pupils examine cougar behavior, habitat, social organization, efforts to support their survival and the threats to it. They create posters to present information about cougars.

Pupils explore the concept of poetry through movement and song. They watch Lucille Clifton read her poem, and write their own poem.

Learners appreciate African folktales, make "connections" between geography and literature, and research facts about Africa's animals and present findings through art and writing.

Fourth graders examine and compare Indian and American culture in order to develop a better understanding of both.

Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus, then change the words for a boat.

High schoolers discern their responsibility around railroad tracks. They recognize and define potential dangers around tracks and explain how actions around railroad tracks, crossings and yards can save their own lives, as well as others'.

Students listen to the picture book, The Polar Express, and review events that happened in the story. Students draw pictures of what they might have seen on the way to the north pole.

Middle schoolers research one of the many urban race riots in U.S. history, from the New York City riots during the Civil War to the "Red Summer of 1919" or the hate-strikes of 1943. They present their findings in the form of a...

Learners are introduced to the the formula for calculating travel time. They listen to different scenarios relating to long distance travel into space and calculate travel time using the formula.

Eighth graders view pictures of life in a small town during the Great Depression in Illinois to gain an understanding of living conditions during the era. They read novels based on life of this era.

Young scholars ask a professional volcanologist a question online. This activity allows students to ask questions that they have chosen, and it makes scientists seem more personal to Young scholars.

Sixth graders explore the concept of averaging of numbers and the function of a spreadsheet. Data is collected, analyzed, and displayed in this lesson. The NASCAR race results provides the basis for the collection of data.

Students determine the authority of any source of information including books, web sites, and individual "experts". With an activity worksheet, they are guided through the activity, evaluating the authority and accuracy of one web site.

Students analyze the role cigar making played in Ybor City. They examine how cigars are made and the different societies who helped immigrants keep their identify. They compare and contrast their own community to Ybor City.

Students complete a variety of activities that go along with the study of the 1913 silk strike in Great Falls, NJ. They examine evidence of historic industries and how they have changed in their own community.

Students complete a variety of activities that go along with the study of and possible fieldtrip to the Emerald Necklace park system in Boston, MA. They discover how urban conditions influenced the creation of city parks.

Students participate in activities in which they examine magnetic domains. They analzye how different colored metals and how they react to magnets.

Students discuss annoyances and read an article about intermittent explosive disorder. They complete worksheets and devise survey questions about annoying situations. They have classmates rate them from least to most bothersome.

High schoolers view a film about the genres and disciplines of performing arts. They examine the theatre community in Chicago and the origins of theatre companies. They answer questions and discuss them to end the lesson plan.

Pupils explore and discuss October, 2001 anthrax attacks and their aftermath.

Students discover keyboard positions by playing a game on a body-sized keyboard placed on the floor. They learn the key positions by associating them with words easy to remember such as "animals in the snow dig for food," for the ASDF keys.

Students analyze the the similarities of their own daily schedule, processes and procedures and those used at work. They research the career of marine mammal rescue and email questions to a career expert. They construct a display and...

Students discuss the rhyming pattern of various types of poetry. With a focus on limericks, they follow the specific rhyme scheme and create a limerick about Newton. They share their poem with the class and write another one related to...