Young scholars examine the color wheel and work with watercolors. In this color lesson, students go over primary, secondary, and intermediate colors before watching a demonstration of watercolor brush techniques. They choose a shape to...

Students make a tree sculpture. In this trees and the environment lesson, students learn about the parts of a tree, discuss what a tree needs in order to grow, find images of trees in art and nature, use various materials to create a...

Fifth graders explore similarities with others. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders write about what they know or have heard about Chinese people and customs. Chinese students write about American students. Students share their...

Seventh graders identify the different components of the circulatory system. In this biology lesson, 7th graders use an interactive website to further study the parts and functions of each component. They create a "glog" or PowerPoint...

Learners determine how to add and subtract using base ten blocks. In this addition and subtraction instructional activity, students use base ten blocks to model addition and subtraction problems. They receive a prize for being the first...

Students write about the American dream. In this language arts lesson, students reflect on their American Dream definition paper. Students write using the reflection prompt.

Students explore cultural differences. In this cultural differences instructional activity, students complete a webquest traveling to different countries. At the conclusion of the webquest students create a slide show on KidPix.

In this grammar instructional activity, students read and edit six sentences by correcting the abbreviations and acronyms within the sentence. Additionally, students match five abbreviations with their meaning.

Second graders explore patterns. For this math lesson, 2nd graders discuss patterns and use manipulatives to create patterns. Students create various patterns.

Students calculate the area of different polygons. In this geometry activity, students find the area of complex polygons. They solve word problems using rates and distances.

Twelfth graders review concepts learned in the class. In this physics lesson, 12th graders solve practice exercises and compare their answers with the solution provided.

First graders explore the historical development of scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the living environment. In this seasonal change lesson, 1st graders examine the four seasons of the year, make connections...

Students investigate a physics problem using Visual Python. In this introduction to AP physics lesson, students download Visual Python and complete a simple lesson practicing how to manipulate the program. This lesson can be modified to...

Students study calculus and kinematics by viewing videos.  In this vectors activity students complete several problem sets regarding velocity and acceleration after viewing a video.

Learners examine strong verbs and select them while exploring expressive language. In this expressive language lesson, students use verbs that convey appropriate meaning. Learners discover sentence fluency using verbs  in their...

Peers discuss cyberbullying and how they can defend their friends that may be bullied online and offline. They discover the value in showing empathy for those who have been cyberbullied. Class members then generate multiple...

Students explore the book Roxaboxen including its theme and characters.  In this reading instructional activity students complete several group activities about the book. 

Learners identify the important facts about Athens and Sparta.  In this research lesson students read an article then fill out a Venn diagram. 

Students walk through exposure to material on Great Inventions and Transportation using scaffolding techniques such as: language simplification, pre-reading, graphic organizers, note taking and more.

Students participate in games to practice language skills.

High schoolers work with large numbers when determining the height of a stack of $20 bills.

Students read about the changes in the "new money" and then create a graph to represent various combinations of currency produced.

This teacher-generated word search lists 29 world languages to locate in the puzzle. There is little educational merit to this worksheet; however, it may improve spelling of some less common languages.

Young scholars predict traits of future offspring. In this biology lesson plan, students study karyotyping to predict genetic disorders. They research an assigned karyotype and present information about it.