Learners play a game where they insert the states of the United States onto a map, and discuss the four learning styles as they play. In this learning styles lesson plan, students discuss how each learning style would play and think...

Students develop skills and a comfort level in interpreting economic concepts through graphic analysis.

Students compare the given rhyme to another rhyme that they already know (I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly). Students listen and identify the similar rhyme pattern of the two rhymes and apply those concepts to a group creation of...

Students share and express feelings in order to build a sense of class community. They participate in an activity entitled Mill and Mingle.

Students discover that the Earth rotates on its axis in a cyclical fashion. They examine how this rotation results in day and night.

Students identify and research key event in the history of Illinois during the 1800's and create a dramatic skit or oral report based on the event.

Fourth graders explore Illinois state history by finding six historical photos and then putting them in sequential order.

First graders listen to the book, Piggies, and act out the events of the story with premade puffball pigs.

Students explore the parts of the heart and how blood travels throughout the body. They conduct a simple simulation to demonstrate the path that blood takes through the body and the functions it performs.

Students identify similarties and differences between different countries and what type of bread they eat. They examine the different cultures of countries by emailing people in other countries. They also locate the country on the map.

Students encounter imperatives used for the instructions for this cooking experience. They review selected vocabulary terms for food and the process of cooking. Students identify adverbs of sequence (first, then, etc.). They follow the...

Fourth graders participate in a variety of activities designed to promote cooperation and positive conflict resolution. In cooperative groups, they create a comic strip or poster, play cooperative musical chairs, write a journal entry...

Pupils review circulation and blood flow patterns from different parts of the body. They play a game using colored yarn and index cards to simulate blood flow, oxygenated blood, arteries and veins.

Eighth graders examine the American immigration experience. In this immigration instructional activity, 8th graders watch a video about Ellis Island and discuss the processing that took place there. Students write letters in the voice of...

Students explore government by researching Native American history. In this First Nations culture lesson, students define the Aboriginal action of speaking in a circle as a group. Students discuss their likes and dislikes with the class...

Students solve addition problems. For this math lesson, students use a number line to solve addition problems. Students complete a worksheet of addition problems.

Pupils solve for the different ratio and proportion of a problem. In this geometry lesson, students show their knowledge of how to solve proportional relationships. They convert between percent, decimals and fractions.

Middle schoolers use the internet to research how biometrics is being used in the real world today. They work together to research hand geometry applications. They share their findings with the class.

Pupils discuss why groups are important and why humans go through daily life performing group activities.

Fourth graders use the internet to search for pictures about historical events and then use those pictures for a timeline game

Students dramatized the O'Leary hearing regarding the Chicago fire using the transcript from the original hearings as a script.

Third graders are introduced to new vocabulary related to Geometry. As each word is mentioned, they demonstrate the word with their body. In groups, they identify the similarities and differences between each line and angle. To end...