Students study the hibernation process of bears through the making of a bear's cave.

Students participate in a game blending skill with chance to enhance students' understanding of the concept of place value. They explain that the value of a number increases when digits farthest to the left have greatest value.

Young scholars jog at the beginning of the class while learning about the Appalachian Trail. They integrate math into the lesson by adding up how many miles they have run, and comparing it to distances on a real trail map.

Students in ESL, ELL take part in small groups according to their language proficiency skills and to determine how to problem solve with a language barrier.

Students examine and discuss the philosophical differences that arose during the Constitutional Convention and how these differences played a role in the formation of the first political parties.

Students explore the ruloes for the correct usage of grammar. The game of football is played by classroom teams to acquire points each time an error is corrected by a member of the team.

Fifth graders design a cultural recipe book that promotes cultural development and an appreciation of the students' ethnic backgrounds. They research on the Internet, the historic perspective of specific cultures. The project concludes...

Students review the Scientific Method with a hands-on activity. Working with a partner, they hypothesize the number of water drops that fit on the heads side of a penny. They collect data and share their results with the remainder of...

Students are taught that Malaria and African Sleeping sickness are caused by protists. They discuss how animal-like protists harm other living things. Students discuss and listen to the major phyla of animallike protists. They draw...

In this C.S. Lewis worksheet, students define six vocabulary words from the Screwtape Letters and answer eight short answer questions relating to the content of the book.

In this human interaction worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer questions and 14 fill in the blank questions regarding social structures.

Students study the role of volunteering during the Civil War, the Reconstruction, and today. In this volunteerism lesson, students work with a partner to read biographies of volunteers while looking for their Core Democratic Values. They...

In this reading advertisements worksheet, students read an ad for a job as Director of Outreach Programs at a College of Public Health. Students answer 8 true and false questions about the text.

High schoolers explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students collaborate to identify community issues and create a plan of action to address them.

Seventh graders explore science topics using a SMART board. In this respiration instructional activity, 7th graders see how and why cells use cellular respiration. They see a cellular respiration recipe on the SMART board and watch as...

Students find the identity o sine, cosine and tangent. In this precalculus lesson, students solve and identify the different parts of a right triangle. They use the ratios of the Pythagorean Theorem to find the missing side or angle.

Students relate the division of monomials to multiplication. In this division of monomials lesson, students divide monomials by factoring and dividing common factors from the originals. They check their answers by multiplication. As each...

Students read the play The Yellow Boat then have a town hall meeting to discuss the matter.  In this character lesson students discuss whether or not a child with AIDS should be allowed in public schools.

Students assess their transferable skills and relate them to occupational and lifestyle choices. They apply research skills to acquire information related to job possibilities and career interests.

Young scholars undertake a series of experiments related to the water cycle. All experiments use John Dewey's experiential philosophy as their bases. Each lesson is clearly based on philosophy and attempts to be relevant.

Young scholars investigate genetics and the process of reproduction in living organisms.

Students read, write, discuss and appreciate the autobiographical writings and statements of themselves and others. They write their autobiographical response to the question the other writers dealt with.

Students identify rhyming words from the book A Fly Went By by matching words written on index card with same endings, eliciting word when prompted by teacher, and by identifying rhyming words in the text.