Learners play a game to practice soccer skills and following directions. In this physical education lesson, students play a soccer-type game, but movements are determined by directions called out by the teacher.

Students learn the names of the nine planets. They are then given a worksheet which they use to identify the planets based on actively listening to the teacher's oral description. This is a great listening activity.

Students brainstorm ideas for an original product with the same name, "Monster Mash" and find a unique way to market their invention. They create a prototype of the package in which their product could be sold and focus on marketing...

Second graders create rocks using colored paper to represent the various minerals. After reviewing the various minerals contained in rock, they cut pieces of scrap paper and paste them on handouts. Finally, 2nd graders give their rocks...

Sixth graders catch and throw balls at all levels high, medium, and low while counting their points up from the balls that they catch. They are asked the skills that they have already explored in softball from the previous class. ...

Learners investigate why the hip hop is sometimes called the CNN of black youth. They explore the political themes in American hip hop. Students examine the connection between art, media and social justice in hip hop.

In this pentatonic scale instructional activity, students review the meaning of scale, notes, and flats. They read about the notes used in the Chinese pentatonic scale and learn how to name them. There are no questions associated with...

In this word recognition worksheet, students call out the final word in a poem that is read to them. The students focus on the rhyming words at the end of each stanza.

Students participate in a simulated election. They serve as 'checkers', marking off names of those who vote, a ballot person hands out ballots, and ballot sorters and counters. Teacher rigs up a voting booth where voters mark ballots...

Young scholars participate in an activity to examine numbers. They line up and call out the number on an index card. They place the cards in numerical order as well.

Learners brainstorm the names of Shakespeare's plays and read an article about a new theatre. They complete worksheets about the plays. In groups, they play a game where they give clues about films or plays and others try to guess the...

Students will recognize and name three common insects.1. Share background information with students. 2. Provide students with the "bug body" puzzle pages, and have them cut the puzzles out.1. Share background information with students....

Students engage in a lesson that covers the concept of different phases of the moon. They name the cycles of the phases of the moon while using flashlights to simulate the light of the sun. They research information about several...

Second graders identify how to tell time to the quarter hour. Then they complete a worksheet of twelve problems on their own given ten minutes and getting at least eight correct. Students also practice telling time as a class while the...

Students identify the location and change of the subatomic particles of an atom. They name the three subatomic particles. Students review what they can recall about subatomic particles. They are given a worksheet on the subatomic...

Students identify and explain that remote sensing can detect changes on the Earth's surface that occur over time, and name at least three: urbanization, deforestation, and succession. They select a global change issue to investigate and...

Students explore farm fowl. In this farming lesson, students identify the names of farm fowl babies and identify where they live on a farm. Students color in illustrations of farm fowl and label them.

Students identify locations around the world.  In this mapping lesson, students place tag board pieces with names of locations on a wall map of the world.  Initially, students identify states, then cities, then continents,...

Students write and illustrate a sentence which names a letter of the alphabet. The sentence should have subject, verb, describing words, and incorporate alliterative techniques.

Students explore credit cards and how they are used in purchasing goods and services. They participate in a game called the Giving Game.

Students explore a variety of geometric shapes, name them, and list their characteristics. The shapes are transposed into structures and checked for accuracy.

Fourth graders learn about musical patterns as they play a game called fudge. Students are assessed based on whether they were able to identify and play a steady beat, use the appropriate form, and clap the rythmic patterns.

Fifth graders study place value. After forming teams, they play a game called, "Who Can Line Up the Number." Students observe numbers in expanded form and place representative digits in the correct order.

Students work in groups of four and complete a roster of their names and personal information and to complete a release form that allows their pictures to be placed online. They then engage in classroom activities while being...