Draw back the curtain, add a spot of joy to your class, and let learners be lessoned by a close reading exercise that models how to develop an interpretation based on evidence drawn from a text. Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue “My...

“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” Ambrose Bierce’s short story, is used to model how structural moves, the decisions an author makes about setting, point of view, time order, etc., can be examined to reveal an author’s purpose. Groups...

A well-written lesson plan, second in a series of four, gets high schoolers exploring how the Antarctic food web is impacted by climate change and the associated melting of polar ice sheets. It begins with a PowerPoint presentation about...

Need a hand with an Algebra II integer exponent lesson? This versatile worksheet can be utilized as a lesson to supplement instruction. It derives the idea of a negative exponent before practicing a variety of questions.    

In this permutation and combination instructional activity, learners determine the permutation and combination of given situations. This four-page instructional activity contains approximately 20 problems.

In this algebraic equation worksheet, students solve simple algebraic equations containing integers and fractions. They solve for the unknown. This four-page worksheet contains 20 multi-step problems.

Learners research, using the Internet, specified Civil War battles in order to prepare an oral presentation for the class. They, in small groups, present using images and maps. They take a quiz on the subject matter and evaluate the web...

In this fractions worksheet, students practice solving 40 fraction problems by choosing the correct math sign that goes in between each fraction.

Students investigate U.S. history by researching the Internet and taking a test. In this American Indian group lesson plan, students identify the many specific Native American tribes and their geographic locations. Students research the...

Third graders describe emotions/ feelings which may lead to loss of self-control, introduce the concept of consequences and alternative choices.

Students read the book, I Love Spiders by John Parker. Then students enjoy different activities creating spiders and making a spider web room. Great for Halloween.

Fourth graders use Internet to examine early French exploration and settlement in Texas, and write journal entries from point of view of 17th Century French settler, French or Spanish explorer, or Native American whose land was taken.

Students investigate basic concepts of chance and probability. They make a number cube to predict which number might be rolled the most often out of 20 consecutive rolls and tally the results. Number cube template included.

Students adopt a constellation and find detailed information about their constellation. In this constellation lesson plan, students use the web to find information about a constellation of their choice. They identify the history of the...

Students study economics and timelines of events to understand changes in America.  In this Twenties and Thirties lesson, students navigate Internet sites to research famous reformers.  Students recognize the economic changes...

Students examine how to speak respectfully and in an encouraging manner to one another.

Learners sit in a circle with their bears from home, each child introduces their bear, then students examine all the bears and think of one way that they can be sorted.

Learners discover interesting and factual information about another country using the Internet and produce a flyer consisting of the information they find.

Students determine the density of a material created in the laboratory and observe physical and chemical changes. They engage in a lab activity, and answer questions on a worksheet imbedded in this plan.

Students access the Internet to answer a variety of questions posed in this technology lesson.

Students develop an understanding of sexism, its effects, and the ways in which messages in society (in media, texts, schools, families, et cetera) reinforce stereotypical beliefs.

Students pair up and shuffle cards. They deal the cards out evenly and stack them face down. Both students turn over their top at the same time. They multiply the 2 cards and shout the answer. Winner puts the cards in his/her winning pile.

Students identify and describe the poles of a magnet. They demonstrate how the poles interact with one another.

Students participate in the game People, Places, and Events to practice their science, and social studies skills