Young scholars engage in research about the development of the Pacific Northwest using specific individuals to emphasize different racial and gender influences in the 1800's. The research method that is used is inquiry based.

Students determine what objects are meaningful in their lives and look at artist Sheila Hicks' soft sculpture titled Six Soft Stones. Students explore the symbolic meanings attached to the art form of "wrapping" and wrap a meaningful...

Pupils find and analyze data found in the census. They compare the population from 1996 to 2001. They explore the type of data they can find in the Census of Population.

Students gain an understanding of ways we can be responsible custodians of our water supply. Students explore the governor's clean water initiative involving the Lower Kansas/Republican river basin and the pollutants present there.

Young scholars explore techniques that determine the merchantable height of a tree and the number of logs a tree provides.

Students listen to a story "My Crazy Dream" with an intent to identify shapes in ordinary objects. They raise their hands when they've heard an object whose shape they can identify. They discuss their findings.

Second graders explore how musical instruments h ave varying geometric shape, and how those geometric shapes correspond to three-dimenaional shapes that students have studied.

Second graders participate in the Author's Chair, which is placed in the front of the room. The puppet, Geo George, asks students to take out their poems, then brings them to the Author's Chair individually to share their poems with the...

Second graders, given geometric instructions, try to create their own Geo George puppet.

Students handle geometric shape puppets and answer specific questions about dimension. They write from the shape's point of view comparing themselves to everyday objects.

Students use shape puppets to review geometry content. They take turns singing songs, reading students poems, reciting class bulletin board notes and choral poems. They prepare for their summative assessments through play and interview...

Learners reflect on their learning by writing a letter to "Geo George." They state what they've learned, what was their favorite and hardest parts and what they thought of their performance.

Eighth graders are introduced to the concept, What Makes Good Poetry? They are asked to explore the writer within.

Fourth graders read The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.

Fourth graders create mock advertisement campaigns.

Students study the formulas for calculating heat energy and how to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit. They apply the formulas on a worksheet.

Students discuss reasons we choose the books we want to read and their own personal reading preferences. They complete class and personal charts that help them select books to read.

Sixth graders are to answer research questions based on data they collect.

Students explore living and working environment of both slave and free African Americans from places throughout the United States.

First graders compare and contrast different seeds before planting them. They assess the basic needs to plants and conduct experiments of deprivation of those needs. They write stories and draw pictures of plants which are bound into a...

Students take a field trip to a farm or observe pictures of farms and animals in the classroom. They paint a mural of a farm setting with animals. They practice phonetic skills with farm stories and songs. They explain how milk becomes...

Young scholars examine the United States Constitution. They prepare a skit dealing with the Bill of Rights. They practice being responsible citizens and becoming involved in the community.

Fourth graders investigate weather patterns in their home state of Utah. After creating KWL charts, they research weather and geographical data to locate the state's extremes. As an extension, 4th graders write and illustrate books about...

Students develop an appreciation of the use of geometry in our everyday world and structures. Students collect various picures and multimedia objcets that explain geometric principles and place them in a powerpoint presentation to be...