This is probably my students' favorite writing assignment. They obviously tell their friends about it, because every year my ne

Students identify qualities of clean water which will develop an awareness of people in the community who keep our water clean. This lesson has a literature tie-in with the "Magic School Bus" series.

Fifth graders investigate the process of water treatment. They listen to the book, "The Magic School Bus Visits the Waterworks," design a plan for a water treatment system, construct a water filter using various materials, and test the...

Ninth graders examine the relationship between AIDS and teenagers. In groups, they discuss the various issues educators face in introducing the topic to teenagers in school. As a class, they brainstorm a list of the misconceptions they...

In this using conjunctions worksheet, students read about conjunctions in writing, then complete sentences, combine sentences, and use conjunctions when writing a report about school workers.

Students explore the concept of money management. In this money management lesson, students read an article about students taking a finance course in high school and college. Students discuss the importance of money management. Students...

Students create science presentations. In this science unit lesson, middle school students create a presentation on an elementary science concept. The presentations are turned into podcasts for the access of elementary school...

Students bring in a bag from home with personal items. In this ice breaker lesson, students bring 10 personal items to school. The teacher shows them, asks the students questions, and has them guess as to the owner of the bag. 

Students explore saving and investing money.  In this middle school personal finance instructional activity, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute simple and...

Students write a newspaper based on events in the year 1898 using Yellow Journalism, the exaggeration of facts or events.

Students create artistic renditions of two random adjectives and one noun in this game-like Art lesson for the elementary and middle school classroom. The cross-curricular lesson includes a vocabulary list and a short resource list.

Students observe and discuss the Idaho state quarter to begin an activity in which they define and draw different types of habitats. They discuss the habitats that the migrating Peregrine falcon, which appears on the Idaho quarter,...

Young scholars engage in a creative project of making a birthday card for the school principal. The cards are to be presented to the principal as part of a celebration in the classroom with cake and ice cream. Students brainstorm in...

Students research evidence discovered during Mesa Verde archaeological dig, view images of ancient artifacts, simultate real dig and reconstruct items buried on school grounds, and create newsletter or video tape skit.

Students research the first female reporters. In this Women's History Month lesson, students discuss Nelly Bly and write a news story about a school issue.

Learners study entrepreneurship in space. For this space science lesson, students discuss an article provided and explain why their senses are important to finding opportunities. Learners list three possible opportunities in the...

Students identify the layers of the Earth and complete activities for the topic. In this Earth layers lesson, students chart their ideas about the Earth's layers and view a PowerPoint for the topic. Students view an apple to learn about...

Support scholars' ability to write complex sentences with a two-page learning exercise designed to inform and reinforce. Here, learners obtain a brief overview of what a complex sentence is and how one is made; then apply their new-found...

Students produce their own communication channel with their parents by establishing a monthly newsletter. The newsletter will be used to improve the communication channel between home and school. Student groups are assigned a topic of...

Students view the progamme that leads them through the process of researching an historical site. They are given the deifinition of an archaeologist. Students watch as two ten year olds are given the task of finding out as much as they...

Practice writing short letters with postcards. The resource includes two pages to make four postcards. The first page has space for drawing, and the second includes a place to write, address lines, and stamp spaces.

They could go all, the, way...to a deeper understanding of integers with this fun math game. Using the included printable materials, young mathematicians practice adding integers and calculating absolute values as they compete in a...

Create a respectful classroom community and boost children's self-esteem with this collaborative activity. Working in small groups, children take turns filling in each other's tree of self-esteem with compliments, personal...

Learners share unique information about themselves, and solve crossword puzzle based on clues that come from the information they shared.