Fifth graders work to find the fractions that are equal to one another. They use a visual pie graph to show different values. Students are able to see how fractions can look different, yet have the same value.

Students work together with a partner in which they blindfold. With their partner, they must communicate directions to them that allows them to make it across the spook walk. To end the lesson, they discuss the communication skills they...

Students explore building new friendships during the first week of school. They participate in a variety of getting to know each other activities. Students work cooperatively and develop collegial relationships with their classmates.

Seventh graders identify story elements utilizing a plot summary organizer. In this story elements activity, 7th graders discuss the elements of a good story. Students use The Three Little Pigs to practice finding the plot elements....

Students, working in groups, research planets in terms of the size, temperature, number of moons, and potential for life. They use packets and worksheets as guides for their research. Students may role-play as aliens visiting their...

Students work as a class to write a general definition of fossil based on their discussion and examine pictures of the different types of fossils. Once discussion is complete, they write and illustrate a book about a T Rex that has died...

Students work on an art project. In this following directions instructional activity, students must listen carefully and follow the teacher's instructions in order to make a picture of a turkey.

Students construct Santas. In this holiday instructional activity, students demonstrate how to cut with scissors and glue with glue sticks to create their own Santas from paper and felt. Students work on developing their fine motor skills.

Students explore water and ice. In this 3 states of matter lesson, students work with a partner to observe, illustrate, and describe the characteristics of an ice cube in a cup. The ice cube is observed again in 15 minutes and changes...

Students work as a group of scientists studying a specific biome of their choice. In this biome instructional activity, students research a biome and develop a podcast where factual information is read about a...

High schoolers solve a system of two unknowns.  In the Algebra lesson, students use a on line computer applet/program to solve a system by the elimination method.  The student's work is self checking, giving immediate...

Young scholars listen as a haiku is read by the teacher, determining what season is being portrayed in the poem. Students work together as a class and create a model haiku, then complete a worksheet, completing their own poem. Young...

Learners research the six principles that support IQ.  In this IQ lesson, students work in small groups to create a skit that depicts how one's IQ relates to everyday life.

Students create and solve haiku riddles.  In this haiku writing lesson, students work in groups to match a haiku to an illustration.  Students write haiku and assess themselves and their peers.

Students explore how World War I created a foundation for the United States to become a world power. In this World History lesson plan, students work in small groups to create posters and an oral presentation to share their findings with...

Learners explore limu diversity. In this ocean ecosystem lesson, students classify limu according to its physical properties. Learners work in small groups to generate scientific observations and sort limu by characteristics.

Students work in pairs to play an air writing game. In this air writing lesson plan, students are given a written letter to practice. Students use their finger to write a letter in the air and their partner must try to guess what letter...

Students practice word patterns while playing the game of tic tac toe. In this sounding out accuracy instructional activity, students work with a partner to pick a word from a pile of words. Students then sound out the word...

In this simple math lesson plan, 6th graders complete problems where they divide fractions which use one digit numbers in the numerator and denominator. At first, students work independently. Then, student groups come together to compare...

Students work in cooperative pairs to research information and give oral presentations about African American men and women who have made significant contributions to U.S. history.

Learners work in pairs to improve their communication skills through a drawing activity. They draw a figure on their papers and describe to each other what was drawn.

Students explore the concent of using the mole to solve problems related to counts small particles of matter. Students work individually and in groups to complete conversions of substances from moles to matter.

Ninth graders work in pairs and research a mythological figure, focusing on how the myth leads to an understanding of the "human condition." They compile information, summarize the myth, and develop a plan for written and oral reports.

Using computers, Students work in small groups and progress through the roles of Explorer, Researcher, Designer, and Evaluator as they study the life cycle of plants, insects, butterflies and frogs.