If your pupils have difficulty producing the appropriate voice volume in various settings or respecting personal space, refer to this "control-o-meter" device. This resource includes materials to create three meters for you to...

Learners practice visualizing as they read to aid comprehension. They then read a chapter in their history book and visualize what they read so that they can answer comprehension questions about the chapter.

Fifth graders create montages using photographs or pictures. They wil use the montages to perceive and describe visual elements such as line, shape, and space.

Students practice visualization by imagining what their favorite person looks like, what they are wearing and doing. They share their imaginings with a partner. Next, listen to a poem while visualizing. Finally, they read along as the...

Students identify that comprehension is an essential component or reading and in order to be efficient and fluent readers. They interpret what they have read through various strategies. Finally, students use one of the strategies,...

Students examine a variety of portraits and distinguish them from other art forms. They examine and analyze what visual clues reveal about the people in portraits and create their own portraits.

Young scholars sharpen visual literacy and color vocabulary by making and sharing collages that explore the different shades of colors.

Eighth graders examine the artwork of artist Wayne Thiebaud and create paintings based upon techniques learned in this lesson for the eighth grade art classroom. Emphasis is placed upon the use of various textures, visual balance, and...

In this visual thinking worksheet, students analyze 50 different symbols in a grid. Students must find 10 specific symbols in the puzzle and color or circle them.

Young scholars are introduced to Frederick Jackson Turner and how early Census data, when combined visually with maps, effectively demonstrated the end of the frontier.

Students using visual modeling software will construct two regular pentagrams which are mathematically similar. They also create a multi-page document and learn to create links between the pages and to a website on the History of...

Students view and discuss visual symbols around them every day, analyze symbols on United States one dollar bill, explore variety of meanings of same symbols depending on context and culture, and create their own money with symbols that...

Students explore historical importance of fish as food source, examine works of Robert Harris, create their own fish, and compose accompanying poetry. Students then explore dramatic tradition of Chorus inspired by Greek theatre,...

Students are introduced to the concept of convergent infinite series using a recursive geometric construction. They explore the concept of a convergent infinite series using partial sums. Students use formal calculations, visualizations,...

Learners look for visual signs of protest and persuasion in the world around them. They develop inquiry questions to guide their investigation and identify ideas for their own art making focused on protest or persuasion.

High schoolers examine how visual and literary images played an important role in the English colonization of Virginia. They analyze the importance of Thomas Harriot's Report on the subsequent development of English colonial plans for...

Young scholars encounter how to work together as a group to accomplish a common goal. They gain more experience in doing research using library reference materials as well as internet sources. Each group is responsible for making a...

Students create a visual timeline of skyscrapers built in the past 20 years. In this physical science lesson, students research important facts about the building. They discuss the challenges architects face when building skyscrapers.

Young scholars create poetry and verse, using all 5 senses to paint a visual image of life in a Japanese-American internment camp.

Students research and create a visual presentation on the seasonal salinity of the Earth's oceans. They apply the research in a simulation of a lab disaster in which they must relabel ocean samples.

Middle schoolers visualize and manipulate sentences as building blocks, and, given a key, use Legos™ to demonstrate how to construct sentences of variety (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex).

Students become familiar with the period in Egyptian history that King Tut lived in and explore the culture of that time period. They visualize their lives when they were 9 and imagine having the responsibility of running their own country.

Students draw upon the visual data presented in photographs, paintings, cartoons, and architectural drawings in order to clarify, illustrate, or elaborate upon information presented in the historical narrative.

Twelfth graders create a museum of Patriotism and Foreign Policy. They participate in discussions and work in committee's to determine which objects shall be displayed in the museum. They present visual and performing arts along with...