Students solve quadratic equations through factoring. As an introduction to the unit, students play a "Guess the Number Game." After a teacher demonstration, students discuss and solve linear equations. They complete worksheets by...

Students read and discuss the highlights from the background essay on Jewish women's charitable institutions. They discuss the 1921 "New Year's Wish" cover of The Jewish Woman, the journal of the National Council of Jewish Women. ...

Learners are introduced to the basics of Geometry. Using cutout shapes, they identify whether they are polygons by using the properties of polygons. They practice drawing shapes they are going to be using on an everyday basis and...

Students discover how scarcity leads to economic choices. They examine its effect on individuals, business, and governments. Students simulate various scenarios to determine the role scarcity plays in each.

Students investigate the military recruitment that exists in many foreign countries. They research the occurrence of using children in the military and its social implications. For research the instructional activity contains a great...

Students analyze the different charateristics of frogs and toads. Students analyze how frogs/toads live, what they look like, where they live, their stages of life and how they compare to each other. Students create in small groups...

Students make a contingency plan in case of unexpected events such as bad weather. They discuss safety and appropriate conduct.They map out a schedule to ensure that sufficient time is allotted for all activities.

Fifth graders read the Native American tale, "The Frog and the Crane," focusing on the use of onomatopoeia in it. In groups, they brainstorm list of words that are examples of the device. Finally, 5th graders write their own stories...

Third graders use the strategies in Reciprocal Teaching: predicting, clarifying, questioning, summarizing, and visualizing. They utilize these reading strategies when reading "Eddie Miranda Looks at New York."

Fourth graders use techniques involved in Reciprocal Teaching: predicting, clarifying, questioning, summarizing, and visualizing. They use these reading strategies while reading "The Migrants."

Students review circulation and blood flow patterns from different parts of the body. They play a game using colored yarn and index cards to simulate blood flow, oxygenated blood, arteries and veins.

Students practice the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of integers. They view a video clip on addition and subtraction of integers. Students observe a Web site that reviews multiplication and division of integers....

Learners observe the teacher writing numbers and determine the rules for scientific notation. After explanations, they perform operations on numbers in scientific nation and discuss reasons for using this method of writing numbers and...

Eighth graders evaluate writing samples for subject-verb agreement and make necessary changes. They correct verb phrases and create simple sentences using pronouns as subjects. In groups, they correct writing samples and submit at the...

Eighth graders who have studied all of the organ systems now discover how they all are related and work together in the human body. They discuss a variety of situations in which more than one system plays a part. They identify the...

Learners share opinions about whether a series of statements from the internet constitute facts or opinions. They read and analyze blogs published in on the web in order to understand the use of fact, opinion, and tone of voice when...

Students spend time examining the concept of water pressure. In groups, they research the amount of air pressure that is felt at different levels above sea level. Using a calculator, they calculate the water pressure given different...

Young scholars connect a scene from a play they are reading to events in their own lives. Working in male/female pairs, students act out a scene from "Hamlet." Pairs work to role play a scene as an extension of the one they have read,...

Students identify correlative conjunctions in sentences and then rewrite pairs of sentences as a single sentence with correlative conjunctions. They practice diagramming sentences of various sentence patterns and then write a personal...

Students create books with photographs as illustrations. In this book making lesson, students create books for different subjects to accompany what they are learning. They take photographs to match what they have written. 

Learners create a dichotomous key to different varieties of potato chips. In small groups, they observe and record characteristics of the potato chips to use in the key. They switch keys with another group to see if they can identify an...

Young scholars examine the benefits of having hobbies and meaningful activities outside of the workplace. They participate in a class discussion, and use a newspaper to identify three different activities that they would like to...

Students explain how the food chain works. They contrast predators with prey and describe their function in nature. Students discuss how the food chain aids in keeping nature balanced. They play a game that simulates the food chain.

Students are introduced to raptors and their role in the environment. They identify three characteristics of raptors and list several types of raptors found in nature. They discuss their positive and negative experiences with raptors and...