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• ¿Que'Ttiempo Hace Allí? (Authored by Rosalind Mathews.)
  Subject(s): Foreign Language (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students complete a chart by using Spanish to obtain weather information on cities around the world and report their findings to the class using Spanish phrases. Students may convert temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit and locate cities on wall map if


• 1, 2, 3 Hooray for Number Equivalency! (Authored by Liz West.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students use concrete materials, number symbols, and number words to represent equivalent amounts.


• 10 by 10 Tessellations (Authored by Susanna Vondeck.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: The students will work cooperatively to create tessellation patterns by playing 10" by 10" Tessellations. They need to use critical thinking skills to decide if pattern block plane figures will tessellate and how each block will best fit into the


• 100 Years...100 Movies (Authored by Zerelda Hammer.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: After students choose one of the top 100 movies to view, they research critical reviews and then write their own reviews.


• 100s of Ants! (Authored by Desiree Senter.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: What does 100 look like? What is the best way for 100 Ants to move on? Students will have fun counting to 100 orally as they use grids to display the 100 raisins they counted.


• 101 Dalmations and Counting (Authored by Mary Montcalm.)
  Subject(s): Foreign Language (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students recognize and use numbers from 1-101 in Spanish or French when heard randomly and in context other than in the classroom. Students recognize cognates and basic vocabulary related to counting and topics in the classroom.


• 101 Equals Five (Authored by Timothy Mark Dillehay.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students enjoy this engaging activity (with a twist) on the binary system. The lesson begins with an intriguing roll playing to gain interest.


• 12 Days of Christmas (Authored by Anissa Sanz.)
  Subject(s): Music, Theater (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This is a fun and creative way to explore the 12 Days of Christmas. This lesson reinforces numerical order, repetition within a song, and group effort. It’s also very cute to see the creative ways the students “become” the 12 Days of Christmas. Composit


• 2004 Summer Olympics Internet Scavenger Hunt (Authored by Elana Collins.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Have you ever been on a scavenger hunt? Have you ever been on one using the Internet? In this activity, students will participate in an Internet scavenger hunt as they search for the answers to questions about the 2004 Summer Olympics.


• 3-2-1 Blast Off! (Authored by Denise Russell.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This lesson in motion offers students the opportunity to work cooperatively in groups to assemble and launch a rocket.


• 30 Days Hath September (Authored by MAdele Carson.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students learn the poem -Thirty Days Hath September- in preparing for learning about the number of days in the months and year. Once memorized, they practice using the calendar to count the number of days in different problems.


• 30-60-90 Right Triangles and Algebra (Authored by Johnny Wolfe.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: This lesson covers right triangle relationships of the 30-60-90 triangle.


• 3rd Rock from the Sun’s Baby Rock (Authored by Nicole Micheau.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students have a chance to actively see each phase of the moon and make connections to what they see in the sky when you show how the moon goes through each of the phases.


• 4 X 4 (Not a Jeep!) (Authored by Lisa Glenn.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students working in groups of 4, complete a puzzle by matching terms and definitions.


• 50:50 Chances (Authored by Suzan Smith.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: This is the fifth lesson in the unit, Where We Come From. Students reinforce the probability of gender by using a coin toss, as they continue to search for the answers to genetics questions by using mathematical expectations of probability.


• A Bar of Many Colors (Authored by Janet Greathouse.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students use colored candies to collect data, construct double bar graphs, and find averages.


• A Book a Day Will Keep the Teacher Away (Authored by Farica King.)
  Subject(s): ESE - CL, ESE - SE (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Want your students to read a book in a day? In this lesson, students work in cooperative groups to read a book in a day. Each group is assigned a portion of the book to read and uses the jigsaw learning strategy to review the book as a whole class.


• A Bubble Full of Math (Authored by Rita Williams.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: This is a fun way for students to compare estimated lengths with actual lengths.


• A Busy Pump (Authored by Diane Schmidt.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students demonstrate how the human heart works with a written summary and labeled illustrations.


• A Closer Look (Authored by Sandi King.)
  Subject(s): Science (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Using literature to stimulate recall, students and Curious George learn that objects are composed of many parts. Students group objects by their physical characteristics and various compositions. Magnifying glasses will be used.


• A Colony is Born - Lesson 1: Hull of a Ship (Authored by Katie Koehnemann.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This is the introductory lesson to the Unit Plan: A Colony Is Born. In this lesson, a bulletin board for the unit will be started, Colonial Notebooks will be presented to each student, and a pre-test on colonization will be administered.


• A Colony is Born - Lesson 11: Group Presentations and Summatives (Authored by Katie Koehnemann.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Group presentations will be for the next three days. Classroom students take notes on the presentations and play a card game for content review. On day four, the short answer summative assessment is given, and notebooks are turned in.


• A Colony is Born - Lesson 2: Sez Who? (Authored by Katie Koehnemann.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This is the second lesson in a unit on colonization. It establishes baseline knowledge of students' understanding of primary and secondary sources and the likenesses and differences of them with regard to a selected historical event.


• A Colony is Born - Lesson 3: Marking Time (Authored by Katie Koehnemann.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This lesson swiftly travels through time from 1492 to 1607. Significant events are marked on a timeline, note taking is modeled, and a focus on reasons for leaving England for the New World is clarified with the use of a graphic organizer.


• A Colony is Born - Lesson 4: What Went Wrong? (Authored by Katie Koehnemann.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Lesson 4 focus is on Roanoke and Jamestown. Students examine what worked well, what did not, and significant events of the two colonies. Students emulate modeled note taking, use a T-chart for organizing the information, and make additions to timelines.


• A Colony is Born - Lesson 5: Dear Mem (Authored by Katie Koehnemann.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: The primary informational source of journal writing is the focus. Journal entry traits and rubric expectations are established. Identified and charted by students, they'll be used to assess examples and be a guide for students' required journal w


• A Colony is Born - Lesson 6: To Leave or Not to Leave (Authored by Katie Koehnemann.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: A pivotal point of the unit. Students, assigned a reason for coming to the New World, will utilize the resources in their notebook to establish an identity. Three regions settled will be identified, and students will associate with a particular region.


• A Colony is Born - Lesson 7 - 10: What's My Line? (Authored by Katie Koehnemann.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: These four lessons represent the guided resource time that groups need to research their assigned regions, complete the regional guide, and prepare their group presentations.


• A Couch or a Potato (Authored by Kelley Harvey.)
  Subject(s): Science (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students classify objects/organisms seen on the Wakulla Springs icam website as living or nonliving.


• A Courtin’ We Will Go (Authored by Joy Rowell.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students read a poem full of Southern dialect. Groups research and share with the class an assigned literary device, create a list of current words which may one day be considered dialect, and construct a poem about dating today.


• A Day for Our Presidents (Authored by Sandi King.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: No school on Monday! It is a national holiday. Do students understand the meaning and history of our national holidays? Students are invited to listen to, view, and discuss Presidents' Day, the national holiday celebrated on the third Monday in


• A Day in the Park (Authored by Catyn Coburn.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students create written proposals that will accompany an architectural bid for the construction of a recreation center.


• A Dog Eat Dog World (Authored by Rhonda Traweek.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students label animals as producers, consumers and/or decomposers and explain the basis of that designation. They distinguish between aquatic and terrestrial organisms.


• A Fair Peace? (Authored by Chet Geering.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students will be given information on the Versailles Treaty at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. They will be asked to evaluate whether it was fair or not and asked to examine the treaty from the Germans' and Allies' points of view.


• A Field Guide for Student Identification (Authored by Kathryn Clark.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Dr. M.N. Stair needs help identifying monsters he has collected in the field! Students have fun learning how to use and create a dichotomous guide by identifying cartoon monsters. Students then apply what they have learned to create a dichotomous guide to


• A Geographic Study of Florida’s Diverse Community (Authored by Kathy Corder.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students use an outline map of Florida and the Internet to identify major population centers and their demographic features.


• A Geopoem about Alaska (Authored by Joyce Honeychurch.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students gather information on the physical and human characteristics of Alaska (geographic theme PLACE).They organize this information on a concept map to be transformed into a geopoem about Alaska.


• A Goldfish is the Best Pet (Authored by Cheryl Stanley.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: A goldfish is the best pet. What facts support this thesis? What facts oppose it? Use graphic organizers to help students select facts which must be considered in order to persuade an audience to agree with a given point of view.


• A Graphic Scene (Authored by Lisa Ove Gibson.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Using collected information, students compare and contrast characters from various texts within a Venn Diagram.


• A Growing Vocabulary (Authored by Kathy Boyte.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Watch your intermediate students’ vocabulary and critical thinking skills grow with this reading activity that also provides many opportunities for extensions.


• A Hungry Cat Searches (Authored by Carole Gooden.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Science (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students listen to the story [Panther: Shadow of the Swamp] to learn about the variety of plant and animal life in the Everglades and how loss of habitat impacts panthers. Students will alphabetize the names of the plants and animals by initial and secon


• A Hymn for the Classroom (Authored by Tisa Craig.)
  Subject(s): Music (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This lesson introduces students to hymn singing and allows them to participate as singers in the choir and as accompanists in the bell choir.


• A Latin Square Deal (Authored by Cindy Beckham.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students use four squares of geometric design to create a pattern.


• A Leaf, a Stem, a Root, Oh My! (Authored by Michele Ludick.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students identify parts of a plant using a graphic organizer.


• A Lesson From Some Well Known Pigs (Authored by Linda Adams.)
  Subject(s): ESE - SE (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This lesson gives students opportunities to use social skills to cooperate together in groups. The students listen to a familiar short story, participate in group discussion and work in groups to put together a puzzle.


• A Look Through Time, Final Project (Authored by Kristy Rousseau.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This is the final lesson in a three-part series seeking to answer the question, -How do we know about history?- Students will use previously gathered research to produce tourist pamphlets that highlight historical county events.


• A Love Design (Authored by Sandra McCreary.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: This activity is used to critically analyze the students' understanding of one of the body's structures, the heart, and how it is specifically designed and adapted for each of its functions.


• A Message From Your Heart (Authored by Cathy Burgess.)
  Subject(s): Health (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students learn about the importance of the heart and show what they know about positive health behaviors that enhance wellness by completing a KWL chart. This is the first lesson, first day in the Happy, Healthy Me unit.


• A Model Project (Authored by Cynthia Spear.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This activity is a concrete way to introduce students to equivalent forms of fractions and decimals. The student constructs models to represent a fraction or a decimal.


• A Moment in Time (Authored by Dawn Capes.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: A moment in time before shooting a foul shot or the moment right before a runner steals a base can make for a fascinating poem. Students study poems to see how punctuation, line length, rhythm and word choice can be used to create a memorable moment.


• A Mysterious Roll-Back Can (Authored by Louise Kent.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Amaze students with a can that rolls away a few feet, mysteriously stops, hesitates, and then rolls back to where it started. Then introduce Newton and his Second Law.


• A Pair of Anything (Authored by Brian Rowland.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students utilize a Venn diagram as a prewriting strategy.


• A Parable on Populism (Authored by Clark Youngblood.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: This lesson is designed to show the symbolism between Populism of the 1890's and the story of [The Wizard of Oz].


• A Penny for Abe (Authored by Sandi King.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics, Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: What do you know about Abraham Lincoln? Learn about his life, presidency, monument, and tribute to him through stories and poems. Students will also learn the attributes of a penny.


• A Penny for Your Thoughts (Elementary) (Authored by Barbara Brown.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Math (mentalor written, addition and division) and letter writing (narrativeor expository) are utilized in a real-world problem to assist other children.


• A Penny for Your Thoughts (High School) (Authored by Elizabeth Russell.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students work cooperatively in small groups to form hypotheses. They will then form theories that can explain their hypotheses and will test these theories and evaluate the results.


• A Perpendicular Pilgrimage (Authored by Mason Clark.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students examine the concept of perpendicularity both geometrically and algebraically. Students apply their knowledge by designing safe passage through a two-dimensional obstacle course using only perpendicular line segments.


• A Picture is Worth a Fantastic Story (Authored by Elaine Padgett.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students select one of the photographs they have taken of friends, pets, parents or objects and write a story. The photos provide visual prompts and a supportive framework for their writing.


• A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (Authored by Lisa Ove Gibson.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students compare and contrast characters from various texts and compile the collected information into several graphic organizers.


• A Place for Me in the Field of Music (Authored by Tisa Craig.)
  Subject(s): Music (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students listen to interviews with career musicians. Students work in groups to present to classmates the life, music, inspiration, and goals of a favorite composer, performer, or group.


• A Play on Words (Authored by Dianne Parks.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students make predictions about the story Verdi, based on the cover. After hearing the story they will make a new list of descriptions, personality traits, etc. Students will select an animal and write a narrative story about the animal.


• A Press Conference With Abraham Lincoln (Authored by Francis Sicius.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Abraham Lincoln (teacher) will deliver his First Inaugural Adress and then accept questions from the Press. (Students) This lesson should be used after a study of the Civil War, including the leaders.


• A Rocky Situation (Authored by Laurie Ayers.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This lesson is for Days 4 and 5 of the unit Bedlam in Bedrock. Students use reference materials to explore how rocks can be broken down to form soil, the processes of weathering and erosion, and how landforms change over time.


• A Short, Short Story (Authored by Cynthia Youngblood.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students must write an original short story that cannot contain over 100 words.


• A Sneaky Poem (Authored by Julia Balukin.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Using poetry to share their ideas, students incorporate a subject and its synonym, and the parts of speech to create a Sneaky Poem.


• A String of Beads (Authored by Cheryl Stanley.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: This lesson will allow students to visualize (through constructing a necklace) a plan for including the central idea, supporting facts, and a clincher sentence in a paragraph.


• A Sweet Twist on Mean, Mode, and Range (Authored by M Dennis.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This lesson helps the student collect, organize, and analyze data to model concepts of mode, median, and range.


• A Tacky Cheer (Authored by Donna Rugg.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Would you make a good cheerleader? In this lesson, students make predictions, copy cheers, and make inferences as they read a story about an odd bird and his awkward attempts to help his fellow penguins win a cheering contest.


• A Taste of Blackberries (Authored by Christy Clanton.)
  Subject(s): Health, Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: [A Taste of Blackberries] provides a wonderful shared reading experience for fourth graders. The main character in the story helps the reader understand ways to manage grief in the loss of a best friend and identify skills of a responsible family member.


• A Trip to the Toy Store (Authored by Jennifer Slichter.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics, Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This is the fifth lesson in the unit, Common Cents. This is a fun, entertaining lesson where students are given the opportunity to practice skills they have learned during the week about money and spend money saved on a toy of their choice.


• A Visit to the Rain Forest (Authored by Carole Gooden.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students listen to [The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest] to learn the names of animals and people found in the Amazon Rain Forest. They play a card game to arrange the animals in the sequence that they appeared in the story.


• A Wall of Symmetrical Shapes (Authored by Barbara Johnson.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students explore line(s) of symmetry in polygons during a hands-on activity and a Student Web Lesson. Information learned is used to build a wall of symmetrical shapes designed and drawn by students.


• A Whale of a Tale (Authored by Kelly Allen.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students will research and gather facts about whales and use this information to create a narrative (story) with interesting and realistic elaborations.


• A Whole New World (Authored by Susan Klement.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: The students learn about significant people, events, vocabulary and ideas regarding the hardships settlers faced including how and why some new American colonies became successful.


• A Wing and a Prayer (Authored by Kathryn La Rosa.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Music (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students improvise missing harmony accompaniment for a soloist performing -The Star Spangled Banner.-


• A World of Cooperation and Exchange (Authored by Renee Flowers.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Description Using a student-made advertisement, students play an exchange game to reinforce the understanding that people in different places around the world depend on each other for the exchange of goods and services.


• A-maizing Facts (Authored by Laurie Ayers.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This lesson is for Day 4 of the unit [Native Americans]. It focuses on using informational text to locate the Northeast Woodlands region and understanding how the climate, location, and physical surroundings of the region affected the way of life.


• ABAB Patterns PLEASE (Authored by Jamie Baeten.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This activity introduces the concept of ABAB patterns in a variety of fun ways. Using illustrations, unifix cubes, construction paper and even humans, students have opportunities to practice and demonstrate their understanding of patterns.


• ABC Beat the Clock Adventures (Authored by Jennifer Slichter.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This is an interesting lesson on putting letters and words in alphabetical order that involves games and cooperative learning to solve problems.


• ABC Bingo (Authored by Deborah Ford.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This lesson reinforces the alphabet through a homemade ABC bingo game.


• ABC Detectives (Authored by Heidi Tilton.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students will alphabetize words according to the first letter while pretending to be detectives with magnifying glasses. Your students will also be working on their social skills and character development when working with their teams and partners.


• ABC Rhyme Time (Authored by Christine Davis.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: After producing a word family list, students will put the list in ABC order.


• ABC's Transformer (Authored by Sherri Hampton.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: This activity allows students to design their own letter graph, and then produce the resulting graphs after a translation, reflection, and rotation.


• ABC’s of Ramona (Authored by Alicia Floyd.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students list words in alphabetical order according to initial and second letter. Various lists of words may be used for practice; however, initiate using proper nouns for assessment in capitalization.


• Abraham Lincoln (Authored by Ann Lyons.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students listen to [Young Abraham Lincoln, Log-Cabin President] to learn the facts and accomplishments of Abraham Lincoln. The students will work cooperatively to decide whether the index card that contains the pre-written fact or accomplishment is


• Accenting the Negative Space in Ceramics (Authored by Deborah Walther.)
  Subject(s): Visual Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students apply knowledge of the elements of design and hand building techniques in clay to illustrate the concept of negative space by cutting shapes out of the form to create an intricate pattern.


• Acrostic Poetry (Authored by Farica King.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Using newspapers or magazines, students create an acrostic poem where words are divided into parts of speech.


• Action Counting to Ten (Authored by Patricia Hope.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Children kinesthetically learn numbers by using interactive verses that describe how to write numbers from 1 – 10.


• Action Reaction: A Crushing Experience (Authored by Lois Walsh.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: A dynamic laboratory activity in which students crush a cola can as 2 forces equalize. It is a demonstration of wind, weather fronts, action/reaction, or Charles' Gas Law.


• Actions Speak Louder than Words (Authored by Vicky Nichols.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: No matter how good a written speech is, the delivery is what the audience remembers. Learning about and practicing volume, stress, pacing, and pronunciation helps students to deliver an oral presentation effectively.


• Adding and Subtracting Fractions (Authored by Yunling Zhang.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students learn addition and subtraction of common fractions by incorporating the use of hands-on manipulatives and diagrams.


• Adding Jumping Lima Beans (Authored by Cynthia Santana.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This activity is for a first grade class. It allows the students to relate to a real world experience, as they count off with real lima beans at the beginning of the lesson. This lesson is completely hands on, as students use their own plastic lima beans


• Addition Relay (Authored by Cindy Jacobs.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students will add two digit numbers by renaming ones.


• Adopt a Manatee (Authored by Ronja Ashworth.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: In this writing activity, students will learn about manatees and use e-mail to contact representatives about important issues.


• Africa's Geographic Features (Authored by Jillian Eriksson.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: The students will learn of Africa's geographic diversity after answering the questions and locating its geographic features. The students will have a visual picture of these features by viewing them on the Internet.


• Age Is Relative (Authored by Lynda Penry.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students calculate how old they are in three units: months, weeks, and days. Then, they write about how they solved the problems.


• Alaska the Elephant (Authored by Joyce Honeychurch.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: The global location of Alaska is established when the shape of a map of Alaska is identified as a silhouette of an elephant that moves to reach for contiguous (or nearby) geographic neighbors--and, indeed, to overlay a part of Canada.


• Algebra Wizards (Authored by Jesica Goodman.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Hey! Are you an Algebra wizard? It is as easy as one, two, three to be the greatest wizard in all the land. So take out your magic wand and put on your magical thinking hats to see if you too know the magic equation to be an Algebra Wizard.


• Alien Behaviors (Authored by Lisa Capon.)
  Subject(s): Applied Technology, Language Arts, Science (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students work in cooperative groups to list and classify which human characteristics are learned and which are inherited. Each student then writes a letter identifying and explaining learned and inherited human characteristics.


• Alien Pen Pals (Authored by Michelle Barlow.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students write a friendly letter to an alien informing it about the planet Earth. Students use editing skills and brainstorming skills to produce a final product.


• Alike or Different – You Be the Judge! (Authored by Patricia Morres.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students write an expository paragraph after comparing and contrasting items of texture, taste, odor, and visual appearance.


• Alike, Different, or Both? (Authored by Christy Simms.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students compare and contrast two characters from the play [The Diary of Anne Frank] on a Venn diagram and write a paragraph showing similarities and differences.


• All Aboard for Protein Synthesis (Authored by Lisa Davis.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students walk through the process of transcription and translation to demonstrate and understand protein synthesis.


• All Aboard the Peace Train (Authored by Leslie Gortemoller.)
  Subject(s): Health (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Through a literature-based lesson, students identify perserverance and problem-solving strategies. This could also be utilized as a behavior management technique.


• All Aboard! All Aboard! The Essay Train (Authored by Brenda Lewis-Williams.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: All aboard! All aboard! Ride the English Trax! Come and enjoy a train ride with [The Little Engline That Could] and learn how to create a five-paragraph essay train.


• All About Me (Authored by Vicky Nichols.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This lesson allows students to learn about each other and their cultural backgrounds and provides an opportunity for students to have a long-distance relationship with students in another state/country .


• All About Me - A Poem (Authored by Beth Hilton.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students create a free verse poem about themselves. This lesson can be used to introduce students to one another at the beginning of the school year, or during the school year when studying famous Americans.


• All About Me-I'm My Own Research Project (Authored by Brenda Lazarus.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This lesson is an introduction to teaching students how to do a research project. Students learn how to categorize information about themselves and relate to categorizing information on sea animals for a future research project.


• All Ears for Ecology (Authored by Melicia Charleston.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Do industries in your area contribute to pollution? Students research the effects of pollution in their area from an ecological and economic perspective which will be orally presented to the class.


• All Fractions Are Created Equal (Authored by Dawn Dantowitz.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This lesson is introducing students to equivalent fractions using concrete materials.


• All I Want for Christmas (Authored by Stacy Durham.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students work in pairs to use real life interests to create a wish list from catalogues and sale ads based on a given budget. This lesson gives the students math practice in the areas of addition, subtraction, and estimation with money.


• All Mixed Up (Authored by Colleen Habhab-Strickland.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Oh no! I dropped the color and number word cards! How will I ever get them sorted? This activity actively engages students in identifying and sorting words into the basic categories of color and number.


• All's Well That Ends Well (Authored by Vicky Nichols.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Beginning and ending are two of the most important parts of a speech! The middle is rather important also. Students check out the importance of organizing a speech.


• Alliance Systems (Authored by Chet Geering.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students will be able to process information on the alliance systems that developed during the early phases of the Cold War. They will be asked to evaluate the value of each alliance and to complete a set of short-answer questions.


• Alliterations Allowed (Authored by Mary Borges.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students recognize and create alliterative language in both literary and commercial use.


• Allowance Time (Authored by Janet Harrigan.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students use pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters to show different ways to reach the same three digit total. Students use coin values to record data and to apply knowledge.


• Almond Magi (Authored by Christy Clanton.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Almond Magi involves students in calculating the ingredients needed in a multiple recipe and testing their calculations prior to the cooking adventure.


• Aloha Symmetry (Authored by Tara Ply.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Inspired by the story "Luka's Quilt," second graders use scissors and contrasting paper to create a handcrafted paper Hawaiian quilt square demonstrating their understanding of the concept of symmetry across two lines of reflection. Students


• Alphabet Animals (Authored by Elisabeth Coogle.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students create an encyclopedia of unusual animals, using a variety of resources to collect their information. Each student illustrates an animal and provides a brief description for each letter of the alphabet.


• Altogether Now, The Five Senses (Authored by Cathy Burgess.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Popping popcorn is a fun way to summarize the end of the five senses unit. It is easy to involve all the senses.


• Amazing Adjectives (Authored by Andrea Austing.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: In this lesson students will compose sentences that use descriptive adjectives to describe a specific food and day that they both like and dislike.


• Amazing Americans (Authored by Larissa Hardesty.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Who were the most Amazing Americans during the first 100 years of U.S. History? Discover the answer to that question in this research-based lesson. The students research an American with a partner(s) and present the information to the class.


• Amazing Animals (Authored by Christy Clanton.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Amazing Animals gives students an opportunity to use their estimation skills as they compare amazing animal facts to their human world.


• Ambient Pressure: Three in One (Authored by summer zephyr.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: This lesson explains the differences in the three confusing terms used to describe pressure and their measurement.


• America Doubled (Authored by Andrea Raley.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: What could you do with 15 million dollars? The US doubled in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase. Students learn about Lewis and Clark and experience traveling through the land like them rationing out what items they would need and their importance.


• America's First Pictures (Authored by Francis Sicius.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students will search on-line early photo archives from the Smithsonian located at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem in order to draw conclusions about life in the mid-nineteenth century.


• American History Research with Visual Timeline (Authored by Carter Hannah.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students write a three page research paper choosing their topics from a Washington, D. C. landmark and create a project depicting their topics to go on a time-line.


• Ample Apples (Authored by Sissy Gandy.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students make observations about the growing process of an apple tree. They complete expository writing and draw illustrations in a student writing book. This lesson includes a cooking activity.


• An American Spy with Money To Spend (Authored by Joyce Honeychurch.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics, Social Studies (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Teachers can teach across the curriculum as students use imagination, math, reading, computer, geography, and social studies skills in this unique, innovative, and fun lesson where students pretend to be international spies!


• An Atlas of Health Care (Authored by Christy Clanton.)
  Subject(s): Health, Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Partner teams utilize programs such as Street Atlas USA and Student Writing Center software packages to research and publicize an alphabetical directory of maps that indicates the precise location of the community’s health care facilities.


• An Emerald Place (Authored by Martha Cordell.)
  Subject(s): Science (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This lesson is designed to invite first graders to discover the four layers of the rain forest and to help them identify the life of animals at each level.


• An Explication of Death (Authored by Cheree Brown.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: In groups of three, the students will explicate 'Thanatopsis.' During this explication they will identify poetic elements as well as sound effects in the poetry.


• An Interview with a View (Authored by Martha Salter.)
  Subject(s): ESE - CL (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Get your students involved in the interview process using this fun activity. The students participate in role-playing, group discussions and self-evaluations. In addition, they view and evaluate their classmates.


• An Invitation to Simple Machines (Authored by Sandi King.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Science (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: The principal with a hurt foot needs our help! Students are challenged to devise ways to move the principal around the school by exploring simple machines. They then write an invitation for parents to come view the simple machines and web page reports th


• An Odd Pair of Eyes (Authored by Dena Reid.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This lesson creates an enthusiastic environment for learning about odd and even numbers through chants, actions, manipulatives, and drawings. Students are guaranteed to be all smiles by the end of the lesson.


• An Overview of the Civil War (Authored by Diane Krapf.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Examine the history of slavery in the U.S. and how it contributed to the Civil War. Students will use available technology to research and present information in response to a series of student-generated questions.


• An UnCOMFORTable Situation (Authored by Barbara Johnson.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students explore the relationship between the area of square units and their perimeters in a hands-on activity. Observations are recorded, and students begin to recognize that shapes with the same area can sometimes have different perimeters.


• Analogies (Authored by Amanda Yates.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students learn about relationships between words and then are expected to figure out the missing word for a list of analogies. This lesson is a good lesson to use with ESOL students or students who are having difficulty with word relationships.


• Analogies in Foreign Language Classes (Authored by Joanna Lowe.)
  Subject(s): Foreign Language (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students decipher and create analogies in the target language.


• Analyzing a Science Fiction Movie (Authored by Robert Rosen.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students observe and predict how technology and scientific knowledge interact. They then discuss the societal ramifications of this interaction and watch the movie CONTACT.


• Analyzing Persuasion (Authored by Sherry Czupryk.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students identify and explain the persuasive devices used in -I Have a Dream.- This is the culminating lesson of a unit on analyzing persuasion. See lessons with -Persuasion- in the title.


• Ancient Africa's Connection to Today (Authored by Wilma Horton.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Ancient Africa's Historical Contributions are told though the eyes of a spider, Anansi and his search calabash game. Fabric art is optional.


• Ancient Egypt (Authored by Lois Christensen.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students present a report about ancient Egypt through group work devoted to structured research. Comprehension is assessed through a Jeopardy game format.


• And the Number Is (2nd Grade) (Authored by Kathy Peters.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students create their own Mystery Numbers by giving clues about the name, value, and multiples of the digits which comprise the number.


• And the Number Is (Kindergarten) (Authored by Nancy Bernath.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Through the use of music and the manipulation of numeral cards and counting objects, the children learn to read numerals 1-10.


• And Your Point Is . . .? Part I (Authored by Lois Christensen.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: This is Part I of a two-part series. Part I introduces students to point of view through a structured WebQuest. Part II (See Weblinks) extends understanding through student engagement in a variety of debate activities.


• And Your Point Is . . .? Part II (Authored by Lois Christensen.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: This is Part II of a two-part series. Part I introduced students to point of view through a structured WebQuest. (See WebLinks.) Part II extends understanding through student engagement in a variety of debate activities.


• Angels of Generosity (Authored by Amy Hayes.)
  Subject(s): Health, Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This lesson uses ANGEL CHILD, DRAGON CHILD by Surat to identify generous actions. Students will keep a generosity journal reflecting acts of kindness they performed each week.


• Angle Aerobics (Authored by Amy Gunn.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: This lesson introduces students to names of angles. It provides an action activity and then a follow up worksheet to assess.


• Angles and Algebra (Authored by Johnny Wolfe.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: This lesson covers angle measure for triangles and complementary/supplementary angles.


• Animal Homes Near and Far (Authored by Renee Benefield.)
  Subject(s): Science (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students work in cooperative groups to list animal habitats. They conclude the lesson by selecting one of the habitats and writing about some of its characteristics and listing a few animals that live in that environment.


• Animalopedia Poetry (Authored by Prudence Mason.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students work in groups to research animals and write poems for an Animalopedia classroom book.


• Animals and Their Biomes (Authored by Mary Lirette.)
  Subject(s): Science (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Using biome and animal flashcards, the learner will categorize the animals according to the biome in which they naturally live in with 100% accuracy.


• Animals Galore (Authored by Kay Davis.)
  Subject(s): Science (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students classify and sort animals into groups according to the structural characteristics.


• Animals in Research - Right or Wrong? (Authored by Carol Houck.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Science (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students research and discuss a sensitive or controversial issue and attempt to make a decision based on group findings.


• Ants in Your Pants (Authored by Diana Dome.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students investigate different ways numbers can be expressed as a sum and use a chart to record and analyze their findings. The use of children's literature, hands-on manipulatives, and the Internet are incorporated.


• Any Way You Slice It (Authored by Farica King.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, ESE - CL (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Using real-world text, students learn about the history of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches while using a graphic organizer to clarify meaning of text. Following the activity, students write directions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Students then exchange directions and follow their classmate’s recipe to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.


• Anyone for Lunch? (Authored by Sandi Tidwell.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: The student will use statistical methods to record and make inferences about real-world situations using graphs.


• Apple Eaters (Authored by Jennifer Slichter.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This is an entertaining, cooperative learning lesson where students have the opportunity to taste a variety of apples and to graph which apple is the most favorite. Students practice their speaking skills by explaining the results of the group graph.


• Applemania (Authored by Debra Barbosa.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Lesson Description- Children will practice using the mathematical concepts of sorting, patterns, classifying, counting, and recording by participating in an authentic classroom survey and experiment.


• Appropriate Responses (Authored by Brian Rowland.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students work in pairs to practice listening and speaking to each other. Students offer input, make clarifying remarks, and demonstrate that they understand what they hear.


• Architecture Makes an Imprint (Authored by Kim Salesses.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Visual Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students will explore architecture of the world, uses of buildings and discuss architecture as a career. Students will work in cooperative groups and present their findings to the class.


• Are They the Same or Different? (Authored by Lisa Ove Gibson.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Using a graphic organizer, students synthesize and separate collected information.


• Are U.S. Presidents Leaders or Figureheads? (Authored by Irving Kohn.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students analyze three presidents. They create a graphic organizer explaining how three influences for each president affected the development of the New Nation.


• Are We Sure They Are Parallel? (Authored by Xiuqing Li.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: This lesson is designed to explore the definition and properties of parallel lines.


• Are We the Same? (Authored by Mary Ann Taylor.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students identify and make symmetrical figures.


• Are We There Yet? (Authored by Sandi King.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This is the review lesson for the unit, Going to Grandma’s. Using the Formative Assessment Checklist and all completed summative assessments, the teacher reinforces skills and concepts using the activities from this lesson.


• Are You a Good Sumerian? (Authored by Eric Miles.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: After students have studied life in Mesopotamia, students construct a Sumerian brick. The brick is supposed to represent material used to build a home in Sumer.


• Are You a Liberal or a Conservative? (Authored by Jenny Collier.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students use a web-based quiz to determine their own placement on the political spectrum, and then work cooperatively to define the liberal and conservative viewpoints.


• Are You a Peacemaker or a Man-Eating Shark? (Authored by Teri Grunden.)
  Subject(s): Health, Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students work on the concept of "fairness" through a group activity, discussion, and written responses with conflicts/resolutions from a short story, and then produce a page on the computer (or on paper) for a class book.


• Are You a Radical or Just a Square Root? (Authored by Johnny Wolfe.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: The inverse of squaring is finding a “square root.” Square roots are found in many formulas used in many disciplines.


• Are you a Sexual Harasser? (Authored by Sandra Sicbaldi.)
  Subject(s): Health (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students gain insight into forms of sexual harassment, and learn techniques to avoid threatening situations, unwanted effects, dating violence, myths and school and state laws governing sexual harassment.


• Are You Charged? (Authored by Rosemary Wilson.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: This lesson is a teacher-directed study of the charges on ions with an easy method of remembering charges based on elements' locations on the periodic table.


• Are You Coordinated? (Authored by Sissy Gandy.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students learn how to locate coordinate points on a grid. They create a graph during the lesson and identify the coordinate points.


• Are You for Real? (Authored by Stacy Durham.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students review newspaper articles, magazine articles and advertisements to determine if they are informative or persuasive. They identify the methods that the writers use to persuade or inform the audience.


• Are You Listening to Me? (Authored by Melanie Henderson.)
  Subject(s): Health, Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students identify differences between listening and not listening skills. Students learn how to use good listening skills when trying to solve a conflict. Students role-play using listening skills to resolve conflicts.


• Are You Moody? (Authored by Dawn Capes.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Are you moody? Is a novel? Students continue their study of the novel, [Jacob Have I Loved] and their examination of literary techniques the author uses to grab their attention.


• Are You My Mother? (Authored by Lee Strain.)
  Subject(s): Science (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students will discover baby animals look similar to their parents.


• Are You Ready for Personal Independence? (Authored by Shirley Godbold.)
  Subject(s): Health (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Through class discussion and self evaluation, students will discover what independence means to different individuals.


• Are You Sure They Lived Happily Ever After? (Authored by Diane Goodson.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Have you ever wondered whether some of the fairy tales would have truly ended “happily ever after” if the story had continued? Predict what will happen after the frog prince marries the princess in the [The Frog Prince Continued].


• Are You Sure You've Got the Right Answer? (Authored by summer zephyr.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: The student selects a problem to answer in the content area. Through the use of strategic questioning, planning, searching and information-compacting skills the student effectively uses the Internet to find the answer to his question.


• Are You Talking About Me? (Authored by Susan LosHuertos.)
  Subject(s): (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Student creates a beginning level Power Point presentation using facts about themselves. Lesson focuses on Power Point tasks: outlining, inserting clip art and images from Internet, customizing presentation with transitions and animation.


• Area Adventure (Authored by Teri Grunden.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students use manipulatives (paper squares, geoboards) to figure out the area and learn that area = length x width. Students learn how to solve real-world problems involving area.


• Arithmetic Artistry (Authored by Stacy Durham.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students will create a classroom quilt that illustrates the many unique ways that children use math skills.


• Arithmetic Sequence (Authored by Xiuqing Li.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students will examine the concept of arithmetic sequence and learn to find the sum of arithmetic sequence.


• Around and Around We Go (Authored by Johnny Wolfe.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: A POLYGON is a closed figure formed by line segments. The PERIMETER of a polygon is the sum of the lengths of its sides.


• Around the Room Short Story (Authored by Laura Childers.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Once students are taught the elements of a short story, they will demonstrate their understanding by collectively creating stories within a group. This lesson will develop/ solve conflicts and show short story elements through listening skills.


• Around the World in 5 Days (Authored by Georgia Roberts.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This is an introductory lesson on the seven continents. Students learn the continents, draw a map, discuss cultures, use research to learn geography, and investigate cultures. The purpose is to help students understand that we live in a global world.


• Around the World with Multiplication (Authored by Beverly Iacobellis.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This is a fun and exciting game that reviews the multiplication facts.


• Arranging Numbers from 1 to 5 (Authored by Tammy Hales.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: The students are expected to explore arrangements of numbers up to 5 and explore conservation of numbers.


• Art in the Sky (Authored by Linda Pentiuk.)
  Subject(s): Science (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students become familiar with four types of clouds by experimenting with cameras and exploring the web. Students observe illustrator’s renderings of clouds and draw their own representation of clouds.


• Artfully Speaking (Authored by Laurie Ayers.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This language arts lesson is for Day 12 of the unit [Native Americans]. It is to be done after [The Seminoles] lesson plan on the same day. Students will complete a My Favorite Artwork form and use it to practice speaking to small groups.


• As the Earth Turns (Authored by Cathy Burgess.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics, Science (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Why do the sun and moon seem to disappear and reappear making day and night? This lesson demonstrates the rotation of the earth.


• Ask the Antlion (Authored by Jack Petersen.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students learn about basic biological principles through using the scientific processes of observation and recording as they examine live insects (antlions).


• At the Corral (Authored by Sandra Rosengren.)
  Subject(s): Music (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: "Down at the ranch" students learn dotted eighth/sixteenth note rhythm pattern using percussion instruments and alternating from "corral to corral" in groups of 4-6. They play the pattern while listening to selected American wester


• At the Governor's Mansion (Authored by Christy Clanton.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: -At the Governor's Mansion- is a mock visit to -talk with- our state governor and his family while -touring- the lovely mansion facility. Students report interesting facts that they learn about the governor in the class-made boo


• At War With Multiplication (Authored by Shannon Safriet.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Many children may have played War with cards before, but this lesson adds a little twist. The children will be practicing their recall of the multiplication facts while playing cards!


• Atom and Eve (Authored by Rebecca Renfro.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: The students will use a concept map to define and share their information about the Hydrogen atom. They will construct a model of a Hydrogen atom using simple, low-cost materials.


• Atomic War: Just the Facts (Authored by Chet Geering.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students will be able to process a variety of information on the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Only the FACTS will be covered in this lesson.


• Attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Authored by Rae Harrelson.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students hear a story about the atomic bombing of Japan and write an editorial about the event from the perspective of either a Japanese or an American.


• Attracting an Audience with Purpose (Authored by Vicky Nichols.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Making sure that the purpose of an oral presentation or speech, and the intended audience are compatible will help students become good speakers.


• Attractive Adjectives (Authored by Amanda Yates.)
  Subject(s): Foreign Language, Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: This ESOL lesson, that is part 3 of a unit, reviews nouns and verbs, then introduces adjectives. Students learn to identify and use adjectives in sentences, identify them in listening activities, and review all three in a commercial.


• Autumn Leaves: Where does the color come from? (Authored by Jacqueline Roberts.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: In Autumn most people enjoy colorful leaves, brought about by external stimuli. In this lesson students explore leaf pigmentation through chromatography.


• Aviator Timeline (Authored by Stuart Brannon.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: The students choose five famous aviators to research and present the information in a timeline format. The students use a variety of sources for their information.


• Awesome Alliterations (Authored by Regina Letizia.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: The learner will build an interest and appreciate poetry through writing alliterative poems.


• Awesome Audio Book (Authored by Catyn Coburn.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students select and record a poem, article, or short story that incorporates images and sounds within the text to elicit emotions in the listener. They write an explanation of how sounds and images are used to elicit the emotional response.


• Baby Cell “Facts of Life” (Authored by Elizabeth Russell.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: The students, by taking on the rolls of an animal cell's parts, will relate the structures of the animal cell parts to their purposes.


• Back Up (Authored by Laurie Ayers.)
  Subject(s): Science, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This lesson is for Day 10 of the unit [Inventions and Inventors]. Students have fun participating in a review game by identifying significant people who have made contributions in the fields of communication, technology, and science.


• Bag It (Authored by Cynthia Youngblood.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Using a paper bag or a gift bag, students create a book report providing information on the elements of the book.


• Bags of Numbers (Authored by Todd Hauser.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This is a hands on activity designed to allow the child to use manipulatives to count orally with a one to one correspondence.


• Bah Humbug (Authored by Nicole Briggle.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: After listening to Charles Dickens’ [A Christmas Carol] and Dr. Seuss’ [How the Grinch stole Christmas], students create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the two main characters.


• Balanced Equations (Authored by Judy Fox.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: If your students have a hard time understanding variables, this lesson is for you. It is wonderful for the visual student. In the lesson students will use weights and a balance scale to show how the sides of an equation are equal.


• Balanced Students (Authored by Albert Baggott.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics, Science (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students use a hands-on activity to investigate the relationships between weights and the distance of the weights from the fulcrum in a balanced 1st class lever.


• Balloon Bustin' Biographies (Authored by Idella Kruger.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Using balloons as inspiration, students choose a famous person to research. Students view videos, read electronic encyclopedia summaries, and/or biographies of a famous person from the past, then create a one to three page report.


• Bang, You're Dead! (Authored by Thomas Martin.)
  Subject(s): Health (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: By participating in this indoor/outdoor activity, students work to understand the pattern of events to learn about ultimate understanding.


• Bargain Hunter (Authored by Kelly Allen.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students will engage in a classroom shopping adventure to search for the best bargains.


• Bargain Town, USA (Authored by Rita Williams.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Designed to follow your instructions about converting number forms, this lesson is a real-world application of the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percents.


• Barge Building…What Floats Your Boat? (Authored by Glenn Rutland.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Using aluminum foil, pennies, and water, students build a barge that will float while holding the largest number of pennies. Students will learn problem solving, estimation, weight and balance, and the causes and effects of water displacement.


• Bark/Meow, Purr/Snort - Oh, What a Voice! (Authored by Dianne Parks.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students will do teacher directed experiences to understand voice in writing. Students will complete a narrative writing depicting two animals/things that are opposite by focusing on different voices.


• Barnacles: Harder than Cement (Authored by summer zephyr.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students will be fascinated watching the movements of the complex animal hidden inside the tiny barnacle shells. This lesson allows students to study the behavior, adaptation, and larval stage of the barnacle.


• Base It (Authored by Melanie Malone.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: To expose students to number systems other than the decimal system and explain why we need to know these systems (binary: electronics and computers; octal and hexadecimal: flight test, computers)


• Basic Features of a Civilization (Authored by Jamie Berry.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students work in groups answering questions about what they would need for their civilizations to survive on a deserted island. They then have to relate their findings to the basic features of a civilization in essay form.


• Batty Facts (Authored by Carol Cline.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Go batty! Students use a KWL chart as a prereading strategy to organize and display their knowledge of bats, nocturnal animals.


• Be a “Source”erer’s Apprentice (Authored by Jan Curtis.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students sharpen research skills by studying primary and secondary sources. When students know what kind of sources are available, they can find exciting stories, facts, and photographs which can make history come alive.


• Be a Celebrity and Share Your Life with Us (Authored by Patricia Morres.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students become class celebrities by writing their own autobiographies and by sharing them with the public, the class.


• Be a Responsible Citizen: Vote! (Authored by Lisa Whildin.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Explore American citizens' rights and responsibilities through group research on the Internet and presentation of content to the class.


• Be A Star Reporter!!! (Authored by Hazel McCormack.)
  Subject(s): ESE - CL (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students become a Star Reporter when they write a paragraph and orally present the who, what, when, where and why of cut out pictures from magazines.


• Be An Expert (Authored by Laurie Ayers.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This lesson is for Days 5-7 of the unit [Native Americans]. Students will read informational texts to become “experts” on a Native American culture group. They will record notes and make a project to inform the class about their culture group.


• Be Impulsive! (Authored by Abby Hill.)
  Subject(s): Science, Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students work as a -nerve cell relay team-, each having a specific part (order) in the race. A secret (written) message is sent, in relay fashion, until it reaches the final team member. The first team to finish, and relay the correct message, wi


• Beams and Bones (Authored by Joyce Dowlatram.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: The human body is like a house. Students use this analogy to learn how some parts in the human body interact.


• Bean Sort (Authored by Mark Howell.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students create dichotomous keys, classify items, and practice writing scientific names.


• Bearly There (Authored by Judith McCormick.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This activity is a fun way to introduce measurement. After reading How Long Is A Foot? the students use nonstandard measuring devises to measure different items and place them in order from longest to shortest.


• Bears in a Box (Authored by Sharon Ussery.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students enjoy using counting bears to predict the missing addends. Using these concrete materials they are able to see and understand the concept of missing addends. An added plus is the students cannot wait to see how many bears are really hiding in the box.


• Bears Odd Bears Even (Authored by Karen Beck.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students use counters and cubes to classify and model numbers as even or odd.


• Beary Good Problem Solvers (Authored by Dena Reid.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This activity is a “beary” fun way to practice adding and subtracting operations. Students act out problems using teddy bears, write and solve number sentences.


• Beat the Wheel (Authored by Kaye Maddox.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This lesson provides an opportunity for students to practice multiplication facts in a large group setting.


• Because I’m Big and Bad! (Authored by Martha Todd.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students use -The Three Little Pigs- and -The Three Wolves and the Big Bad Pig- to identify cause-effect relationships.


• Become a Detective (Authored by Shannon Flynn.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Everyone loves a mystery and now your students can be the detectives! In this lesson, students read a mystery story while searching for clues to help predict the outcome. They record the outcome then finish the story to see how well they predicted.


• Behavior and the Adolescent (Authored by James Buchannon.)
  Subject(s): Health (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: This lesson is a class discussion to cause students to think about controlling anger in the classroom.


• Benefits Are All Around (Authored by Brent Johns.)
  Subject(s): Physical Education (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students explore the potential fitness benefits of various activities and the places in the community that they can experience these benefits.


• Benjamin Franklin and Electricity (Authored by Paul Baldauf PhD.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Science (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This is an interdisciplinary lesson combining exercises in Language Arts and Science, and includes discussions and written assignments on one of the seminal figures in science, Benjamin Franklin, and continues with simple experiments in electricity.


• Better than Average (Authored by MAdele Carson.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students use baseball cards to understand averages, decimals to thousandths, and the real-world use of math.


• Better to Tell the Truth (Authored by Vicky Nichols.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: The purpose of this lesson is to teach students to distinguish between emotional and logical arguments in advertising.


• Bicycle Safety (Authored by Michaél Dunnivant.)
  Subject(s): Health (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students learn how to operate and practice safe behavior on bicycles.


• Big Brain Central (Authored by Shelley Mann.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students set up Editing Centers and become trained specialists in certain components of editing. Peers come to specialists for editing needs.


• Big Business Monkey Business (Authored by Richard Johnson.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students work in cooperative groups to provide presentations on business organization and “Big Business” during the second part of the Industrial Revolution (1860-1910) in the United States.


• Big Dog and String-bean (Authored by Janice Jowers.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: The students read a story and identify the pronouns. They determine what noun from the story these pronouns stand for. They then enhance their knowledge of pronouns by completing an assignment that practices this language skill.


• Big on Biography (Authored by Lorinda Luther.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students select a person to research for biographical information. Utilizing resources in the Media Center, students record information on note cards; students then interpret and categorize information for appropriate placement on a graphic organizer.


• Big, Bigger, Biggest (Authored by Melissa Lawley.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students demonstrate keyboarding skills to illustrate big, bigger, biggest and small, smaller, smallest in a transportation picture. (NETS for Students: 1.1 and 3.1)


• Bio-Poem (Authored by Cynthia Youngblood.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students write a biographical poem about themselves using an easy formula.


• Biographical Research Paper (Authored by Cynthia Youngblood.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Using resource materials, students write a biographical research paper.


• Bird's Eye View (Authored by Linda Pentiuk.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students become familiar with different types of maps by exploring books. Students create their own representation of a map.


• Birthday Blast (Authored by Amy Brown.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: -Birthday Blast- will allow students to become familiar with their classmates birthdays as they gather information and interpret the results using a tally chart, a pictograph and a bar graph.


• Bits and Pieces! (Authored by Priscilla Boan.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students listen to the story [Winter Fun] written by Rita Schlachter. They listen for information throughout the story that relates to the characters, setting, problem, and solution.


• Blind Alley (Authored by Thomas Martin.)
  Subject(s): Health (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students work together to gather communication skills, leadership, trust, respect and creativity in this indoor/outdoor activity.


• Block Heads (Authored by Carolyn Francis.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Block Heads gives students the opportunity to work hands-on, using base ten blocks to model whole numbers through one thousand.


• Blooming with Self-Confidence (Authored by Cathy Burgess.)
  Subject(s): Health, Language Arts (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Many children worry about not being able to do what other children can do. This lesson will help them understand and respect differences in readiness and abilities, as they read the book [Leo the Late Bloomer] and make flowers of their own.


• Blooms Connection II (Authored by Marshall Thomas.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students will apply the Bloom's Connection strategy in their social studies or science class. This is a second lesson applying Bloom's principles.


• Blowing Kisses (Authored by Jeanne Barber-Morris.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Fifth Grade students thank their mothers (grandmothers, aunts, god-mothers, etc.) for their first breath of life. Activities are pre-writing, designing a poem form, and making a card.


• Boarding of Symmetrical Shapes (Authored by Janet Greathouse.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: The students use geoboards to model polygons and to practice finding lines of symmetry.


• Bodaciously Beautiful Butterflies Take Flight (Authored by Heather Watson.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Science, Social Studies (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This lesson is for K-1 students. The students complete a study on butterflies using real caterpillars. Each student keeps a personal daily journal of observations and completes a timeline for their caterpillar/butterfly.


• Body Buddies (Authored by Jennifer Ryan.)
  Subject(s): Health (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: This lesson is an interactive way to introduce body parts to first graders. After students are introduced to new vocabulary, they work in pairs to construct and label twenty body parts on a life-size outline of their bodies.


• Body Parts (Authored by Mary Montcalm.)
  Subject(s): Foreign Language (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Using Total Physical Response strategies, students learn body parts in the target language (Spanish).


• Body Systems in Action (Authored by Carolyn Garner.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Science (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This is the last lesson, days 13-16, of the Unit Plan, What Makes Me Who I Am? Students research the body systems. Cooperative groups create and present a short skit demonstrating how systems work together.


• Body Systems, Part I (Authored by Candace Parker.)
  Subject(s): Health, Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students work with the systems of the body through research.


• Body Systems, Part II (Authored by Candace Parker.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This is the second of a two-part lesson. Students create a multimedia presentation to reinforce the knowledge they gained from the lesson, -Body Systems, Part I-.


• Boo-ographies (Authored by Kathy Peters.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: During the month of October, students are encouraged to read biographies of famous individuals from the past. Students pretend to be the character and give a short video-taped presentation.


• Book Jeopardy (Authored by Megan Siska.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students participate in a fun, educational game of -Book Jeopardy- which can be used to review material before a comprehensive test on any novel.


• Book Selling Project (Authored by Megan Siska.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students create an oral presentation that uses a visual aid to sell their books to their classmates with the goal of trying to get their classmates interested in reading the book.


• Book Share (Authored by Joan Jackson.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students meet in small groups to reflect on and share their thoughts after reading a short story, poem, chapter in a novel, etc.


• Boom and Fizz (Authored by Cheryle Borsos.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Boom and Fizz is a thrilling discovery of physical and chemical changes. It combines an engaging teacher demonstration with a hands-on student lab experience.


• Boston Spies' Report on the Redcoats (Authored by Francis Sicius.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students collect information about British actions in Boston and send it by secret message to leaders in Philadelphia.


• Bounce & Sing Introduction (Authored by Tisa Craig.)
  Subject(s): Music (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: This activity is performed at the beginning of the school to introduce students to classmates and the teacher.


• Bouncing Balloon Volley (Authored by Rhonda Gibbons.)
  Subject(s): Physical Education (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Students learn to volley, consistently striking a balloon with their hands using a two-handed underhand pattern, proper stance and an appropriate amount of force in order to keep the balloon in their self-space.


• Bountiful Biomes (Authored by Linda Webb.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students work in groups to research five different biomes (arctic tundra, tropical rain forest, North American desert, African grasslands, deciduous forest) and complete a graphic organizer.


• Bountiful Butterflies (Authored by Alicia Floyd.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Mathematics (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: After creating a symmetrical design resembling a butterfly, the students describe symmetry. Using their pictures students then write a story about the butterfly while focusing on creative ideas.


• Bowling Over the Order of Operations (Authored by Amelia McCurdy.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: After learning how to solve equations using the order of operations, students will use their skills to create equations that will -knock down bowling pins-.


• Brain Game (Authored by Katherine Leftwich.)
  Subject(s): Science (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: This is a fun lesson that challenges the student’s ability to respond to stimuli that are mixed word/color messages. (Responses to changes in the environment/stimuli)


• Brainstorm This! (Authored by Jena Lewis.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students learn about brainstorming, and how to effectively use this prewriting tool for four different writing tasks - persuasive writing, expository writing, character development, and the development of vivid and precise details for any subject.


• Branches of Government (Authored by Sandi King.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Are the different parts of government confusing to you? Students will use graphic organizers to assist them in learning about the three branches of government.


• Branching Out (Authored by Carolyn Calloway.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: In this lesson, students work in pairs to research the structure, function and primary responsibilities of each office of the Executive branch. After researching, students come together in pairs and create a chart displaying their research.


• Break Down (Authored by Mary Borges.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Visual Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students apply their understanding of the elements of plot structure and conflict to cooperatively create storyboards and speak effectively as they present their products.


• Break It Down (Authored by Debbie Hartley.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: This engaging game may be used as a group activity for the reinforcement of identifying word parts. It could be modified to be used as individual assessment of the same skill.


• Bright Sky, Night Sky (Authored by cheryl martinez.)
  Subject(s): Science (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
  Description: Through this activity students will apply information known about the differences found in the sky.


• Broadcasting World War II (Authored by Richard Johnson.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: Students create and perform radio broadcasts relating to events and situations that affected American society in World War II. They test their listening skills during these broadcasts. They practice by responding to tasks like those found on the FCAT.


• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (Authored by Martha Simmons.)
  Subject(s): Social Studies (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: This is an introductory lesson on the Great Depression. Students discuss the Great Depression and the impact that it had on American Society and teens during that era.


• Brown Bag It (Authored by Deborah Walther.)
  Subject(s): Visual Arts (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
  Description: Students draw an object relying only on their sense of touch and imagination and then draw it again using their powers of observation to create a detailed study of the object. Comparisons are then made of the two drawings.


• Bubbles Everywhere! (Authored by Annette Nixon.)
  Subject(s): Mathematics (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
  Description: The lesson is a fun way to practice measurement, and circle and sphere formulas. It can easily be adapted to fit any level of circle exploration.


• Buddy Stories (Authored by Kim Forgione.)
  Subject(s): Language Arts (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
  Description: Students wi