Drafting a Recording Contract 05/25/2000
[ Dance & Music, Vocational Ed | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Barry R. Hill ]
Students learn about recording artist contracts and write their own contract in negotiation with another group.
Tapestry in the Middle Ages 03/22/2000
[ Art History, Visual Arts | Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Ashlynn J. Neel ]
Students learn about the use of tapestry in the Middle Ages and then weave their own tapestry.
Visual Poetry Lets Students 'See' the Words 03/20/2000
[ Visual Arts, Technology, Literature | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by LuAnn Kaiser ]
In this lesson students create slides depicting visual images in a poem.
Mapping the Mockingbird 02/07/2000
[ Language Arts, Technology, Art | Grades9-12 | Submitted by Albert Baggetta ]
This lesson offers a focused approach to studying setting, using To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.
Using DHTML and JavaScript to Animate a Snowman 08/22/00
[ Ed Technology, Vocational Ed. I Grades 9-12, Advanced I Ken Borthwick ]
Learning a new language, whether its programming, scripting, or markup, can be a very difficult task.Students need to have a project to work on that is a great motivator.This fun and rewarding project gives students practice in using DHTML and JavaScript to animate a snowman.
TechKnow Genius! 06/22/2000
[ Ed. Technology | Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Jennifer Wagner]
Students use PowerPoint to create a game based on the TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
My Hero -- A Class Mural 05/05/2000
[ History, Ed. Technology, Mathematics | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Linda Scudder]
Students discuss heroism and make a collaborative black-and-white mural of a hero.
Make a Great Web Page! 05/05/2000
[ Social Studies, Ed. Technology | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Thomas R. Brown]
Students and teachers learn how to make a Web page.
Ecosystems Online 03/22/2000
[ Science, Ed. Tech. | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Dr. Pelham Mead ]
In this multi-media lesson, students create a Web site about ecosystems.
Visual Poetry Lets Students 'See' the Words 03/20/2000
[ Literature, Technology, Visual Arts | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by LuAnn Kaiser ]
In this lesson students create slides depicting visual images in a poem.
Mapping the Mockingbird 02/07/2000
[ Language Arts, Technology, Art | Grades9-12 | Submitted by Albert Baggetta ]
This lesson offers a focused approach to studying setting, using To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.
Drafting a Recording Contract 05/25/2000
[ Dance & Music, Vocational Ed | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Barry R. Hill ]
Students learn about recording artist contracts and write their own contract in negotiation with another group.
Adopted Grandparents 12/27/1999
[ Interdisciplinary | Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Theresa Hill ]
My third graders have an adopted grandparent at a nearby nursing home each year. We write letters, make cards and tapes, and send holiday gifts. We also visit our grandparent each Christmas. We not only visit with our grandparent, but we also sing carols and visit with other residents.
PowerPoint and the Israelites 03/22/2000
[ Interdisciplinary | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Maria Deysher ]
Create a PowerPoint presentation of Abraham's family tree -- or use the lesson to create an organizational chart of your own!
Deriving the Formula For the Area of a Circle 08/22/00
[ Algebra, Geometry, Process Skills I Grades 6-8, 9-12 I J. Sayraf ]
Students work individually or in groups to derive the formula for the area of a circle.
Birds, Fractions and Percentages 07/31/00
[ Mathematics, Science, Vocational Ed. | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Regina Marsters ]
Students learn fractions and percentages in real-life applications.
Playing Chaucer's Pilgrims 08/22/00
[ Literature I Grades 9-12 I Kathleen Modenbach ]
Students dress like Chaucer's pilgrims in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales and act out a skit revealing Chaucer's description of each pilgrim.
Author, Author 08/22/00
[ Language Arts, Literature, Special Ed. I Grades 6-8, 9-12 I Albert Baggetta ]
This plan that can be used over the entire semester or throughout the year as an extra credit plan that helps familiarize your students with the classic authors, encourages organization and strategy. Kids love to collect, and if you capture their attention early enough they might even do it on their own.
Create Your Own Business! 07/27/00
[ Language Arts, Economics | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Clyde Winters ]
In this lesson students learn how to work in cooperative
groups to create their own businesses.
What's Happening? 05/09/2000
[ Foreign Language, Language Arts, Gifted and Talented| Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Debbie Brown ]
Students play a grammar game in which they practice using verbs and adverbs. Younger students can play the game to learn to identify verbs and adverbs in English. Older students might play the game to practice using verbs and adverbs in a foreign language.
Web Trails: An Online Adventure 03/22/2000
[ Language Arts, Ed. Tech., Geography | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Kelly Ickes ]
Students research Iowa's parks and trails, plan a day trip to one of the places they learn about, and write a fiction story based on the information they find.
Summer Shorts 08/03/2000
[ Language Arts | Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Patricia Fry ]
Students write personal narratives about their summer vacations and present them with a new twist!
How Are You Doing With My Crusade? (Women's History) 03/06/2000
[ Language Arts, Social Studies | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Terrie Lynn Bittner ]
Students learn about women who fought for
change and explore the current status of the battles they fought.
Mapping the Mockingbird 02/07/2000
[ Language Arts, Technology, Art | Grades9-12 | Submitted by Albert Baggetta ]
This lesson offers a focused approach to studying setting, using To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.
Apache Ball 03/02/2000
[ Games, Team Sports | Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Dino Michetti ]
Students play a game of dodge ball in which the object of the game is to eliminate the other team. In this activity, students work on throwing, catching, dodging, and aiming skills as they practice teamwork.
Birds, Fractions and Percentages 07/31/00
[ Mathematics, Science, Vocational Ed. | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Regina Marsters ]
Students learn fractions and percentages in real-life applications.
Journey through the Digestive System 07/13/2000
[ Our Bodies, Science | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Richard Lord]
Students work in cooperative groups to design a theme park based on the anatomy and physiology of the digestive system, prepare a portfolio of the park's attractions, and construct an approximate scale model of it.
Balancing Equations Can Be Fun! 05/09/2000
[ Chemistry, Ed. Technology| Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Sulan Dun ]
Students use Chembalancer, an online game, to practice balancing equations.
An Intuitive Introduction to Density 05/05/2000
[ Chemistry | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Sulan Dun]
Students participate in hands on activities demonstrating the formula density=mass/volume.
Ecosystems Online 03/22/2000
[ Science, Ed. Tech. | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Dr. Pelham Mead ]
In this multi-media lesson, students create a Web site about ecosystems.
Left Brain vs. Right Brain -- Which Side are You On? 06/15/2000
[ Science | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Glenn Day ]
Following a lecture and student discussion about the right and left hemispheres of the brain, students determine if they are right-brain or left-brain dominant -- and what it means.
Reading Without Seeing: Louis Braille and the Braille Alphabet 03/02/2000
[ Special Education, History | Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by VaReane Heese ]
In this lesson, students explore the Braille alphabet and the contributions Louis Braille made to society.
Women in Science 12/27/1999
[ Science, History of Science | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Sr. Maureen Fallon ]
Women have encountered various obstacles in the fields of science through the years. This lesson features a study of various women (past and present) and the ways in which these women have overcome the obstacles presented to them because of their sex or ethnicity.
Presidential Election 2000 08/17/00
[Civics, Government, Current Events | Grades 9-12, Advanced | Debbie Wooten ]
As a class, students examine the presidential candidates and their election platforms. Some students may be eligible to vote within a few years. The activities will help them learn to ask the kinds of questions that result in making informed choices.
Create Your Own Business! 07/27/00
[ Language Arts, Economics | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Clyde Winters ]
In this lesson students learn how to work in cooperative groups to create their own businesses.
Make a Great Web Page! 05/05/2000
[ Social Studies, Ed. Technology | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Thomas R. Brown]
Students and teachers learn how to make a Web page.
Web Trails: An Online Adventure 03/22/2000
[ Language Arts, Ed. Tech., Geography | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Kelly Ickes ]
Students research Iowa's parks and trails, plan a day trip to one of the places they learn about, and write a fiction story based on the information they find.
Underground Rails: The New York City Subway System 03/22/2000
[ Social Studies, History | Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Raymundo V. De Jesus ]
Students explore the New York City subway system as a link to the people and places of New York City.
How Are You Doing With My Crusade? (Women's History) 03/06/2000
[ Social Studies, Language Arts | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Terrie Lynn Bittner ]
In this introductory lesson, students will recognize the importance of understanding how the separate powers of the three branches of government work together, in a checks and balances system, to form a single unit of government.
Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances 03/02/2000
[ Social Studies, Civics, Current Events, Government | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Glenn Day ]
In this introductory lesson, students will recognize the importance of understanding how the separate powers of the three branches of government work together, in a checks and balances system, to form a single unit of government.
A Walk Through the 20th Century 03/02/2000
[ Literature, Geography, History | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Tammy Bunton ]
Each student reviews the people, places, and events of a particular decade of the 20th Century, writes a report about that decade, and creates a booth of memorabilia, music, dress, pictures and other artifacts representing the time period. Students share their booths with their classmates, and then invite the entire school to a "Celebration of the 20th Century."
Take a (Virtual) Trip! 02/14/2000
[Social Studies | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Bonnie R. Ott]
Students learn about cultural diversity as they plan a trip to another country.
