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- The prime team
- Students will learn their prime numbers by creating and manipulating their own Sieve of Eratosthenes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
- By Lori Bradley.
- Problem-solving careers
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.7
- In this lesson for grade seven, students analyze information about various careers to determine how people in those occupations use problem-solving skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By Jen Presley.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- Quad soccer
- This is a fun variation of indoor soccer. There are four goals and teams instead of only two.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Healthful Living)
- By Clay Mohr.
- Raisins, Raisins, Raisins
- This lesson involves students in collecting data,organizing data into a line plot, discussing statistics, calculating mean, medain and mode and consumer awareness.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Mathematics)
- By Melanie Simmons.
- Reading guides
- Groups will develop a Reading Guide for each non-fiction resource book for units in science, social studies, and other curriculum areas. Students will identify useful features each book and where the important information will be found. Reviewing non-fiction features of print resources will familiarize the class with material on reserve for the unit. Overviewing and identifying text features will help students determine how to approach the various formats of text relevant to the topic.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Elizabeth Hubbe.
- Resource recon
- Teams of students will search for the answers to questions using various information resources. The questions will be in categories such as: biography, current events, historical events, geography, language. Besides competing for the fastest answer, the students will learn (1) how to use the resource effectively and (2) which resource is best for finding different types of information.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–7 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Keith Dudley.
- Respecting differences
- This guidance and drama unit offers students the opportunity to identify prejudices and understand how certain character traits such as tolerance, respect, and kindness affect their choice of behavior. Since this lesson addresses sensitive issues, teachers should avoid situations that could be hurtful to individuals or groups. This unit can be adapted to almost any age group or ability level.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Development, Guidance, Healthful Living, and Theater Arts Education)
- By Daryl Walker and Judy Peele.
- Rock art
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.3
- Students will use art materials, drawings, and rock art examples to differentiate between symbol, petroglyph, pictograph, and rock art. They will also interpret rock art to illustrate its importance in the cultural heritage of a people and as a tool for learning about the past.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4, 6, and 8 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- Sale! Sale! Sale!
- Consumer math often requires shoppers to analyze and compare the same products at different stores. In addition to price variations, retailers offer incentives or discounts. This lesson requires students to be informed consumers who calculate three purchasing options and conclude which is the best deal. The activity enables students to apply mathematics to a real-life situation.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- By Leslie Hawes.
- Sales careers: Working with percents
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.3
- In this lesson for grade six, students will understand how to perform operations with percents by using commission rates for various sales careers to calculate salary.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
- Salt trading in Asia
- In this interdisciplinary lesson, students explore the mineral salt from a variety of perspectives — scientific, geographic, and cultural. The lesson incorporates images of salt production in Nepal and Vietnam. It may be used with grade 4 or grade 7.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 6–7 English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies)
- By Edie McDowell.
- Science is a puzzle: Lessons in observation
- Simple, fun activities using observation to introduce students to the scientific process.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
- By Cindy Ellis.
- See how they run!: The 100 meter dash
- Middle level students will collect times as they run the 100 meter dash. These times will be depicted through various graphic representations (bar, circle, histogram). Times will be compared to current world records for the 100 meters. Students will decide which Math class ran fastest and support that choice in short essay form. They will also try to determine the faster gender based on the data collected.
This lesson plan is a unit filled with related lesson plans. One or two parts of this project could be completed as a stand-alone lesson, or the entire set of activities and extensions could be completed for an involved, integrated unit. - Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- By Holly Smith.
- Seeds of change
- This lesson plan offers middle school students an overview of the physical and emotional changes of adolescence. Students will explore emotions experienced each day and how these emotions can impact behavior. Students will examine their school behaviors and identify ways to change negative behaviors into positive behaviors.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance)
- Self portrait in wire
- This lesson covers line as an art element and sculpture as an art technique. It also includes an examination of wire sculptures created by Alexander Calder.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–6 Visual Arts Education)
- By Paulina Olson.
- Seven directions: Making connections between literature and American Indian history
- This middle school lesson uses picture books to integrate American Indian culture and belief systems with language and visual arts.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies)
- By Edie McDowell.
- The seven forms of energy
- Through inquiry and a card-sorting activity, students will explore, discover, and demonstrate their understanding of the seven forms of energy. Students will sort cards into categories based on their own prior knowledge and the definitions of the seven forms of energy.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Science)
- By Lauren Beeson.
- Simplicity: A literature-based Paideia seminar
- Students will apply their knowledge of how developments in the history of the United States, as well as the world, can impact the lives of people today. The lesson is based on the picture book entitled The Simple People, written by Tedd Arnold and illustrated by Andrew Shachat. (Summary: The simple people enjoy the simple life until one of the character's inventions is used to make life more complicated. As a result, everyone forgets the simple things in life.) After a Paideia seminar discussing the book, students will select a modern invention, research the history of its development and how it impacts society, and create a multi-media presentation.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Krista Hannah.
- So many choices, so little time
- This lesson will introduce students to Theoretical and Experimental Probability using Crazy Choices and Spinner, a resource of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop Interactivate Your Bored Math Students.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
- By Beth Jorgensen.
- Soil Sampling
- Students will learn how to sample soil to be analyzed for nutrient and lime requirements for proper plant growth.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Douglas Best.
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