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- Transpiration lab
- In this activity, your students will observe the process of transpiration. They will determine the rate of transpiration for one plant branch.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Sadie Buie, James Caldwell, Jeanette Fredericks, Janice Shue, Katie Wadsworth, and Tracy Watson.
- Slideshow review
- You can use this lesson plan with any subject or grade. I use it in my math class as a review before a test. I group the students in groups of three and each group creates a five question slide show which reviews the chapter or unit we have just completed in class.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Computer/Technology Skills)
- By Marcie Bivens.
- Making the best of testing
- Two teachers offer a four-point plan for preparing students for end-of-grade tests without "teaching to the test": Teach to students' needs, integrate tested concepts into the curriculum, focus on learning before test-taking, and reduce students' stress.
- By David Walbert.
- Benchmark assessments
- This reference article discusses the concept of benchmark assessments, including arguments for and against standardized benchmark testing and best practices in creating teacher-developed benchmark assessments.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Magnetic magic
- Students will explore and experiment with a magnet's mysterious invisible strength by rotating through five hands-on centers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science)
- By Thelma Pike.
- Chutes and ladders - Quadratic equations review
- This lesson is designed as a review lesson for solving quadratic equations. Students will play the game "Chutes and Ladders," modified for quadratic equations, as they review for the test.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)
- By michelle longest.
- Lesson plans collection policy
- In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.1
- LEARN NC's policies for accepting lesson plans for publication and managing its collection of lesson plans.
- Format: article/help
- Listening while you work: Using informal assessments to inform your instruction
- In The First Year, page 2.2
- Ongoing classroom assessment can be informal, but it provides invaluable information about what students are actually learning.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Taxes
- Students earn classroom dollars, set up a bank book, pay fines, figure interest and pay taxes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
- By Cecelia Zimerle.
- Teaching "style"
- This exercise works best as a review at the mid-point or end of a literature course. Paired students describe the style of ten authors ranging from "ornate" to "plain," and then compare the authors' styles through a designated series of metaphors.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts)
- By Charlotte Osterman.
- A dicey stem and leaf plot
- After being introduced to a stem and leaf plot, students will be able to create their own stem and leaf plots.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)
- By Debbie Newton.
- Stay still
- In this lesson students will learn about stability. They will design and build an earthquake-proof house that takes into account the forces acting upon it and the materials with which it will be built. The house will be tested in a “shake table.” Students will be assessed by the product itself as well as their analysis of the results of the test.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
- By Erin Denniston.
- Jellybean equations
- Students will build chemical compounds using jelly beans and toothpicks to visually balance chemical equations.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
- By Nancy H. Sanders.
- Trees in your own backyard
- This activity lets students discover the benefits of urban forests by looking at trees on the schoolyard. Students will read a synopsis of the 400-year history of communal forests, survey their schoolyard trees, and draft a schoolyard tree ordinance.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Lucy Laffitte.
- Telling time practice
- Students will practice telling time skills using an applet developed by Shodor Educational 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 1–3 Mathematics)
- By Bonnie Boaz.
- Submarines: Using mass, volume and density to create a working submarine
- The students will design a submarine that will float, subsurface, sink, and return once again to the water's surface by external manipulation of the submarine outside of an aquarium. In order to accomplish this, the students will use not only the concepts of mass, volume, and density but will also integrate buoyancy and ballast in their submarine design.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics and Science)
- By Amy Koonce.
- Feel in the blanks
- The following lesson is designed to function as a review of beginning, middle, and end and an introduction to individualized imagination, creativity, and perspective as it relates to the development of dialogue (i.e. improvisation).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Lei Knight.
- Civil War journals
- Integrates creative writing with social studies and enhances knowledge of the effects of the Civil War on people.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Gwen A. Jones.
- Replica of a period newspaper: World literature
- Students will research a specific time in history in order to create the front page of a newspaper relevant to the selected time period.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
- By Kim Dechant.
- Foreword
- Developing online resources for beginning teachers is not easy. What new teachers need most of all is a mentor — an experienced, thoughtful, successful teacher who can take the time to guide them through their first year. They need someone to steer them...
- By David Walbert.
