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- Sample classroom floor plans
- Basic floor plans and explanations for a traditional classroom, discussions/debates, a horseshoe arrangement, and centers.
- By Mitch Katz.
- Geography centers
- A geography unit in which students investigate and compare their hometowns and other cities. The unit incorporates nine centers: math, science, social studies, reading, writing, computers, puzzles and games, art, and listening. They all have activities that are integrated with the geography unit.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies)
- By Laurie Perry.
- Animals, animals, animals
- In this lesson students will learn to observe special characteristics and senses which influence the life of an animal and become aware of threats to animals and their habitats and how this affects everyone.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- By Joyce Poplin.
- Piggin' out with money
- Students will work with money manipulatives to solve word problems that involve adding money amounts and making change. The lesson is introduced with the literature book, Pigs Will be Pigs. After solving the problems posed in the book, the students will work with partners to create their "pig problems". Assessment will require students to solve similar problems on a teacher made worksheet. When time allows, each student will have the opportunity to go to an Internet site to work with money problems and games.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- 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.
- Arranging for independence
- Erin Espinoza's kindergarten classroom encourages children to learn on their own. A classroom profile.
- By Sydney Brown.
- One room, many uses
- Patty Berge converts her eighth-grade science classroom to suit multiple instructional methods. A classroom profile.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- Savor the rainbow
- Use skittles to help the students practice the concepts of sorting data, recording data, writing the data collected in fraction form (part/whole), changing the fractions into decimals and percents, and taking the data collected and making a spreadsheet, bar graph, and circle graph of the data.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
- By Beverly Revis.
- 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 5 Visual Arts Education)
- By Paulina Olson.
- Geometry and art: Art museum post-visit
- This is the third lesson in a three-part unit integrating math, writing and visual arts. In this integrated lesson, students apply their knowledge of geometry by organizing and displaying information in graphs with correct labeling. Students then compare and analyze graphs. Finally, with this information students create a geometric design.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)
- By Loretta Hopper.
- Recipe for Success
- Students will use an electronic card catalog to find books by subject using the call number. This lesson was used in collaboration with a third grade thanksgiving unit. As part of the unit students were to find a recipe to prepare and bring to class.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills)
- By Elizabeth Gibson and Melissa Withers.
- Sex under the influence
- The use of alcohol and other drugs increases the risk for unplanned, unprotected sex. This action exposes young people to HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy. The lesson engages students in the decision-making process regarding risk and checks their understanding of behaviors that put them at risk.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Healthful Living)
- By Kathy Crumpler.
- Native American poetry workshop
- This week-long set of lessons uses four different center activities to help students respond to poetry written by American Indians. This lesson plan was written with ESL (English as a second language) students in mind, so there are many opportunities to practice vocabulary, discuss and talk with others, and model expectations.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Liz Mahon.
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation
- A field station dedicated to learning about sustainable living and experiencing the natural world. It includes an outdoor classroom and 38 acres of wetlands, bottomland forest, and a Piedmont prairie restoration
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Saying "yes" instead of "no"
- Fair Use Guidelines make room for students and teachers to use copyrighted material in multimedia presentations.
- By Connie Bakker.
- A revolution in agriculture
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.2
- Science and technology made farmers more productive in the nineteenth century, but added expenses that drove small farmers off the land.
- Format: article
- First Americans of North Carolina and the United States
- This lesson will use shared reading, center time, hands-on projects, and journal writing to help learners discover facts about first Americans, particularly those in the region that is today North Carolina, while at the same time developing their English language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Development and Social Studies)
- By Adriane Moser.
- Don't put it down, put it up!
- In a fifth grade classroom based around projects, everything has its place. This classroom profile shows you the design and purpose of Debra Harwell-Braun's fifth-grade classroom.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- Rainy weather
- This is the first lesson in a weather unit. This lesson consists of activities that help students understand the concept of rain.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- By Carol McCrary.
- Industrialization and Progressive Reform in the Craft Revival
- In this lesson plan, originally published on the Craft Revival website, students will analyze the process of making a hobby into a job. They will explore Craft Revival work environments, representations of industrial work environments, and data regarding Craft Revival work. To close the activity, students write a journal entry comparing Craft Revival and industrial work experiences.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Patrick Velde.
