It’s Your Birthday – 4152
Summary Integrating reading, writing and math through party planning is a fun-filled way for fifth graders to apply what they have learned while learning new …
CategoryCritical Thinking – Target
CSI: Body Systems
Summary The students will be learning about body systems and diseases that affect the body systems, through the investigation of 4 mock crime scenes. The …
Eradicating Differences
Summary The lesson was designed to have students use research and collaboration to connect themes and ideas from literature, history, and their present day experiences …
Bringing Holes to Life – 4600
Summary In conjunction with our class novel study of Louis Sachar’s Holes, students will emphasize and practice the reading strategy of “visualization and drawing conclusions”. …
Rock the Ages: The Journey – 5078
Summary Rock the Ages: The Journey is a creative, open-ended, collaborative project that challenged students with conceptualizing “the journey” of a rock travelling through …
You Are Producers! – 4156
Summary This is an economics lesson to help students understand the difference between producers and consumers. First graders self-selected their own groups and products. They …
What is a fairy tale? – 4150
Summary After hearing many fairy tales in class and in the library, the class examined these stories and identified the elements of a fairy tale …
Math, Community and Persuasion: Blending student-centered and problem based learning – 5378 and 6304
Submitted by: Emily Roberts, Abby Hughes and Corbin Wright Collaborators: Joy McDonald, ITRT School: Hungary Creek Middle Summary Many schools in the New York/New Jersey …
We Rock! A Sedimentary Design Brief- 4159
Summary As a way for students to deepen their knowledge and understanding for the concepts of earth’s structure and sedimentary rocks, students were required to …
Snack Election – 4157
Summary This lesson had students creating a campaign for a healthy snack. First, students began their research by consulting experts. Two school nurse interns led …