Lesson Plan on Gregor Mendel & Punnett Squares
How did a gardening monk make one of the most important contributions in the history of biology? Teach your students about Gregor Mendel’s …
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Shadow Paintings Art Lesson for Middle or High School Students
Make a creative memory from your class history day with shadow paintings!
Continue ReadingDeciding What to Leave in When Drawing from a Reference Photo: A Quick Draw Art Lesson for Middle or High School
Wow! That reference photo has a lot of stuff in it…how do you turn it into a drawing or painting?
Continue ReadingColor vs. Value in Art: Lesson for Middle or High School Students
Let your students explore the difference between emphasizing color or contrasting lights and darks!
Continue ReadingWhat are Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): Science Lesson Plan Exploring the Controversy
Did you know that humans can combine DNA of two or more organisms to create brand new organisms? Did you know that some of the food you eat may come …
Continue ReadingArt Lesson on Painting: Exploring Color, Mood & Music
Let your students experiment with the relationship between color and mood by painting to music.
Continue ReadingFour Tactics to Protect Your Child from Cyber Bullying
If there is one word that evokes emotion with your child it would be the word bully. Everybody deals with bullying at some point in life. In this day …
Continue ReadingFunction & Structure of DNA: Create Models Out of Candy! Middle School Science Lesson
Without DNA, we wouldn’t be here. It controls all of our physical characteristics, including eye color, hair color, and even the taste buds on our …
Continue ReadingGenotypes & Phenotypes: Middle School Science Lesson
Ever wonder just how alike you and your best friend are? Let’s see what common genetic traits you may share with your friends and other classmates!
Continue ReadingReinforce Map Skills by Teaching Westward Expansion
Have your students work on their geography skills during a unit on Westward Expansion. This lesson has students examining primary sources as well as …
Continue ReadingTeaching Westward Expansion with the Donner Party
Can you imagine what it would be like to leave your home and everything familiar to you in order to travel west to places you could have never …
Continue ReadingJohn Henry: Steel Driving Man - Using a Railroad Legend to Teach Westward Expansion
Head west with your classroom with lessons that engage their sense of adventure. This first lesson in the series is on the myth and history of John …
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