Student Lessons

Animal Reports	Sites and note-taking cards for 4th graders working on reports on Animals. This emphasizes language arts standards. Suggested Grade Level:  4    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Biographies of the Civil War	Structured activities, selected resources and rubric to support student-produced biographies. Suggested Grade Level:  5    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Civil War	Students learn about camp life for Civil War soldiers and use that information as the basis of a compare and contrast exercise. Suggested Grade Level:  5    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Documenting the Titanic	Students gather, explain and cite pictures of important aspects of the history of the Titanic. Emphasizes language arts skills as well as skill in manipulating files and using pictures in word processed documents. Suggested Grade Level:  3    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Early Settlers in Delaware and Nearby	This lesson can be used as part of a Delaware History unit. Students research historic sites in the Delaware area pertinent to the period prior to 1700. They write a letter describing a site a visiting aunt should see on her next trip to Delaware. Suggested Grade Level:  4    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Ecosystems Resources	These resources were connected to provide a wide range of information for 3rd graders learning about ecosystems. Suggested Grade Level:  3    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Geography Links	This page contains general links for students doing country reports, as well as country specific resources for Greece, Germany, Italy, Ireland, France and Spain. Suggested Grade Level:  K    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Geometric Solids	Using an online tool from NCTM, students explore the features of geometric solids and record their results and conclusions on a printable student worksheet. Suggested Grade Level:  5    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Goods or Services?	Activities to learn the concept of goods and services with a supporting student worksheet. Suggested Grade Level:  3    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Honey Bee Resources for Middle School Students	This page is a set of resources for middle school students to cull background material on honey bees. The teacher who first used the site was actually teaching a unit on writing poetry and the subject was honey bees. Suggested Grade Level:  7    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Life on the Farm	This lesson helps students find and organize information about farm animals for a written report. Suggested Grade Level:  2    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Mixtures and Solutions	Structured activity utilizing the Foss Mixtures and Solutions online application. Suggested Grade Level:  4    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Ocean Resources	These pages were designed to provide background resources for a schoolwide (1-8) study of oceans. Suggested Grade Level:  4    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Presidential PowerPoints	A simple research project culminating in a 3-slide PowerPoint presentation. Emphasis is on introducing skills in reading on the Web and creating a PowerPoint presentation. Suggested Grade Level:  3    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Rectangles and Parallelograms	Using activates from the NCTM and guided by a printable student worksheet, students learn about the characteristics of rectangles and parallelograms. Suggested Grade Level:  5    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Reporting on the Iditarod	Focusing on the Iditarod as a subject, students create a news article reporting on the event. Suggested Grade Level:  4    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Roller Coasters	Using several different online applets, students explore the role of different variables on the functionality of a roller coaster. Worksheet is included for guided exploration. Suggested Grade Level:  5    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Sailing on the Titanic	Students use information about the Titanic as the basis of a letter. Suggested Grade Level:  3    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Searching for Puffins	An online aid for students developing KWL charts based on a story about puffins. Suggested Grade Level:  3    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Soil for 2nd Graders	The first page is suitable for 2nd graders to use in their science investigations. The site also contains a link to teacher materials. Suggested Grade Level:  2    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Solar System Scavenger Hunt	Resources for students to learn about the Solar System. Focuses on reading skills, notetaking and solar system information. Suggested Grade Level:  3    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Structures of Life	Utilizes the FOSS Structures of Life activity to help students focus on the life cycle of various organisms. Suggested Grade Level:  5    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Tangrams	A series of online activities supported by a printable worksheet for directing student work. Suggested Grade Level:  4    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Thanksgiving Hunt	Simple scavenger hunt of Thanksgiving facts. Suggested Grade Level:  4    Last updated: 3/29/2005
The Human Body	Exploration of the human body using various web sites and activities. Suggested Grade Level:  3    Last updated: 3/29/2005
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere	Guided activity to help students compare the actual events of April 18, 1775 with the poem written about that night. Suggested Grade Level:  5    Last updated: 3/29/2005
The World's Deserts	Activities and resources to guide students in creating a report on a chosen desert. Suggested Grade Level:  4    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Touring Old New Castle - Letter Writing	Using sites on historic New Castle, students gather information to create a tour of New Castle and write a letter of invitation to a friend. Suggested Grade Level:  4    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Using a Pan Balance	Uses an online pan balance to draw logical conclusions about weights of unknown objects. Suggested Grade Level:  4    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Virtual Aquarium	Supporting materials for the Foss Virtual Aquarium activity. Suggested Grade Level:  K    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Water Cycle	A series of web-based activities on the water cycle, including a printable student worksheet Suggested Grade Level:  3    Last updated: 3/29/2005
Weather on the Web	Very simple lesson to help students compare weather in Delaware, Disneyland and Disney World. Can be used as a whole class activity to support longer term observations. Suggested Grade Level:  2    Last updated: 3/29/2005