Students learn about women who fought for change and explore the current status of the battles they fought. This lesson offers a focused approach to studying setting, using To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Students play a game of dodge ball in which the object of the game is to eliminate the other team. In this activity, students work on throwing, catching, dodging, and aiming skills as they practice teamwork. Students use an Internet Web site to locate the scientific information about various marine species.
Students learn fractions and percentages in real-life applications.
In this multi-media lesson, students create a Web site about ecosystems. In this lesson, students explore the Braille alphabet and the contributions Louis Braille made to society. Women have encountered various obstacles in the fields of science through the years. This activity will introduce students to the research process while investigating the contributions of key African American leaders in the 1900s. Students will construct a quilt highlighting the achievements of each individual and present this quilt to the community.