Children who take part in lessons which include physical activity show an increase in health-enhancing physical activity and academic performance, according to research. Children who take part in ...

An on-going department training program is essential to maintain skills, reinforce knowledge and to present new materials to the membership. Developing a complete, specific course objective insures ...

When teachers revisit earlier lessons in small, structured ways, students feel more confident on assessments—and retain the ...

Think of your lesson as a story and your lesson plan as its script. And remember that a good plan considers the people involved in the lesson, not just the activities Lesson plans are useful not just ...

What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...

Child care programs across Pennsylvania are facing staff shortages which leave them scrambling to meet the needs of children. When centers are understaffed, teachers have little time to plan. This has ...

We have organized our activities and lesson plans by topic and identified their corresponding programs. We noted if they work best as a pre-visit, post-visit activities, or stand-alone lesson plan.

For a Google version of this lesson plan, click here. (Note: you will need to make a copy of the document to edit it.) In this lesson, students will be introduced to the media literacy concept of ...

1) Ask students to brainstorm ways that we could find out about people, places and events that took place a long time ago. Write down their responses on a large sheet of paper, whiteboard or ...

During my thirty-year career in the classroom, I occasionally worked with colleagues who resisted the contractual requirement that they turn in weekly lesson plans. As veteran teachers, they felt that ...

Educators who plan lessons together create more effective learning experiences for students. This has been a proven practice in the Japanese education system for over a century. Team teaching, ...