Individual Unit Studies and Lesson Plans

5 A Day Designed to encourage kids to consume 5 fruits and vegetables a day, this website offers a parent’s guide, coloring pages, activity sheets and other resources to help you teach your child about nutrition.  The site also offers links to several additional resources (many sponsored by commercial vendors) to help encourage your kids to eat their fruits and vegetables.      Alaska’s Gold At this site sponsored by the Alaska Department of Education, Division of Libraries, and includes extensive primary source materials as well as suggested activities and a teacher’ resource packet.  Select a category and explore the legacy of gold in Alaska!     American Chemistry- Teaching Plastics Visit online for Hands On Plastic lessons for each grade level.   In addition you can order a free curriculum on recycling for your school.        Arkansas Department of Human Services Story of the Month ADHS has archived 3 years worth of “stories of the month”  for use during the school term.  Suggested activities and story-themed pintables are provided for each selected title.  Some of the stories featured include Are You My Mother?; Silly Sally; Jump, Frog, Jump; Harry the Dirty Dog; as well as several titles that you’ll recognize if you are suing the Before Five in a Row curriculum and many other childhood favorites.        Arts Alive- Write Your Own Script Learn about the works of Shakespeare and then create your own script at this page on the Arts Alive website.     Awesome Stories This website offers an “interactive learning experience” with access to stories and links to pictures, artifacts, manuscripts and other primary sources.  Individuals can sign up for a free membership (as of May 2007).       Bonsai Potato Project Learn how to grow your own Bonsai potato on this Great Scott webpage.       Core Knowledge Coordinator of Colorado This website hosts a collection of units written by Colorado teachers as part of several Writing Institutes.  The lesson plans are available in printable pdf versions and cover a variety of subject areas and books.  The units are sorted by grade level and/or subject area.  Some examples of available units are studies based on Caps for Sale (Preschool) and Little Women (5th Grade).  There are also lessons for space, weather, the five senses, physical education, art, music and many more subjects.  Often the lessons include printable activity sheets or other materials for student involvement.  There are an incredible number of free lesson plans at this site so it’s well worth taking some time to look around.        Corn in the Classroom A 5-page pdf format unit study provided by free of charge by Kansas Corn Growers.        Debbie's Unit Factory Thematic units on a variety of topics. Download a free copy of the catalog or view links and access freebies online.     Egyptian Hieroglyphs This page on the Great Scott website offers information, details and downloads for kids on the subject of Hieroglyphs.       Essex Steam Train Fun for Kids At this site you’ll find links to games and puzzle with a riverboat or train theme provided by the Essex Steam Train and Riverboat website.   In addition, you can find a teacher’s guide plus lesson plans for elementary through senior high based on a tour of the Essex Steam and Train facility.  There’s also a printable activity page.  In addition, the site provides a list of links to learn more about the history of the railroad.       Florida Greenways and Trails Lesson and Activity Book A detailed activity book defining many of the features and creatures impacted by Florida’s greenways.        Food Pyramid This site is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and offers an interactive game, a printable poster, coloring pages, and worksheets to assist children ages 6-11 in learning about a healthy diet.      Fun Christian Homeschooling Unit Studies This link takes you to the archives of Fun Christian Homeschooling, where you can find free printable unit studies on a variety of topics.   Georgia Department of Education Use the search options on the home page of this site to look for unit studies and lesson plans on a variety of topics and for a wide range of age groups.  Most of these materials are accessible without the use of a password or registration.  You may have to be creative with your search options to find exactly what you need, but there are lots of materials here.    Get it Together @ HWTK Here I'll collect links and resources for specific study topics, as well as month by month topical information. Any printables or other downloadable data that I create will be posted here too (but there aren't any yet.)   Homeschool Share This is a cooperative site for homeschoolers to share the unit studies that they've created. There are quite a wide range of studies available for many good books.    Honey Bee This unit study is designed for grades K-3 and teaches science, language arts and art skills.  The primary purpose of the study is to learn the body parts of the honey bee by constructing a paper honey bee model.  The lesson is sponsored by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona.  Additional unit studies on a wide variety of topics are available from the University of Arizona’s online publications library- just look for those that offer a PDF or HTML Version free of charge.        Honey.com A free “Honey Files” Teacher’s Guide may be downloaded from this site and you may view a brief sample of the accompanying video available for purchase.  The Teacher’s Guide provides several suggested activities and worksheets that can be used independent of the video.  In addition, you can find recipes and other information about honey at this site sponsored by the National Honey Board.      Mini Insect Unit Study This is a 14-page pdf lesson plan for the study of insects created by Rick and Michelle Eichhron.  The lesson plan includes hands-on activities and research suggestions for the user as well as several printable pages for review and activities.     Oklahoma- A Century in the Making (Added 12/07) This comprehensive website offers a wide array of facts about the history of Oklahoma and even an interactive “Centennial Quiz” to test your knowledge of the state.  Visitors to this site can listen to podcasts, view a slideshow or participate in a visual scavenger hunt all about the history of Oklahoma.       Old Fashioned Education Provides tips for creating a hybrid lesson plan using both living books and textbooks. Most of the suggested resources are copyright free and available online.   One Room Schoolhouse Lesson Plans Study the past with these links to unit studies about one room schoolhouse.        Purdue Extension 4-H Youth Development Publications  From this site you can download free documents with tips on Dog Obedience, Aquatic Science, Dressage techniques and other animal and life science topics.  Family, home, health and citizenship materials are available as well.  The total number of topics available is small but unique.      Smithsonian In Your Classroom- Winning the Vote: How Americans Elect Their Presidents (added 6/08) Via this link you can download a complete copy of 1996 Smithsonian publication on America’s election process in pdf and view additional resources online.  The document includes background information and three complete lesson plans on presidential elections.      Teacher’s Guides for Aquatic Ecosystem Posters These resources are sponsored by the state of Kentucky and provide printable guides for use with specialized posters.  A color image of the poster is included on the front page of the guide, making these guides suitable for home use. Some of the guides may reference evolution theory.        Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Wildlife Activity Book This is a 28-page pdf document featuring a variety of activities for learning about Tennessee wildlife.        The American Red Cross Kid’s Page (Connecticut Chapter) From this page of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Red Cross website you can access a variety of resources for learning about the circulatory system.  Features include a heartbeat experiment, a coloring book, a skit about donating blood and a list of facts about blood.        The Case of the Zany Animal Antics This link connects you with a pdf document that is a printable unit study on animal classification produced by NASA.   The Educator's Reference Desk Over 2000 teacher created lesson plans available online.   The Library of Congress-The Learning Page At this website you can access lesson plans, features and activities, a community center and more. Lesson are downloadable, have both teacher and student materials and can be sorted by title or topic.   The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Study Hall TOS Magazine has assembled links to free unit studies, printables and lessons plans for an assortment of study areas including Bible, College Prep, History, Mathmatics, Music, Science and more. TOS does place advertisments liberally throught the page, but it's still well worth a visit. Just be careful to click on the actual lesson links rather than the larger advertisement banner surrounding them. Also, sign up for the monthy Unit Study e-Newsletter to learn about the latest freebies.   U.S. Mint This site offers several downloadable lesson plans. Included lessons are "50 State Quarters", "Westward Journey Nickle Series" and other lesson plans indexed by subject area.   U.S. Postal Service Wonders of America Coloring and Activity Book Learn about the “Wonders of America” in each region of the United States through various stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Back to Links for Schooling Home