Language Arts and Science Lesson Plans |
Interdisciplinary
Lesson Plans - Grades 5-8
by Mary Paley, Kamila Smith, Kara Ford, and Neil Shapiro, Philip Livingston Magnet Academy in Albany, New York The result of a collaboration between four middle school teachers, these lesson plans are designed to be used either for an interdisciplinary activity, or for separate science and language arts projects. After making new animals, students will write stories, poems, persuasive essays, or field reports about them, based on their research into the characteristics of the real animals that make up their new creatures. To read work written by seventh grade students using the interdisciplinary lesson plans, visit Seven Poems and a Story. Creative Writing - Grades 2-4 Science - Grades 2-4 |
Art Lesson Plans |
Medieval Art Mixed Breed Animals Lesson Plan - Grades 3-6 by Linda Woods, St. John's Lower School in Houston, Texas This art lesson plan references fantastic beasts in myth and legend during the Middle Ages, and uses Switch Zoo to create mixed breed animals. To see drawings created by fifth grade students using the lesson plan, visit the slideshow Mixed Breed Animals. |