John Murphy

Let students practice their adding and subtraction rules with this quick, five minute game. Students work in groups to complete a maze of problems. Checking their work is easy as matching the last question and the first answer.

This lesson plan helps connect language arts to the science curriculum. Students work on brainstorming, peer editing and persuasive essays to combine an object with multiple parts and a cell. The project can be used within a unit or as the culminating activity or test. The lesson plan walks you through from the language arts ties, the graphic organizer, to peer editing and then to the creation of the poster. I've included a student sample too.