Lesson Plans

Watch interest in trees and ecology grow as students create a forest of 3-D trees representing multiple species.

What pets are feed, walked, or groomed? Izak, who lives in Lapland, takes care of a reindeer! Match animals with owners

Explore nature and art through Eric Carle’s book about a busy spider.

What's going on in the ground below a plant? Students use Crayola Model Magic to create a relief showing plants and thei

Play a game in pairs that challenges students to describe and classify their knowledge and research into one word catego

With the book “Is This a House for a Hermit Crab?” by Megan McDonald as a jumping off point, students create a matching

Students apply their knowledge of living things above and below the ground in a watershed ecosystem by painting an illus

Setting goals helps everyone to achieve success. This activity will showcase the goals of members of the whole class in

Students go wild filling Beasty Books and their brains with fun facts and figures about their favorite creatures.

The inventor of the mobile and stabile was the American artist, Alexander Calder. In this lesson students will create ki

Keep track of the season, month, day, and date with this colorful, changeable calendar.

Corn (maize) was a staple in the Aztec culture. Show the Aztec’s sophisticated corn-growing techniques in a realistic di

Create a Crayola Mixed Media round image of multiple flowers, from a bug’s eye view, and write about it.

In Greek mythology, Athena is the goddess of wisdom, her emblem is the owl. Long considered the “wise old owl”, this le

Big and small colorful circles become flowers and seeds in a colorful garden.

Study homes and habitats from the past then move into the future to construct innovative new living spaces.

Create a colorful 3-Dimensinal bird that will actually fly!

Put your students’ knowledge of arthropods on display! Using materials easily found in your classroom, students will cre

Bring nature's designs indoors with these golden leaf-printed bookmarks. For gifts, make matching picture frames, gift w

Encourage students to see how much they really understand about animals and the habitats. This 3-D group project has the

Tissue paper flowers burst out of a chalk-designed two-dimensional vase to create a flowering plant display fit for givi

Create a unique, stunning display of the Earth’s landforms. Showcase learning with textured materials such as sandpaper,

Young children take pride in home and family while creating miniature versions of the homes where they live.