Students will research the life of an African American poet using print and online resources. Afterwards, students present their findings by writing a research paper and creating a PowerPoint presentation.

In this lesson, density will be introduced to students by a demonstration of coke verses diet coke. The teacher will then solve density problems for the students on the board. The class will then complete a lab on the density of plastics. After lab the students will compare results. Each group presents a PowerPoint presentation of their results.

This lesson helps students explore the elements of poetry and their effect on meaning, tone, and style. Students also analye various forms of poetry both in pairs and independently and create their own poems and presentation slide show to show how to analyze poetic elements within their writing.

This lesson will provide eighth grade students with an inquiry-based research project based on C.S. Lewis' classic, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Students will determine the author's purpose in writing this story. This will be accomplished by researching material using the Alabama Virtual Library and Gale Resources.

This lesson examines the characteristics of Greek heroes and leads students to recognize references to Greek mythological heroes found in literature and culture today. Students will present analyses of heroes by defending their favorites in a slideshow presentation nominatting them for selection to a Heroes' Hall of Fame.

In this resource, student will learn to pronounce, remember, understand, and identify vocabulary words and some verb conjugations. The student will interact with Spanish vocabulary by playing the "Capitulo 1 Jeopardy" game. Additionally, students will learn to classify memorized words in the target language.

In this lesson plan, students will incorporate information from Internet research in creating original travel brochures for Spanish speaking countries using word processing or publishing software. Students will analyze and integrate research results in designing a concise and interesting brochure. Students will learn to identify other subject-area topics that relate to topics discussed in the target language class.