Idioms describing food and eating: This lesson teaches idioms like eat like a bird and dig in. Most students love food, so they’ll love this lesson on idioms describing food and eating.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Idioms describing love: If your student is asked to go on a blind date, do you think they’ll know what it means? Maybe not, so use this lesson to teach them about idioms describing love.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Idioms describing people: This lesson plan focuses on common idioms we use to describe people, including black sheep and gold digger.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Idioms that use anatomy vocabulary: Imagine being a new English learner and being told to break a leg or pick his brain. Idioms that use anatomy can be weird and downright scary, so this lesson is a must for your ESL students.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Idioms that use an animal vocabulary: Animal idioms are tricky. Your student probably feels like a fish out of water, so kill two birds with one stone and teach them about animal idioms in their English class!If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This article discusses how the study of weather can meet the NCTM Data Analysis and Probability standard. Links to lessons for grades K-2 and 3-5 are provided.

This article provides an overview of interactive whiteboard technology and ideas for incorporating one into the classroom.

This article describes what an online social networks is, provides examples of education-focused social networks, and how anyone can use NING to build an online social network.

This lesson is perfect to use with beginner students. It is designed for introducing object pronouns to beginner students. Additionally, it is great to use as a practice or review lesson. In any case, when using this lesson students should have an understanding of how to use subject pronouns.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This article highlights seven science lessons that teach elementary students about seasonal change. Suggestions for integrating literacy and science include two lessons that use informational text and cause and effect relationships.

This article describes how primary school teachers and their school technology specialist use classroom blogging to engage children in reading and writing.

In this podcast, listen to a 22-year classroom veteran's tips and strategies for managing students with attention disorders.

This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, examines physical science concepts, such as heat, conductors, and insulation, and applies this knowledge to the animals and people in the Arctic and Antarctica.

This article features children's literature about heat, temperature, and adaptations and behaviors that allow animals and people to survive in the polar regions.

This article provides an overview of scientific inquiry and how citizen science programs run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology provide opportunities for inquiry about birds.

When to use this lesson?This lesson is best to use with beginner students looking/needing to develop functional language skills. Functional language skills are essential for students to have so they can interact in real-life situations. So, this does not aim to introduce grammar and instead vocabulary in different contexts to create meaning. The point of this lesson is for students to gain language skills that they can use in their everyday lives, particularly in the classroom.You can also use this lesson as a practice or break lesson with more intermediate students. Simply just ask your more experienced student to speak more, expand on concepts and formulate sentences independently. Regardless, at any learning level, students will appreciate your encouragement and guidance. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

What is 'learned behaviour'? Where does it feature in the environment? And how does it compare to 'innate behaviour? In this Ecology GCSE / K12 video learn all of the answers to these questions.

This article provides an overview of learning cycles and how they can enhance student learning in science.