Fun, Hands-On Thematic Projects

Hands-on projects add pizzazz to your thematic units. Encourage interactive learning and motivate your K-5 classes with projects that use everyday items, like cereal boxes, newspapers, and CD cases. Try this magnetic CD case project with your students! It has plenty of applications, including historic timelines, science vocabulary words, CD case book reports, and holding magnetic letters for spelling. You can also use the CD cases to help students build descriptive sentences and review basic facts. Come up with your own ideas–the possibilities are endless!