Fourth graders use place value structure to construct and compare numbers that are up to the ten thousands. For this place value lesson plan, 4th graders explain and discuss numbers that are greatest in size according to the place of the...

Young scholars strengthen skills in mathematics, problem solving, and communication skills by working together in groups using "Hot Dog Stand: The Works" educational software.

Students construct a tightrope setup, learn the basics of tightrope walking, and explain a little more about the physics behind balancing!

Students model the preparation needed for a soft-landing on a planet or object in space. They do this by packaging a raw egg with certain material, and dropping the egg from a given height to test the packaging effectiveness.

Second graders create a PowerPoint presentation about an animal they chose to research.

Students participate in a simulation in which the aim is for the tortoise to catch up with the hare or vice versa. Moves are decided by throwing two dice. Adding together the numbers on the two dice tells you which animal moves one...

Students discover the concept of decomposition. They examine how it makes the soil more fertile and how it helps plants. They put a compost bin in their backyard and record their observations.

Students explore a programming curriculum based in the Java language. They start with the basic information needed to code and run their first program. Students analyze the planning, debugging and testing points of the unit. They write a...

Students discuss famous examples of historical fiction as a genre and why it is used so often. They create an original piece of historical fiction by developing a character who is an immigrant to the United States. They are assessed...

Young scholars brainstorm the factors affecting the speed at which a space capsule reaches the surface of a planet or moon and suggest how engineers might deal with each factor. They then create a model which is dropped from a high point...

Students make the most of the season's first snowfall with a snowflake study. They create original snowflakes from paper, collect authentic snowflakes on paper, and examine and compare the snowflakes.

Students discuss the attributes of a successful family after listening to the poem,"What Is a Family?" After sharing information about their own families, students work in groups to act out scenes from books that were previously read...

Learners investigate the theory versus the reality of US government reservation policy in the mid to late 19th Century by watching a video. They design a time line that shows how the individual tribes surrendered to the reservation...

Root vegetables inspire the series of activities included here. Class members participate in activities related to language arts, social studies, science, visual art, and math. At first, the long list might feel overwhelming; however,...

Seventh graders examine the Great Depression and federal relief programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps. Focusing on Texas, they assess the effects on poor farmers and discuss what they would do for a living had they lived in...

Students explain how the food chain works. They contrast predators with prey and describe their function in nature. Students discuss how the food chain aids in keeping nature balanced. In small groups, they play a game that simulates the...

In this watershed worksheet, students read through related definitions and complete 17 short answer questions about deposition and erosion in the Hudson River.

In this opera worksheet, 10th graders read a synopsis of the story of the opera, "Carmen." They answer 7 questions bases on their comprehension of the story.

For this verb worksheet, students master the usage of irregular verbs in the English language. Students complete 13 fill in the blank questions, writing in the irregular form of the verb that is provided for each.

In this reading comprehension activity worksheet, students read 5 paragraphs pertaining to the history of Connecticut and then respond to 30 true or false, multiple choice, and short answer questions.

Learners recite a chant that has rhyming words in it having to do with squirrels. In this rhyming words lesson, students also practice saying ordinal numbers with this chant.

In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read 3 stanzas of poetry by Lord Byron. Students then select the topics that each of the stanzas are about.

In this science worksheet, students draw lines to match 13 words pertaining to forces of nature to their definitions in another column. Example: tornado, tide, erosion, pressure.

In this weather worksheet, learners complete questions to a quiz about the weather. Students complete 5 questions in the weather quiz.