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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Love of Learning

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss times when learning has been fun and when it hasn't. They imagine that the are going for a ride in an aeroplane. Students imagine that they are looking through the window at the land below, they see the uneven shape...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vocabulary; Idioms/Phrasal Verbs Using Names of Animals,-Part 1

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, students read ten sentences with missing words. They select the best word to fill in the blank from a list of three that are given. Each sentence contains an idiomatic phrase.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mission Era

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine the Mission Era. In this US History online lesson plan, students investigate daily life during the Mission Era as they participate in hands-on activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Farm Crossword Puzzle Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this farm vocabulary activity, students read 12 clues pertaining to the farm. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. This crossword is a more difficult puzzle focusing on the science of the agriculture.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Farm Vocabulary List and Definitions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this farm vocabulary worksheet, students learn 15 words pertaining to farming, agriculture and farm animals. Students read definitions for each word. There are no questions to answer.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scientific Advances Could Bring Back the Dodo & Mammoth

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students reflect on the possibility of bringing extinct species back to life.  In this ESL lesson plan, students debate the pros and cons of extinction reversal then complete several activities centered around the topic.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Border Collie Bonanza

For Students 4th - 7th
In this online quiz instructional activity, students answer a set of questions about the Border Collie. Answers may be submitted for review by clicking a link at the bottom of the page.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Grey Sheep [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This nonfiction narrative entails a young girl describing her family's grey sheep on the farm activities related to raising them. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Handout
Denver Zoo

Denver Zoo: Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

For Students 9th - 10th
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep highlighting their habitats, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
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Activity
University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"

For Students 6th - 8th
Read the illustrated fable "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" to learn that things are not always the way they look on the outside. Then read the same fable with modern illustrations to see a different perspective and make connections.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Pete's Sheep (Long E Listening Practice)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn the long E sound in English while enjoying an animated story about sheep. You can listen to the story over and over again and watch the story come alive with animation.
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Handout
Exploring Nature

Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Bighorn Sheep

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover where bighorn sheep live, what they eat, their reproduction patterns, their lifespan, and their full classification.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Domestic Sheep

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Domestic Sheeps (Ovis aries), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be found here.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Landscape With a Flock of Sheep

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Landscape with a Flock of Sheep", created by Balthazar Paul Ommeganck, c. 1800 (Oil on panel, 68 x 83 cm).
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Website
Other

Arizona Game and Fish Department: Big Game Species

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information on a variety of big game that are hunted in Arizona. Includes each animal's life history, their hunt history, behavior, and a chart listing facts, e.g., habitat, predators, etc., as well as a narrated video of them...
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Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Changing Lives, One Cow at a Time [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
Read this article to learn about Heifer International and other organizations who donate farm animals like cows, buffalo, goats, and sheep to poor people to improve their lives. It talks about 2nd graders raising money to help fund these...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Make a Match: Long Vowels

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Concentration matching game that match pictures with words. Word list for level 1: dice, mole, five, bee, rose, cake. Word list for level 2: rope, game, bike, sheep, tree, whale. Word list for level 3: flute, slide, three, feet, snake,...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Oneness Project: Rethinking the Fabrics We Wear

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, learners examine natural and synthetic fibers. Students explore the photo essay in groups and discuss how the sheep farmer offers an alternative to mass production with a focus on the themes of resiliency and...