Learners research Prince Harry's upcoming deployment to Iraq as a British soldier. They write reaction papers expressing their opinions about it. Students choose from two points of view - should he be deployed, or will his deployment...

Ninth graders will identify/understand the differences between soil and dirt. They will classify soil color accurately and use Munsell notation to describe it (Munsell books provided).Students will classify soil texture using the feel...

Teach your young adventurers about boating basics, such as boating terminology, knots, key aspects of the boat, and how to determine a boat's capacity. This resource is a good way to get started on learning how to water ski. There are...

Students are introduced to the concept of life cycles. They discover how many species go through their lives in a series of stages from birth or hatching to adulthood. Such stages make up the life cycle. Students investigate the life...

Students discover the significange of a synagogue that was destroyed during World War II. As a class, they identify and describe Jewish symbols and are introduced to Croatian Jewry. They review the characteristics of a minority and read...

In this science worksheet, students solve the crossword puzzle using the context of energy to acquire a new understanding of vocabulary words.

In this vocabulary building activity, learners enhance their personal vocabulary by learning words that begin with the FR-blends. Students are allowed to use dictionaries.

In this comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 25 short answer questions from Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson in order to help them better understand the novel.

In this bar graph worksheet, students learn how to read bar graphs by using the information in each word problem and making bar graphs with the information to help solve the problems.

Kindergarteners recognize words that begin with the same sound. In this word study lesson, they identify initial consonant sounds in words written on the board and write another word with the same beginning sound. Also, there is a...

In this Delaware worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about Delaware's famous people, places, and history. Students answer 10 questions.

In this Delaware worksheet, students answer questions about Delaware in a crossword. Students fill in 11 answers to the Delaware crossword.

Examine the weather of the four seasons, look at seasonal activities, and tell which months are part of each season with this lesson. Your class will play a game, sing a song, and write additional stanzas to seasonal poetry.

Fifth and sixth graders complete fraction problems involving mixed numbers, word problems, addition of fractions, variables in fractions, and more. They complete five problems.

Nouns are the focus of this language arts PowerPoint. Pupils will see that there are five categories of nouns: person, place, thing, idea, quality. The last two are not usually taught, but they are legitimate categories. When to...

In this catfish coloring book worksheet, students read information about catfish and color pictures in a twenty-page coloring book. Final page contains recipes.

With algebra tiles in hand 7th graders will uncover the wonders of the distributive property of multiplication. They will take a pre-test, define the distributive property, then model and practice using their tiles to solve basic...

Discuss different techniques for finding the area of a geometric shape, with a great visual guide. Using a real life example, learners calculate the area of a rectangle and a square. 

After introducing the concept and formula for finding the area of a square, try this lesson. Fifth graders will use their prior knowledge to break apart various shapes in order to determine area. This lesson includes several examples,...

Using real life examples, learners discuss probability and ratios. They begin by answering a set of questions, and then participate in a probability activity involving a bag of colored cubes.

When reviewing the use of modifiers, this activity could be a useful tool to use. With 20 questions, highlighting a variety of misplaced or dangling modifiers, this worksheet could be a quick and easy way to go over this topic.

Do you need a clear and concise learning exercise on capitalization for your learners? This learning exercise would be an excellent choice. The first page is packed full of good examples of when capitalization is necessary, and the...

You don't want to leave your modifier dangling! Using this activity, you can help students on their way to understanding how to modify sentences and to eliminate dangling modifiers.

On, at, in, since, for, during, within... what do all of these words have in common? They are prepositions and they are all prepositions that are included on this hand-out. This handout breaks down prepositions used when talking about...