How tall is the Empire State Building? Lead your class through a collaborative estimation activity to determine the number of quarters it would take to reach the top and teach the following concepts: human capital, human resources,...

What better activity is there for summer than reading? Provide your pupils with 25 book ideas for their summer reading pursuits. A variety of different genres are represented on this list, and each book is paired with publication...

Everyone learns and experiences life differently. A set of lessons about character intensities encourages middle and high schoolers to analyze themselves, their peers, and characters from a book based on the five listed intensities:...

Falling off a bridge might not sound like your idea of a good math problem, but incorporating the final scene of Les Misérables is sure to spark interest. The goal is to use the time Javert fell off the bridge to determine how...

With many factors leading to a great athlete, does height make Usain Bolt unfairly fast? Middle schoolers conduct analysis to change the running distance of the Olympic races to be proportional to the height of the participants. They...

To foul or not to foul, that is the basketball question. High schoolers look at the probability that fouling out a player and allowing free throws yields a better outcome than allowing the original shot. The resource provides a...

Carryout the lesson to determine the cost of pizza toppings from a Domino's Pizza® website while creating a linear model. Learners look through real data—and even create their own pizza—to determine the cost of each topping. They...

See the underwater world through a different pair of eyes! Middle school marine biologists identify deep-sea organisms by examining images taken by an ROV from the Okeanos Explorer. After determining what creatures lie beneath the...

Learners explore biology by participating in a dietary habit activity. In this food chain lesson plan, students discuss their own diets and the animals we feed upon daily. Learners create a poster demonstrating the animals that we feed...

Groups are each given a pack of engineering cards and a worksheet to complete together. The cards depict different roles an engineer might play and can be purchased from the eGFI website. Because the lesson plan revolves around these...

In this Valentine activity worksheet, students complete a tic-tac-toe game by cutting out the Valentine block images and using them to play a game of tic-tac-toe.

A very simple Noah's Ark cut and paste activity, this worksheet requires young learners to use their fine motor skills to cut out four pieces that are used to assemble the picture of an elephant which is then pasted on the Noah's Ark...

In this ELL language worksheet, students fill in gaps in a conversation with words from a word bank and complete a role-play with another student.

In this word puzzle worksheet, students use a calculator find the sums or differences for each number problem. Students then turn the calculator upside down to see a word from the number answer. Students write the word at the end of each...

In this perimeter calculator learning exercise, students use a calculator to help them find the distance around or the perimeter for each figure.

In this temperature worksheet, students write the highest and lowest temperature shown thermometers can read, then write the temperature shown on each.

In this fruits and vegetables dictionary worksheet, pupils fill in "dictionary pages," using guide words on each page and a list of words given at the bottom of the page.

In this rounding learning exercise, students put a check mark in the appropriate place to tell whether numbers have been rounded correctly, then complete 2 additional problems. 

In this Bermuda triangle worksheet, students complete a set of 4 questions using a given map of the Bermuda triangle. Answers are included on page 2.

In this sentence worksheet, students draw lines under word groups that form a complete sentence. A web site for additional resources is given.

Class members use the Internet to research the history of Thanksgiving in the United States and Canada, as well as the traditions surrounding the Thanksgiving-style celebrations of the Hebrews, the Chinese, and in Ancient Greece and Rome.

To practice reading high-frequency words fluently, learners play a fishing game at a learning center. They take turns fishing; each fish contains a single high-frequency word. To keep the fish they caught, they must be able to read the...

Take time to remind your young learners of the valuable understanding that each branch of the United States government is really composed of other citizens. The reading material and worksheets of this resource cover the importance of...

Teach young engineers that all machines, no matter how complicated or complex, are made up of just six simple devices with this hands-on physical science lesson. Using the included templates, students first create paper models of...