At times special needs or Autistic children have a difficult time disengaging from a lesson to line up at the door. This brief strategy overview employs mini-porcupine balls and a pocket. It was developed to help pupils...

In this physical oceanography PowerPoint, viewers learn about ocean circulation, sea surface temperatures, and salinity. Relationships among these aspects are explained, as well as their impact on the atmosphere and climate. Each slide...

Microsoft's Flight simulator is the focal point of this instructional activity. By participating in this activity, teenagers role-play what is necessary for piloting an airplane. They explore the concepts of flight. You will need to...

The instructions say to use a text-book to label 11 different regions in modern Latin America. If a text-book is not available a map can be found on-line and printed for student reference.

Get your special-needs students thinking about weather appropriate clothing choices with this sunny day social story. Print this resource or use as a slide-show to show children what people wear when its a hot and sunny day. Tip: Use...

Anthony Mann's 1953 film biography, The Glenn Miller Story, is the focus of a series of activities that introduce class members to Miller's life and music. Of particular interest to music young scholars will be the cameos by many famous...

A viewing of Disney’s 1993 film of The Adventures of Huck Finn launches an examination of the events in and themes of Mark Twain’s story. Viewers respond to prompts on a film story worksheet, engage in full-class discussions, and select...

Designed to be used with a showing of the 1951 version of The Red Badge of Courage staring Audie Murphy, this learning guide includes discussion questions, suggestions for activities, and topics that can be discussed with parents.

Director George Pal’s film The Time Machine, based on H. G. Wells’ 1895 science fiction novella and starring Rod Taylor, Alan Young, and Yvette Mimieux, is the focus of a lesson that considers the consequences of time travel. Viewers...

Student's identify geographic features of a South American map. They use the scale of the map to calculate distances between points. They identify examples of the five geographic themes on the map of South America.

Learners study plants in the rainforest. They complete a variety of activities surrounding the subject of chocolate. They create new candy bars, invent learning games and write poetry--all focusing on chocolate.

Tenth graders identify the different ideas, emotions that different colors represent the significance of color in real life. They examine the significance of the lack of color in The Giver and the movie Pleasantville. They develop...

In this ESL vocabulary multiple choice worksheet, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word. From 4 choices, students fill in the word that best completes each sentence.

Students make posters about saving the primates. In this primates lesson plan, students discuss primates and environmental changes and make posters with pictures about saving primates.

Students construct cladograms (evolutionary trees), showing how shared derived characters can be used to reveal degrees of relationship. They interpret and analyze cladograms, and determine where unclassified vertebrates would fit on a...

Students provided with opportunities to explore the animals and plant life that coexist in the various layers of the tropical rainforest. They appreciate the diversity of life in each layer. Students write a report on a particular plant,...

Students investigate data collection and analysis.  In this Algebra I instructional activity, students create a scatter plot and find the equation of best fit in a simulation of a leaking water pipe.

Students discover the global problem of deforestation. In this environmental lesson plan, students identify organizations on the quest to stop deforestation. Students also discover what they can do to solve this global dilemma.

Students participate in a variety of activities to practice words with the Bb sound. In this Bb sound instructional activity, students use craft rolls to create butterflies. Students create a letter book with B words

In this algebra activity, 9th graders rewrite word problems into algebraic sentences. They define sum, difference, quotient and factors. There are 5 word problems with an answer key.

Fourth graders draw maps of Peru and examine how Peru is a geographically diverse country.

Students research medicinal uses of plants, correlating loss of habitat to loss of valuable medicine. Drawing on their research, they create a "sales pitch" that tries to convince the owner of an imaginary drug store to stock plant...

Students read The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. After reading the story, they center on the controversy of destroying the rain forest or conserving it. Students have to make an informed decision about rain forest destruction.

Learners research and assess programs that strive to preserve biodiversity, such as captive-breeding programs and species-survival plans adopted by zoos, aquariums, and other institutions.