Third graders review the characteristics of living and non-living organisms. After viewing a transparency of a forest scene, they complete a worksheet to identify what would be needed to make a small model of the forest having the same...

Students examine the importance of recycling aluminum and the recycling process as it applies to aluminum. They discuss the recycling process fo aluminum, analyze a section of the book "Where Does the Garbage Go?," and create an...

Students review the life and work of Andy Goldsworthy. Using this information, they gather organic objects to create their own sailing vessel. They reflect on their artwork and determine what problem their artwork solves.

Students examine facts about the elderly population of the United States that lives in poverty through the context of universal human rights. They participate in class discussion, review census records, read case studies, interview...

First graders study, observe, and use a simple machine. They study necessary safety and review posted safety rules related to using a machine and identify strategies for reporting any accidents or injuries.

Fourth graders identify the characteristics of a good paragraph and find those characteristics in a good paragraph from the books, "One Day in the Woods," by Jean Craighead George and "Why Do Leaves Change Color," by Betsy Maestro.

Students explore all the specific requirements that must be followed in order to enroll children in school/day care aged 6-16. In addition, they review the importance of regular school attendance.

Students, after reviewing a vocabulary list on the board, examine how to properly take care of children (requirement for food, shelter, hygiene, childcare providers, etc.). In addition, the legal side of taking care of children and their...

Students review then recognize the letters A-Z both uppercase and lowercase and the numbers 0-100. They practice letters orally then play a letter writing game and number game as a class.

Students review a school map and identify areas along with vocabulary words. They label a map as a class then create corresponding flash cards and practice new vocabulary flash cards in pairs.

In this right angles instructional activity, students review various images of right angles. Students then find the angles and right angles for the given shapes and write them on the lines.

Students practice their English vocabulary skills. In this friends vocabulary lesson, students review words regarding friends and act out an English speaking scene.

In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of questions about breeds of dogs. Answers may be submitted for review by clicking a link at the bottom of the page.

Students watch a movie, and answer teacher created questions in order to explore the brain.

Explore how photographs can represent a whole story to a viewer. Middle schoolers work on narrative writing techniques in this lesson, focusing on photographs from the New York Times to write first-person descriptive narratives....

In order to give young scientists experience with critical thinking skills, introduce them to a current controversy and prepare them to debate. Choose a topic, such as genetically modified organisms, and assign groups to represent...

A series of activities based on Elizabeth George Speare's The Sign of The Beaver takes your class through vocabulary, reading comprehension, and literary analysis. A good packet or collection of assignments for a reading circle.

In this statistics worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 10 various types of problems that include using different types of graphs to illustrate data. First, they determine the median score for each stem-and-leaf plot. Then, students...

Patricia MacLachlan’s award-winning novel, Sarah, Plain and Tall, is the focus of a comprehensive study guide. For each chapter, readers answer fact-based and interpretative questions, define and use vocabulary words in a sentence, and...

Young scholars read and analyze the novel, Maniac McGee. They answer discussion questions, read the short story "Thank You, M'am," by Langston Hughes, and conduct Internet research on genealogical websites to analyze their first and last...

Eighth graders read selected passages from The Diary of Anne Frank. Working in pairs, 8th graders determine what qualities and characteristics they would assign to her from their selected diary entry.

Students will develop goals for inquiry. They will also improve content area reading and research skills. The context of studying dinosaurs will help learners to distinguish from organisms that live presently and those from the past...