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Lady Liberty: The New Colossus
Young scholars research the history of the Statue of Liberty and the symbols associated with it. They read and discuss Emma Lazarus' poem and why it should persuade people to donate money to bring the statue to America. Students...
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Working With Writing
Fifth graders research a topic of their choice using the internet, magazines, and books. In this research lesson plan, 5th graders are graded on their research and delivery skills of their presentation.
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Picture This in Your Community
Learners participate in learning proper interview techniques to interview people in our community. They engage in this project in order to develop interviewing skills, to develop a better understanding of various jobs in our community...
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Fall and Winter Religious Celebrations
Students discover the unique beliefs and celebrations of the five major religions in the world. In groups, they discuss the terms associated with each religion and are read books about their celebrations. They create their own dharma...
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Dream House
Students complete a collage depicting what they would like in their Dream House. They think about the home of their dreams and pretend that they can have anything and everything that they want in a house. Find pictures from magazines...
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Day of the Dragon King
Second graders explore various cultures to compare them to their own culture. They read Mary Pope Osborne's Day of the Dragon King and identify the Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, and how the zodiac differs from ours. After reading,...
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge LP
High schoolers engage in a reading of literature with the intention of working on the reading comprehension skill of identifying the plot of a story. They conduct independent reading looking for the plot and fill in the graphic organizer...
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The Prairie Dog That Met the President
StudentS name and discuss facts of the characters in "The Prairie Dog that Met the President". They create a 4 to 8 beat chant about a character from the opera, play a percussion instrument with an assigned rhythm and identify a melody...
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Claymation Video
Students photograph important landmarks in town, write descriptive articles, and share them with other students through the school newspaper and web site. They also create a documentary-style video that speaks to an organization within...
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From Future Flight to Past Flight
Young scholars complete a set of CD-ROM's to introduce them to the flight program at NASA. In groups, they research a topic related to flight and put their information on a CD-ROM. To end the lesson plan, they share their material with...
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Building Vocabulary With Digital Photos
Student develop basic Spanish vocabulary using digital photography. In this Spanish vocabulary lesson, learners use digital photographs to make flash cards and presentations throughout the year as they learn new words. They show meaning...
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The Heart Symbol
Students investigate the symbol of the heart and how it is used to represent the relationship of friendship. They look at samples of the heart set in different contexts in order to compare and contrast them. Students answer some key...
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Reaction rates and Equilibrium
Students listen to a lecture on the collision theory. They discuss the reactant and product changes during a chemical reaction. Students are taught the factors affecting reaction rates. They complete a lab on entropy, heat and free...
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Opposites Practice #1
In this online interactive opposites worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions that require them to identify antonyms of the bold-faced words in 12 sentences. Students may submit their...
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Learned Behavior
In this learned behavior worksheet, high schoolers review different types of learned behavior including habituation and trial-and-error learning. This worksheet has 7 short answer, 8 matching, and 10 fill in the blank questions.
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Addition Facts (Chinese New Year Puzzle)
For this math worksheet, students solve 15 basic addition facts with sums up to 20. Using the answers and the code key, students decipher the secret message about Chinese New Year.
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Earth Day: Find All Words
In this Earth Day terminology/key terms worksheet, students define, review and discuss the nine key terms associated with Earth Day.
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Solve a Simpler Problem
For this solving simpler math problems first worksheet, 4th graders read, analyze and solve 3 word problems by solving a simpler problem first.
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Making Change- Working With Money
In this story problem making change worksheet students read a one page description of money use by a child; then solve 6 questions based on the passage.
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Irregular Verb Forms
In this verb worksheet, students master the usage of irregular verbs in the English language. Students complete 13 fill in the blank questions, writing in the irregular form of the verb that is provided for each.
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This, That, These, & Those Review
In this grammar review worksheet, students complete 10 sentences using the proper word from the selection, this/that/these/those. They read a sentence in order to determine which word should be used to fill the blank in the second sentence.
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Reading Retake Practice: Lego
In this learning exercise about an article from The New Yorker magazine titled, "Lego" students read the article and then answer 7 comprehension questions.
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African Art: Ntan Drum
Young scholars study African history, anthropology and culture using the lens of the art object, Ntan Drum. Lesson and instruction is differentiated for elementary, middle and high school students.
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Word Recognition: Initial G
In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and match the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.