Students analyze the importance of being a socially healthy citizen. For this character education lesson, students brainstorm personal traits that they think make the world a better place. Students compile their ideas as a class to...

Learners, in groups, race to the board drawing the music symbol, tagging the next person while SAYING THE NAME OF THE SYMBOL THEY DREW! (everyone draws the same symbol)

Students review basic shapes, such as circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles, find objects in those shapes in classroom, watch Clifford's Fun with Shapes video, practice reproducing four shapes, and rotate through four classroom...

Learners explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson plan, students collaborate to identify community issues and create a plan of action to address them.

Students write a report about energy use. In this conservation lesson, students interview adults about their use of renewable and nonrenewable energy. Students synthesize this information and write a report from the point of view of a...

Students engage in a instructional activity that is focused upon the concepts of energy and its relationship to climate change. They focus upon the production of greenhouse gases and global warming. Students discuss the climate of...

In this habits worksheet, students complete a Cloze paragraph activity by reading the paragraph and inserting the vocabulary words.

In this word problem worksheet, students complete 5 simple addition problems. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this word problems worksheet, learners complete addition word problems containing one and two digit numbers. Students complete 5 word problems.

In this math word problems:  simple addition and subtraction instructional activity, student read five sentences and solve the simple addition or subtraction problem.

In this subtraction instructional activity, students complete word problems that ask how many more of something there is. Students complete 5 word problems.

Make sure to read through the activity procedures thoroughly before teaching this lesson because the materials list is incomplete. Also, the mentioned worksheets and booklet are not available. However, there is no need to discard this...

Students discover that composting helps reduce landfill waste and is good for the soil. They explore the techniques of composting through a variety of media, art activities and hands-on experience.

Pupils identify the different forms of civic engagement. They identify their responsibilities at the different levels of government. They also analyze young leaders running for office.

Students perform an activity in small groups in order to investigate different types of shapes found in photographs taken with a digital camera. The integration of technology is used to engage students in the lesson.

In this addition word problems worksheet, students complete word problems with one and two digit numbers. Students complete 6 word problems.

In this math word problems-addition and subtraction worksheet, students read five sentences and answer the questions using addition and subtraction.

In this addition and subtraction worksheet, students solve word problems involving one and two digit numbers. Students solve 5 problems.

Have your class play a game in which they practice identifying various keys on a keyboard by moving around on a body-sized model keyboard. Kids love this game!

Designed for English language learners, this interactive website provides practice with relative clauses. The words who, which, and whose are the focus of the two exercises provided. The first exercise asks the participant to choose...

If you have solar car kits for your junior high schoolers, they can experiment with photovoltaic cell angle, light intensity, and aerodynamic design to discover what makes their car move more quickly. This is a classic activity to use...

Students explore the lives of students living in Africa, learn African traditions, and compare and contrast their lives with the lives of African Students.

Students watch westerns and analyze them. They identify the plot, characters and the sounds in the film. They research icons of the American west and prepare a presentation. They share their presentation with the class.

Pupils examine the role of John and Mary Jones in the abolitionist movement. Using primary source documents, they discover the importance of an oral history and take notes on the Jones' role. They write a summary of the data to practice...