Encourage your charges to pick up a book (or two, or three) over the summer! They'll find 25 different ideas on this list of summer reading books for kids. Each book is paired with publication information and a brief synopsis, so your...

Students will work in teams of 2 to read and discuss a case study. In this probability lesson, students will learn the formula for finding the probability of two events occurring together. Students will learn the meaning of independent...

Learners look at the primary sources that emerged from the Exodus (the Ten Commandments) and the War of Independence (the Declaration of Independence) and examine how each attempts to construct a free society and a definition of freedom....

In this graphing worksheet, students read about independent and dependant variables and learn how to determine speed from the slope of a position vs. time graph. This worksheet has 4 matching, 17 fill in the blank, and 2 problems to solve.

Learners identify variables that affect the system, and specify which variables are independent and which are dependent.

Students examine one woman's impact on a nation. In this suffragette lesson plan, students are introduced to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and examine her involvement in both the anti-slavery and woman's movement. Students compare the...

Seventh graders trace the major events in African history. In this social studies lesson students, create a flowchart depicting the things they learned during this lesson. Students understand the chronology of major events that took...

Students after completing this lesson plan, identify variables that affect the system, and specify which variables are independent; which are dependent. They represent data in a data table and a graph and analyze data and make predictions.

Learners read selections from the Declaration of Independence, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, and the Wilmot Proviso of 1846. They contrast the maps of 1820 and 1854 to analyze developments in the national debate over slavery. They...

Students work independently and in cooperation in a shop setting to explore the various applications, materials, and techniques used in gravure (intaglio) printing. They receive instruction and hands on experience in the gravure printing...

Learners recognize the simple percentages equivalent to ?? or ?? etc, and their equivalent value as decimals. They work independently of the teacher to practice number properties. Answer key included.

In this differential equations worksheet, students solve three sets of questions. The first section is titled "Existence and Uniqueness." The second section is titled "Linear Independence and Dependence," and the third section is about...

In this probability and statistics learning exercise, students determine the probability of a series of independent event occurring.  The one page learning exercise contains a combination of four multiple choice and free response...

Young scholars research the judiciary branch of government, the way in which judges are appointed and the apparent loopholes and remedies in the legal process.

In this square root instructional activity, students read and solve the 4 square root problems. One of the problems is a story problem, and the others ask students to determine which of the available options is closest to the value of a...

In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students are instructed to read a book with their family, note the title and author, then reread the story silently. Next, students answer 3 questions about the story. Worksheet is...

Learners explore how settlers created and cooked over open fires.  In this home economics lesson plan, students will learn how to make a safe, open fire and will cook a meal over it.

Travel through space as you learn about the galaxy, solar system, planets, and much more. An extensive resource for studying astronomy in upper-elementary and middle school classrooms.

If you need a way to assess the concepts in your physical science class, use an extended set of worksheets as a midterm or final exam. It includes questions about density, physical and chemical matter, speed and velocity, weight and...

Cover Freytag's Triangle and examine Anton Chekhov's "The Bet" in this third lesson plan in a series of fourteen based around short stories. Learners take a quiz and discuss Freytag's triangle. They apply the triangle to "The Bet" and...

Leave no student behind with this differentiated geometry unit on perimeter and area. Over the course of five lessons, young mathematicians explore these foundational concepts through a series of self-selected hands-on activities and...

The brother-sister pair Carlos and Clarita need your class's help in developing their new pet sitting business. Through a variety of scenarios and concerns presented to the siblings, the learners thoroughly explore systems of equations...

Do research projects at your school look like a class of eighth graders staring at a blank screen? Use the Big 6 research method to guide middle schoolers through the process of finding a topic, searching for and evaluating sources,...

Following an online activity, scholars listen to a read-aloud of If You Were at the First Thanksgiving by Anne Kamma. Pupils discuss their family traditions and complete a T-chart comparing the holiday then and now. Collages are made to...