Pupils use roll playing to discuss the merits of tearing down these dams so that the Elwha River can run free. The activity is presented in the form of a council meeting to encourage students to try to build consensus in finding solutions.

Students explore volcanoes, locate them on maps, record general information about volcanoes, and organize information on a fact sheet.

Students role-play as soldiers rescuing lost mountain climbers. Working in teams, they interpret maps to locate the climbers and use flashlights to send and receive coded messages about the rescue. Their goal is to complete the task in...

Students locate Plymouth, MA, Hudson River, Cape Cod, Holland and England on a map. They identify the reasons the Pilgrims came to the New World and explain how the investors and the colonists would each benefit from a new colony. After...

Fourth graders us a Weather Log data chart to record the date, time, day, and weather. They discuss different instruments and charts needed to record the information. Students turn in their weather logs at the end of two weeks and...

Students conduct Internet research, and read articles about education to determine why particular educational practices are used, and why they are important in terms of No Child Left Behind. Students create PowerPoint presentations...

Students are responsible for producing works for, coordinating (with the teacher?s assistance) and mounting an exhibition to be presented at a parent-teacher open house. They examine literature by Henry David Thoreau and other writers....

Sixth graders examine the religious issues of the early settlers in the New World and the current issue of separation of church and state. They discuss a list of colonial laws from the 1600s, participate in a class discussion, and in...

Learners disassemble click pens in order to determine the function of each piece of the pen and draw a cross-sectional diagram of the pen. They reassemble their pens and take a look at another object.

In this United States history learning exercise, students use the 13 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers pertaining to New York.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the passage titled Benjamin Franklin. They then answer the 10 questions pertaining to the passage.

In this United States worksheet, students read a list of all of the states and their capitals. Students write the abbreviations for each state. Students are given 50 states and 50 capitals.

Learners practice the days of the week. In this week lesson, students listen to the story "Today is Monday" and discuss what food matches with each day of the week. The learners put food cards out to match the story and draw these on a...

For this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students respond to 50 identification questions about the states in the United States of America. Students have 4 minutes to complete the quiz.

First graders find the sum of two numbers. In this math lesson, 1st graders roll the dice and find the sum of the two numbers by counting.

Students investigate the technology that is used to harvest apples as a crop. They look at examples of past and present machines. The information is used as inspiration for creating their own device to pick and harvest apples for mass...

Students create campaign materials to encourage the passage of legislation supporting higher education for immigrant minors. They produce flyers, brochures, pins and a voter presentation for a school fair. To prepare the materials they...

Middle schoolers find out the temperature difference between the Gulf Stream and the surrounding water. They locate the Gulf Stream on the infrared image of the eastern seaboard of the US.

Students use observation skills in assessing the water quality of water samples in this activity and learn that the tastes and preferences of others can be different.

Students explore forest fires and forest service's new stategies. They study a case of natural burn and the impact of lowering the intensity of a larger forest fire.

Young scholars watch video clips of ecosystems and answer questions relating to them.

Students explore the most dangerous volcanoes on Earth, plot their locations, and research different volcanic hazards.

Students study characterization and the difference between subjective and objective points of view by creating tableaux to depict three interpretations of the story of Prospero's overthrow, each with a very different point of view. They...

Students create maps with cutout pieces of paper that represent caverns. They develop a scale for their map and decide where the best location is to live. They discover the importance of map reading skills.