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Carbon Cycle Game
In this carbon cycle lesson, middle schoolers review the carbon cycle and visit stations in the room where they experience every phase in the carbon cycle. Students journal about their journey through the cycle and brainstorm ways...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions based on Their Eyes Were Watching God. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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LESSON PLANS (print version) pdf What is a Fossil?
Young scholars can better explain how mould and cast fossils occur when they make their own cast fossils using plaster of Paris and objects such as shells, bone or even their own hand or footprint.
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North Carolina Crossword
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues about North Carolina and use the words in the word bank to complete the puzzle. 9
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Texas Crossword Puzzle
In this Texas worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle, using 10 clues given at the bottom of the page. A reference web site for additional activities is given.
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Save Me: Mother Earth
Students read stories and articles about protecting the Earth. They collect data for a computer generated graph, and provide a key to show what the symbols represent.
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Who Works in This Forest?
Students examine the variety of jobs that are related to working in the forest. Information on the different jobs is provided in this lesson plan for the teacher to share with the students. The students create a collage using magazines...
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Beaver Ecology
Students explore the lives of bgeahvers. They identify the physical and behavioral adaptations that help beavers survive in their environment. Students compare and contrast how beavers influence the ecology of both forest and aquatic...
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The Life of Fungi
In this fungi worksheet, students will read about the three different ways that fungi get their food; decomposers, parasites, and mutualists. Then students will match three statements with the diagrams that fit the description.
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Forest Food Web
Students explore the elements of a forest ecosystem. They examine the elements needed to form a forest food web. Students construct and describe food webs that include nonliving elements of the ecosystem.
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Tropical Deforestation
In this natural resources worksheet, students read a 1-page article about tropical deforestation and then respond to 11 short answer questions. Students then write a memo on deforestation and select 1 of 3 assessment activities to complete.
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Web of Life
Students collect information about various organisms in a forest ecosystem and create a mural that depicts organism interdependence. They then simulate a food web using a ball of string.
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Window Gardens
High schoolers use a plastic sandwich bag containing a damp paper towel taped to a window as a model system to observe the germination and early growth of radish seeds. They are challenged to pose a question about seed germination and...
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Three Huggers
Learners complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Three Huggers. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.
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What Do We Use From the Rainforest?
Students identify items we use from the rainforest. For this earth science lesson, students recall prior facts about the rainforest and list items we use from the rainforest. Students create "Rainforest Cookies" using ingredients that...
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Townsite Era
Young scholars learn about the Townsite Era and are able to explore who they were and how they lived at that time. For this Townsite Era students create their own map of the Loma Linda are, design their own community and use a computer...
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A to Z Quiz
In this alphabet worksheet, 5th graders answer 26 general knowledge questions in which the answers begin with each letter of the alphabet, answers included.
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Testing a Hypothesis
In this hypothesis worksheet, students learn about the scientific method, particularly how to test a hypothesis by creating an experiment. Students complete 4 short answer questions.
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Ecosystems
For this ecosystems worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 35 questions about the different types of ecosystems and organisms in them.
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Animal Diversity
Pupils examine plants and animals for their similarties and differences. They are read stories and note how the animals in the stories do not have the qualities that real animals have. They complete a worksheet to end the instructional...
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Natural Resources
In this environment worksheet, students are given information and write an environmental story. The information includes the making and reading of a map.
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Agriculture in Motion
Sixth graders write a poem and an essay about the machines they have learned about that are used in agriculture. In this machines lesson plan, 6th graders compare different kinds of machines and discuss the economic impact machines in...
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Agriculture in Motion
Students discuss agriculture. In this farming lesson, students compare farming practices from the past compared to when machines were introduced. They discuss this concept as a class and participate in multiple activities. This lesson...
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Animal Diversity
Learners explore biology by completing science worksheets in class. In this animal anatomy activity, students read the book The Adventures of Marco and Polo and identify the animals mentioned in it. Learners examine a real life animal...
