ESL Kid Stuff
Places & Where We Live
Where does a cow live? Language learners engage in a series of activities that asks them to match animals with their habitats.
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It All Runs Downhill
Examine how pollution makes its way into an ocean with help from a model watershed. Scholars use household items to recreate a mini-watershed, equipped with pollutants, that when mixed with rain drain into a model's body of water. After...
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Crossword: Afternoon on the Amazon
In this literature worksheet, learners read 20 clues pertaining to the book Afternoon on the Amazon. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank.
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Reading a Classic Novel
Charles Dickens offers an excellent example of sensory writing in this reading comprehension worksheet. Learners read excerpts from the novel Hard Times in which he describes the New England industrial city of Coketown. They consider why...
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Respect for Land
Youngsters examine how people show respect and care for the land. Specifically, learners see how the Native Americans truly did care for and respect the land, and still do so to this day! They also explore how they themselves can care...
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Dos mapas de Florida, el Caribe y parte de Sur America
What can maps tell us about the past? Find out with a Spanish lesson plan that incorporates geography. After examining maps individually, comparing two old maps of Spanish Florida and writing notes in the provided Venn diagram, pupils...
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Deep-Sea Ecosystems – Chemosynthesis for the Classroom
Photosynthesis was discovered in the 1770s, but chemosynthesis wasn't discovered until 1977. While many have performed an experiment to show how photosynthesis works, the activity allows pupils to observe chemosynthesis. Scholars set up...
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Crayon Resist Fall Leaves
Students observe the different colors in fall leaves. They create a multi-color fall leaf in the crayon-resist technique.
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Crayon Resist Fall Leaves
Students create examples of fall leaves using crayons, paints, and white paper in this fall Art instructional activity for the early-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed upon a class lecture/discussion about why leaves change color...
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Geography Quiz 24
In this geography quiz 24 worksheet, students answer 20 trivia-style questions about geography. Then they scroll down to check answers.
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Ancient Rome Map Worksheet
It wasn't just the great leaders of ancient Rome that shaped their civilization—the geography of the region played a major role as well. After first identifying major land masses, bodies of water, and city states on a map of Europe,...
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South Africa
Have your class learn about South Africa and prepare for a discussion using this resource. Learners read a 3-page article about the nation and then note details about apartheid, Afrikaners, Nelson Mandela, and more on the provided...
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What You Can Learn From a Map
Students investigate the use of road maps, shadeded relief maps, and topographic maps.
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To Tell The Truth
Students create a faux ivory napkin ring using art supplies and knowledge gained from in-class discussions and teacher supplied information in this art lesson easily adaptable to a Social Studies or Language Arts classroom.
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Chemosynthesis for the Classroom
Explorers set up Windogradsky columns with local mud so that they can culture microorganisms. After three and six weeks they make observations of the mud and the organisms growing in it. In this way they observe succession and relate...
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Three Arts in Retrograde
Learners make connections between music, the other arts, and other curricular areas. They compare characteristics of two or more arts within a particular historical period or style and cite examples from various cultures.
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Using Different Kinds of Maps
Third graders explore the landforms and population diversity. They read maps and examine geographic terms. Students create their own map of the United States and answer questions about the location of people. After exploring the map, 3rd...
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African Pride- Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a speech which the President of South Africa delivered. Students answer questions, and write an essay.
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 25
For this vocabulary multiple choice worksheet, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word. Students examine the 4 word choices that are similar, and select the word that fits the sentence.
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Hunt the Fact Monster Hunt #34
In this Internet research worksheet, learners use the Fact Monster search engine to find the answers to ten unrelated questions. Three of the questions are multiple choice, the remaining seven are short answer questions.
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Reading Comprehension- Informational Passages "Pollution"
Practice reading comprehension through this pollution worksheet, which has learners read an informational passage on various aspects of environmental harm. Key terms are in bold, and are used on the next page in the comprehension...
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Asia and The Middle East quiz 1
In this Asia and The Middle East worksheet, learners answer history and geography questions about Asia and the Middle East. Students answer 10 short answer questions.
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Mapping Where Animals Live
What type of reptiles live in New York State? This instructional activity gets the class thinking about what factors determine where particular animals live. They analyze the Hudson Valley environment, identify specific reptile and...