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What Makes a Good Family?
Students discuss what makes a "good" family, and think about relationships they have read about. They make connections with the ways their own family relates with each other.
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Geometry Everywhere; Fractal, Math & Form
Students explore fractal geometry. They do online explorations of fractals to discover applications of fractal geometry for a report.
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Matter
Fifth graders investigate the nature of matter and of the scientific processes associated with them in this series of lessons.
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Canada, Our Neighbor to the North
Students obtain knowledge of Canadian geography and history. Students work in groups gathering information to create a brochure on Canada. Students discover how French and British history helped shape Canada as a nation.
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Spot the Leaf: Identifying Plants in Works of Art
Learners explore the leaf as a design motif in art. They conduct Internet research on leaf and tree symbolism, view and discuss artwork, and create an original work of art featuring a leaf or leaf motif.
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Exploring Pascal's Triangle and Other Recursive Patterns
Students explore patterns in everyday life and in the mathematic world. They create various concrete examples of patterns and verbally describe these patterns to a fellow student.
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The Social Sciences
Students search for examples of social science in and around their school. They create a Social Science scrapbook of the eight social sciences, that includes news articles and summaries that focus on each social science area.
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Cecilia's Year
Young scholars read the novel "Cecilia's Year". They answer questions to test for reading comprehension. They also relate the story to their own life.
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Connecting to Colonial Music
Students listen to songs from the French and Indian War period. They answer questions about the song and identify any historical terms. They examine the role of music in their own lives.
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Mapping and Excavating a Jello Mold
Fifth graders, in groups, map the three layers of different colored jello layers in molds and note the placement of fruit in them. On the grid paper they draw each grape, raisin, or other object and carefully remove each layer. After...
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Secondary Citizenship: The Importance of Volunteering
Eleventh graders define the word citizenship and explain what they think Dr. Langstaff meant by the question "Are you being a good citizen?" They are asked if they are active citizens. Students list acts they consider to be...
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Wondrous Water
Students explore the different properties of water. They experimenting with different activities, each one explaining a different property of water. Students read an article "Small, Ues, But Might: The Molecule Called Water." and then...
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Numerical Analysis: Piecewise Polynomial Interpolation
In this interpolation worksheet, students use a linear interpolating polynomial and then describe the extrapolated value of the function. This four-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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Linear Systems: The Column Space
For this column space worksheet, students find the column spaces of given matrices. This two-page worksheet contains examples of and explanations. One problem is provided for students to complete.
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My Name Is Albert
In this Albert worksheet, students read a short four-paragraph story about a turtle named Albert. Afterward, they answer four questions about the story.
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Should Your Hairstyle Be A Constitutional Right?
Students examine the 1st and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. In this U.S. government instructional activity, students read the Amendments and interpret them in order to respond to essential questions regarding constitutional...
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Mind Mapping the MDGs
Students explore millennium development goals. In this global studies lesson, students consider how to integrate human rights issues into goals that my be achieved in small, incremental steps.
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Comparisons: Geography
In this geography comparisons worksheet, learners read seven short descriptions of interesting places in the world. Using the ten words in the word bank, students fill in the blanks in the sentences.
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Worksheet 9: Vocabulary Review
In this vocabulary skills instructional activity, students read 10 sentences and fill in the blanks in each of the sentences with the appropriate words from the multiple choice answer selections.
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Working for Water
Learners examine the ways that government works to help improve aquatic habitats. In this water habitats activity students view a video and plan a school restoration project.
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Recognizing Similes: Fast as a Whip
Students review basic knowledge of similes and engage with similes on a more abstract level. For this similes lesson, students define similes and identify examples. Students read and analyze the similes used in poetry by Derricotte,...
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Students complete close reading and analysis activities for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In this literature analysis lesson, students complete multiple close reading and analysis activities to evaluate the 19th century story.
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Energy Saving Digital Video Project
For this energy worksheet, students click on the links to research the internet about energy and follow directions in order to create a digital video project. Students follow 8 sets of directions.
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Sorting Buttons
Students study sorting. In this classification lesson, students sort buttons into groups based on a common characteristic and draw two pictures illustrating the different groups.