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Five Elements of a Story
Here’s a graphic organizer that permits learners to chart the introduction, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution of a story. The PDF file can be customized to work with any narrataive.
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Sunspots
In this sunspots worksheet, students use the given size of a sunspot and find the total number of Earth's it would take to equal the sunspot size. Students answer 3 questions about the sunspots and are given an extra credit problem with...
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Animals, Animals, Everywhere
Fourth graders participate in a variety of activities dealing with animal characteristics and classifications in this multi-task activity. They use graphic organizers, make booklets, and make models.
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John Brown's Passion to End Slavery Leading Up to and Including the Rain at Harpers Ferry
Sixth graders investigate John Brown's fight to end slavery. In this slavery lesson, 6th graders read Harpers Ferry, The Story of John Brown's Raid and then research his life as well as the life of slave Osbourne Perry Anderson. Students...
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Digging into the Past
Students discover how fossils are found and how they help scientists reconstruct the past. They examine how they shed light on what kinds of animals and plants lived over the years, when they lived, and under what environmental conditions.
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Outside Animals Crossword Puzzle
For this outside animals worksheet, students explore all the possible animals that live outside in the wilderness and their habitats and then find the answers to fifty questions associated with those animals in a crossword puzzle.
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Decimals, Percent and Scientific Notation
In this decimals, percent and scientific notation worksheet, 9th graders solve various types of problems that range from shading an indicated part of a shape to calculating using scientific notation to express their answer. They express...
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Exercise 1: Subject-verb Agreement
In this grammar learning exercise, students choose the appropriate verb in parentheses that completes twenty-eight sentences grammatically correct.
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Systems of Equations in Space Science
In this system of equations worksheet, students solve 2 problems by creating a system of equations for each problem in order to determine the average intensity of flares from the sun and the average power from a satellite transponder.
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Norman Rockwell, Freedom of Speech: Know It When You See It
Students explore the U.S. Constitution. In this First Amendment lesson, students examine Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" and analyze the five freedoms listed in the amendment.
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Venn Diagrams
Students collect and display data in a Venn Diagram. In this statistics lesson, students collect data, compare the data and make inferences about their data. They use the Venn diagrams to identify what the data have in common and how...
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The Life and Work of Jacob Lawrence
Black History Month provides a time to talk about the accomplishments of African Americans like Jacob Lawrence.
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The Inscribed Cube Problem
In this geometry learning exercise, 10th graders are given the surface area of a cube that is inscribed in a sphere and must determine the surface area of the sphere. The one page learning exercise contains one problem. Solution is not...
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Yellow Journalism in the Spanish-American War
Students write a newspaper based on events in the year 1898 using Yellow Journalism, the exaggeration of facts or events.
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Calendar Questions
In this calendar reading worksheet, students will use a January 2006 calendar (provided) to complete 12 short answer questions.
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Social Movements in American Politics
In this term paper assignment instructional activity, students follow the provided steps and outline that requires them to research and write a paper about social movements in American politics.
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Valentine's Crossword
In this language arts learning exercise, students read 34 clues pertaining to Valentine's Day and fit the answers in a crossword puzzle.
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Traveling To London
In this social studies worksheet, middle schoolers research the various types of transportation and how to pay for a vacation to London.
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Weather
In this weather activity, students compare monthly calendars showing the weather for 3 different locations. Students calculate how many of the days of the month were cloudy, clear, rainy, snowy, or foggy. Students look at the entire year...
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Unscramble the Letters
Students develop their spelling skills. In this language arts lesson, students unscramble words and write sentences to accompany each of them.
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The Locksmith Problem
In this rates worksheet, students solve a problem by converting units. The solution is provided.
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The Birthday Problem
In this probability worksheet, students solve 1 word problem about birthdays. Students determine the number of people needed for a 50% chance of two people sharing the same birthday.
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Exploring the Night Sky: Fall/Winter
Students explain how moon phases occur. They explain three ways that the night sky has been used through history. Students locate some of the constellations in the night sky. They discuss stories and myths surrounding stars.
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Weather Instrument Data Chart 2
In this science worksheet, students look for the data that is needed to fill in the graphic organizer. The prefixes are given that are needed to sort the information as it is collected.