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Cinco De Mayo Bingo
In this Cinco De Mayo game activity, students use a card with words and phrases about the holiday to play Bingo. Students play with 1 card.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Rainforest- Plants
In this rain forest learning exercise, students read for information as they study a three paragraph text about the rain forest. Students answer 4 short essay questions.
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New York State Math Test Grade 4
In this New York state math test worksheet, 4th graders complete multiple choice questions on money, multiplication, graphs, and more. Students complete 39 questions.
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Beowulf Lesson Plan
Learners analyze the text of Beowulf. In this epic poetry lesson, students explore the themes and imagery in the text to evaluate their meaning. Learners analyze the Old English language and examine the cultural and historical context of...
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Hunting For Bats
Fourth graders investigate the adaptations that occur in bats. The benefits of adaptations are discussed with them and the probability of survival is measured. The specific adaptations are written and defined.
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Are You a Peacemaker or a Man-Eating Shark?
Second graders work on the concept of fairness, then produce a page on the computer for a class book. They explain the difference between negative and positive behaviors in conflict situations.
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Apple Eaters
Learners sample a variety of apples and graph group results for the class favorites. They orally explain the graph.
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Feeding Paramecia
Students prepare a slide of Paramecium cultures and observe (through a microscope) the organism's thin transparent membrane and what happens as they "feed" them stained yeast cells. They sketch the path the ingested yeast takes as it...
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Where is Oil Found?
Students determine that crude oil is found in porous rocks (reservoirs) rather than in caves or caverns.
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Cafeteria Compost
Students gather information on composting. They create their own compost pile using proper materials from the lunchroom. They work together to record observations.
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Very Big Company
Students describe the problems of political independence without economic independence. They evaluate the natural resources, human resources and industrial resources of a country and make economic decisions. They evaluate strengths and...
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Essay Writing Prompts
In this essay writing worksheet, seven writing prompts are provided. Students can choose any of the topics to write an essay about.
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Reading Comprehension: Elephants
In this comprehension worksheet, students read a web site passage about elephants, then complete a set of 10 true/false questions.
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Cells Vocabulary List and Definitions
In this cells worksheet, students learn the important vocabulary pertaining to cell biology. Students read 14 words with their definitions. There are no questions to answer.
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An Ancient Egyptian Journal Entry
Students, after watching W?hat Does This Show, describe everyday life in ancient Egypt by writing an entry in the journal of an ancient Egyptian man or woman.
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What's In A Name?
Young scholars analyze themselves as members of the community. They choose a name to describe themselves and explain why they choose the name they did. They identify activities they perform in and out of school to help the community.
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Trash It
First graders see how to throw away their mean thoughts instead of saying them to the person with whom they are upset. They write their thought or the words down on the piece of paper, including their names and throw them away in the...
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Six Dynamic Designs for Arts Integrated Curriculum
Students create a recipe for a certain aspect of a culture. They create a culture that has never existed before. They analyze either dance, history, geography, history or the future of space exploration. They compare and contrast...
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Sunlight Necklaces
Third graders review the placement and role of the sun in the solar system. Using beads, they create a necklace which they can use to identify the amount of sunlight is being illuminated. In groups, they record observations on the...
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Do we Really Need Wild Nature
Students research challenges with which modern biotechnology confronts wild nature. Students collect articles that relate to biotechnology and the environment. Students prepare a collaborative answer to the question, "Do we really need...
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Changing How Things Look
Third graders use a literature study in order to investigate how organisms effect an ecosystem. They are asked questions about change taken from the book. Students also take a nature walk to make field observations.
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Gathering Pouch
Students cut out a large rectangle from brown paper with scissors. They fold the narrow end up, leaving room for a flap at the top and have the teacher staple the edges of the pouch together. They then decorate their pouch with markers...
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Is It Hot in the Light?
Third graders make observations about the temperature of items in direct sunlight. In groups, they discuss why asphalt, brick and cement are warmer than items surrounding them. To end the lesson, they examine how heat transfers energy...
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Mazes
In this mazes worksheet, students determine the best path in a maze to help a turn stone find some lunch. Students share their paths with their classmates.