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The Days of the Week
In this calendar worksheet, students cut out 3 cards that have days of the week printed on them. Students paste them correctly on a one week calendar.
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Survey on Climate Change
In this climate change worksheet, students read through the sentences and answer the questions that survey them about their knowledge of climate change.
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Breaking News English: World Population Aging At Record Rate
In this English worksheet, students read "World Population Aging At Record Rate," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Reading Comprehension
In this ESL instructional activity, students read the given article and its presented vocabulary throughout. Students respond to 51 short answer, matching, true/false, and fill in the blank questions.
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Breaking News English: Japanese-Russian Peace Treaty Still Remote
In this English activity, students read "Japanese-Russian Peace Treaty Still Remote," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Hispanic Immigration: America in the Year 2000
Students investigate the underlying reasons for immigration, focusing on five major trends: political, economic, family, career and educational. They examine the immigration of Spanish speaking groups.
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There Are Algae in Your House!
Students demonstrate that, although we sometimes can neither smell nor taste them, many ingredients in our foods and household products come from the sea. They also investigate food eat to determine algae derivatives they contain.
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The Path of Pollution
Students follow the path of pollution from the Chernobyl accident. Students name and locate countries where radiation traveled to, describe how air pollution travels from one area to another, and seqence the travel of radiation in...
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Junior Engineering Surface Water
Students experience the effects of pollution and erosion on a model of a watershed and explore ways to change the outcome.
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Memo from the Governor
Fourth graders inquire about the history of Florida's capital after receiving a mock memo from the governor.
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What's the Problem?
Fourth graders redefine the problem of Where's the Heart of Florida? and begin to formulate possible solutions using graphic organizers.
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Making Steel: An Awesome Process
Students identify the six basic stages used to create a steel component, and explain how each stage influences or interacts with another. They give examples of how technology has improved human lives.
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"Heritage" - "Hey, That's the Name of Our School!"
Seventh graders gain a better understanding of the canal period in U.S. History, and more specifically, discern the importance of the Illinois and Michigan Canal on the development of Illinois as a state and Chicago as a prominent city.
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Rainforests
Students watch a video about the rainforest and create a large wall mural of rainforest features. Students write a first person point of view article by an endangered rainforest animal and discuss logging.
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Landscape Design
Students create a landscape plan and keep track of their costs. They present plans to a visiting contractor and designer.
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Unintended Consequences: Policies that Impact Migration
Young scholars examine the cause-and-effect relationship between the Agricultural Adjustment Acts of the New Deal or the 1965 Voting Rights Act and African-American migration. They write an essay evaluating the effectiveness of the...
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The Story of the Transistor
Students brainstorm on how certain items have become smaller as technology advances. They watch a video about the history of the transistor.
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Waste, Then and Now
Students discuss and compare the waste disposal habits of today with those of Native Americans of long ago.
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Children's Rights
Students research studenT rights in democratic and non-democratic societies. They create group projects such as advertisements and posters, which demonstrate their awareness of civic involvement.
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International Trafficking of Women to the US
Young scholars develop an understanding of the problems of the illegal international trafficking of women into the U.S. They locate nations where trafficking originates. They explain their solutions to the problem in short essay format.
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Foreign Travel
Eighth graders visit the website of the U.S. embassy of a different country, and gather information that would be important for them to know if they were going to travel there.
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Provincial Showdown
Students read an article that compares the provinces of Canada and asks students to suggest reasons why other countries should invest in Canada.
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'My Town' Brochure
Ninth graders use the internet to research a city or town on the "Walk Across Texas" route. They create a brochure or booklet advertising their assigned city or town.
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Florida's Springs
Students follow the journey that water takes in aquifers and springs. They write about the major threats to the aquifer and the solutions to these threats.