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Energy Balance: Energy in And Energy Out
For this health worksheet, students figure out how much exercise a person would need to do to balance out the total calories in each of 6 food combinations. Students are told to choose from the physical energy charts, but these are not...
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Dance Team/ Collaborative Fitness Routines
Students experience the process of creating a "dance team" type routine by following a set procedure.
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Diversity: Respect Our Differences
Students, in groups, examine a variety of comic strips and rank the ones they like best. They discuss individual preferences and why everyone thinks different things are funny. A discussion on diversity follows.
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Quilting the Past and Present
Students construct a quilt using symbols of the past and present. In this communities lesson plan, students interview an older adult and discuss the history of their community. Students create a quilt.
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The Structure of DNA
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the structure of DNA by constructing simple models of DNA with materials given to them in class. They will also discover that some female scientists such as Rosalind Franklin have not been given...
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test Book 2--Grade 8 (2007)
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students listen to an article twice, then answer reading comprehension questions. Students then use details from the article to compose an essay.
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I'm Hungry Right Now
Students examine their family's snacking habits. In this adult health lesson, students discuss ways to choose healthy snacks for their kids. They explain why choosing food wisely is very important.
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Chinese Dragons
Students use texture, line, shape, pattern and color to create their own dragons to celebrate Chinese New Year.
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Find the Frog
Students, the advanced beginner to intermediate ESL level, use English in a science activity.
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Online Search Techniques: 6 Keys to Success
Students examine Boolean operators, truncation, exact phrase searching to retrieve information from search engines. They discover how using limits enhances their searches.
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How Old Is This Tree?
Students work in pairs to determine the age of a tree using two different methods in this experiment. They collect data about how trees change over time.
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Contour Drawing
High schoolers create a contour drawing of a hand creating an illusion of depth. After a brief demonstration of contour drawing, students practice by creating pictures of various objects. The final project consists of creating a...
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Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Boxes
Students design and create a fabric box using different fabrics and fusible bwebbing. They cut fabric using template and iron on the fusible web. then the pieces are sewn together to complete the box.
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Writing Letters for Human Rights
Students draft and edit a letter regarding human rights. They work in groups to select a cause, follow basic letter writing guidelines and draft a persuasive letter expressing their concerns. Students can also send the letters to a...
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Citing Sources
Students cite information for reports or projects when conducting research on the internet. They collect information by using a citation worksheet and complete a form for citing sources and/or use a citation website.
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Bouncing Ball Experiment
Students collect data for a bouncing ball and select one bounce to analyze. They explore the relationship between velocity, position and acceleration. They seek out connections between the graphs and the physical motion of the ball.
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Biological Flight
Students examine the many different ways that seeds fly in birds, in air, and why. In this science lesson plan, students collect seeds, learn Bernoulli's principle including lift, ailerons, elevators, drag and how to make a paper...
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Recipe for a Global Issue: India and South Asia
Students describe a political or social issue in India or South Asia metaphorically in the form of a recipe. In this lesson, students deconstruct a chosen issue, identify it's components and how it developed. They present their recipe...
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Factual writing: leaflets
Students identify persuasive words in provided leaflets. In this factual writing lesson, students complete an online activity. A worksheet is provided for extra practice.
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Weather Station
Young scholars create their own barometer, precipitation, rain gauge, anemometer, and more with their weather stations. For this weather station lesson plan, students access on line websites on how to make their own weather tools.
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England 5 v 5 Brazil
In this World Cup worksheet, learners answer questions about the England vs. Brazil soccer game. Students answer 22 score questions.
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Pass it Around
Students participate in body awareness activities by lying in a large circle and passing a ball. In this body awareness activity, students lie in a large circle and pass a ball in multiple fashions to improve their motor skills, problem...
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Excel Turns Data Into Information
Students use excel to analyze data. In this technology instructional activity, students enter data into the excel program to find averages and organize data.
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Sir Isaac Newton and His Laws of Motion Hunt
For this Sir Isaac Newton worksheet, students use links provided to complete answer to questions related to Newton and his "laws." Worksheet included extended thinking activities.