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Fulcrums in Our Body
Second graders discuss fulcrums and levers and identify at least two fulcrums and levers on their bodies. They also identify fulcrums and levers on animal bodies.
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Acids & Bases: What's the Solution?
Students conduct an experiment called "What's the Solution? Acid, Base or Neutral." to determine the differences between these types of substance.
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Hockey Hunt
Students use the internet to research the rules of hockey, terms used in the game, facts on the history of hockey, and facts about five different teams.
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First Steps Toward Source Citation: Author Research
Pupils, in pairs, research a prominent author and design a presentation poster for the rest of the class. They complete a Works Cited page for their presentation, as well.
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Thematic Unit on Cats
Students discover in which climates the cats of the world live in. They review the different climates of the world and use maps and globes to help them locate continents.
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Getting Familiar with Fractals
Students use the Internet to answer lab questions about fractals, and then construct fractals using the initial stage and iteration rule. They complete tables and generate rules for the "nth" term and create their own fractals.
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Wagons West
Fourth graders demonstrate knowledge of the size of a wagon by making several different predictions. They develop a list of items that pioneers would need while traveling on a wagon train.
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Who, What, When, Why, And Where?
Students identify and more completely research a historical event that coincides with their own birthday. They then write a report about the event or a person whose birth, death, or life took place within that same timespan and/or...
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French Cheese
Learners discover how cheese in France is made. Using the internet, they read articles about the importance of cheese in the French culture. They identify the various French cheeses and locate the areas in France that manufacture...
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Let the Matrix Do It
Young scholars create a matrix of the vertices of a triangle and produce new matrices that dilate, translate, rotate, and reflect the original triangle. After multiplying each matrix by a new scale factor, they graph the new matrix and...
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Gears 1
In this gears worksheet, students put together and label gears and see how many turns it takes to go in a given directions. Students then fill in a chart with their results.
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Jeopardy Review
Young scholars participate in a "Jeopardy" review game. For this review lesson, students are divided into two teams and are asked to pick a question for a specific amount of play money. The game board can be drawn on a chalkboard with a...
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Word and Letter Practice #6
In this word and letter practice worksheet, students say the name and sounds of given letters, read simple sentences, practice reading sight words and practice "chunks" of words.
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Making Words
For this word building worksheet, students cut out all of the letters and create words. Students write down all of the words they made in the provided columns.
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Making Words Activity #11
In this making words worksheet, students cut out a set of letters, color consonants yellow, create as many words as possible and sort by number of letters per word.
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Making Words Lesson 10
In this making words lesson 10 worksheet, 1st graders color the consonants, then cut out 14 letters, make words with the letters and write them in columns sorted by the number of letters in each word
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Making Words Activity #5
In this making words learning exercise, students cut out a set of letters, color consonants yellow, create as many words as possible and sort by number of letters per word.
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Making Words #10
In this word activity worksheet, students color all consonants in a set of letters yellow, then cut out the letters and create as many words as possible, sorting by how many letters the words have.
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Making Words
In this making words activity, 1st graders color the consonants, then cut out 15 letters, make words with the letters and write them in columns sorted by the number of letters in each word.
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Making Words #4
In this word activity worksheet, students read a set of letters, color all consonants yellow, then make as many words as possible.
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Making Words Lesson 26
For this making words lesson 26 worksheet, 1st graders color the consonants, cut out 14 letters, then make words with the letters and write the words, sorted by the number of letters.
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Making Words: lesson 30
In this making words worksheet, learners color the consonants yellow, cut out the letters, and make words with them. Students make 2 - 7 letter words.
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Writing a Good Introduction
Fifth graders use a list of transitional words and hooks in order to write a good introduction. In this writing lesson plan, 5th graders view and discuss a PowerPoint presentation on introductions.
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Water Pressure
Students spend time examining the concept of water pressure. In groups, they research the amount of air pressure that is felt at different levels above sea level. Using a calculator, they calculate the water pressure given different...