Students analyze the telling of a story with props. They study similarities and differences between ducks, geese and swans, how wildfowl are adapted to life in water, how wildfowl move and feed, and wildfowl family life, how they nest,...

Students discover the concept of bioluminescence. They identify marine animals who have use this and why. They work together to test the function of bioluminescence as camouflage.

The Pipa Pipa frog is the focus of this reading comprehension activity. After reading a passage and studying a photograph of the frog, students complete eighteen phrases that tell about the frog.

Young scholars, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through...

Students discover the oceanic food chain.  In this healthy eating lesson, student investigate the fish we eat and the food the fish eat.  Students discover what ocean animals eat seaweed and what everyday foods we eat that also...

Students examine places in nature where patterns can be observed by looking through a number of books after watching a teacher PowerPoint presentation. They illustrate a pattern in nature.

In this salt front of the Hudson River learning exercise, 7th graders first read an excerpt about the lower portion of the Hudson River that is an estuary. Then they use a colored pencil to plot salinity data from the table shown on a...

In this printing practice instructional activity, students read a poem about a particular animal. Students copy the poem on the lines provided. Advanced cursive students could copy this using cursive handwriting. There are 13 poem...

Students discover information about animal eggs by reading the book, An Egg is Quiet.  In this animal science lesson, students research different animals to find out what their eggs look like.  Students use a provided chart to...

Students match animal pictures with animal words. In this farm animal instructional activity, students put together the parent and their offspring. Students should have prior knowledge of the basic needs of animals. Students write animal...

Intended for fun only, learners play with the names of cities common to their region or state. This lesson includes a list of cities in Oregon and not much else. What you and your class choose to do with your list of cities is up to you.

Learners discover how wetlands filter out contaminants before they can reach other bodies of water. In groups, they design and build a model of a stormwater wetland. They test the water quality and inform their classmates about the...

Students study the use of texture, and rhythm as a principle of design when showing movement in a painting.

In this past modals of deduction worksheet, students read a statement, such as "There is a bird in a locker room" and discuss what may have happened to create this improbable situation. Students us past modals of deduction in their...

In this ESL idiom worksheet, learners complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions with a phrase that is similar in meaning to a given idiom.  A website reference is given for additional activities. 

In this writing and reference worksheet, students identify and name the physical qualities of a document of their choice. Then they identify three major things the author stated that are important and why they believe the document was...

Practice the active and the passive voice with this worksheet. Print this sheet for your class, and they can practice identifying the verb and deciding whether the verb is in the active or passive tense. 

Seventh graders explore watersheds and take samples and analyze the data from a watershed in the area.

Students map the classroom by marking the movement of the first Americans' migration from Alaska down into North America. To improve their skills in map-reading and sense of direction, students identify physical features of the map and...

In this ESL pronouns activity, students read and analyze a friendly letter that has missing words. Using the relative pronouns from a word bank, students fill in the spaces.

Fourth graders work in groups. They are given magazines. Students cut pictures of five mamals, five birds, five reptiles, five amphibians, and five fish. They place the pictures in a plastic bag. Students switch bags. They are explained...

Second graders examine the life cycle by observing tadpoles. After reading the book, Tadpole Diary, they draw the stages of tadpole development and write sentences about what they think is happening.

Students research about the function of MPA's. For this marine science lesson, students explore how humans influence changes near these areas. They explore different MPA's in the Great Lakes region.

Students examine the role played by sharks in the marine food chain. They conduct a scavenger hunt collecting items that have actually been removed from the stomachs of sharks, and create a display that includes the items and newspaper...