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Long Island Sound
Students use the Internet to research the history of Long Island Sound. In groups, they identify the sources of point and nonpoint pollution and how humans are impacting the area. After watching a video, they discuss the role of...
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History Repeats Itself
Twelfth graders research historical turning points, gather-data, and extrapolate possible alternate outcomes. They work individually to choose one historical event from Attachment D, Historical Turning Points. Students complete either...
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Let's Take a Trip!
Sixth graders plan a trip for a family of four choosing their travel plan by studying maps to decide upon a route and visiting Websites to get airline and travel schedules. They use ratios and proportions as well as converting fractions...
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Forces in the Sport of Luging
Learners discuss force, gravity, and friction as well as examples of each based on what they viewed during a Discovery video. They examine first hand the effect of forces by building their own luge track, making predictions, and testing...
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Understanding Variables
In this science worksheet, students examine the topic in order to solidify knowledge covered in the curriculum using puzzles and creative games.
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Layers of the Forest- Leaf Litter
Young scholars conduct an experiment. In this temperate forest lesson, students discuss what kind of animal life can be found in the forest. They read The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad: A Book About Decomposition and complete an...
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Outdoor Survival
Students are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...
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Addition Properties
In this addition properties instructional activity, students use addition properties to answer the six word problems about the national parks of the United States.
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Solving Algebraic Equations
In this algebraic equations learning exercise, 6th graders solve and complete 9 different word problems that include various types of equations. First, they find consecutive even numbers and write an equation to solve. Then, students...
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Just and Only Exercise
In this just and only worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the word just or only. Students complete 14 sentences and write 4 sentences on their own.
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Ice Cream
Students are shown an experiment making ice cream while discovering the freezing point depression. There are questions for students to answer after the demostration.
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Typhoon Project
Learners graph and outline the path of a typhoon. In this algebra lesson plan, students measure the path of the typhoon and create a graph with their data. They analyze the data and make predictions.
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Landscape Book
Students create a three-dimensional book about landscapes. They must show their understanding of shape, color and balance.
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Investigating Acidity
Learners classify liquids as an acid, base or neutral. They use purple cabbage juice as an indicator to test several liquids in order to group them as acids, bases or neutrals.
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Activity #6 How Fast Do Reactions Go?
Students name the factors (concentration, temperature, and a catalyst) which can affect the rate of a chemical reaction. They use their knowledge of particle theory to explain their observations. Pupils comprehend that the...
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Learning About Tint and Shade - Van Gogh
Students paint a picture inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night, using various tones of the color blue. Students journal their thoughts and feelings about the painting and then analyzing a few questions given. Students title their paintings
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Total English Intermediate: Can You Remember the Word?
In this key vocabulary crossword puzzle activity, students practice key vocabulary as they read the 10 clues to correctly fill in the word puzzle. Students also use the answers from the crossword to write 10 sentences.
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Place Values - Word Problems
Students explore the concept of place value word problems. For this place value word problem lesson, students determine the place value of a digit in a number.
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Geometric & Arithmetic Patterns
Eighth graders explore sequences. They discuss the difference between an arithmetic sequence and a geometric pattern. Students participate in workstation activities where they determine arithmetic or geometric patterns and predict the...
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Energy from the Sun
In this energy worksheet, students conduct an experiment and observe the various ways in which heat energy can be transferred. They explain what happened to the wooden block when it was placed in direct sunlight. Students also explain...
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Watts Up with the Heat
Students create a variety of simple, series and parallel electrical circuits to illustrate how electricity flows through different types of basic circuits.
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Giving Second Graders the Write Skills
Second graders analyze the steps taken in writing a paragraph in the ten lessons of this unit. Writing for a particular purpose is developed as the conventional grammar skills utilized.
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Let's Take a Trip!
Sixth graders plan trip for family of four, and choose best travel plan by studying maps, considering different routes, and visiting Web sites to get airline and travel schedules.
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Symmetry Project
Students explore the concept of symmetry by drawing an the other half of an object. They pick from a stack of magazine pictures and draw it on another piece of paper.