Students learn how scientists compare dinosaur tracks to those of modern animals, how scientists create a full model of a dinosaur from its tracks and how the age of dinosaur tracks is determined.

First graders act out a story. In this animal actions instructional activity, 1st graders listen as a story is being read and performs movements to represent the animals described. 

In this animal classification worksheet, students will complete a graphic organizer by writing in the different animal groups: birds, mammals, reptiles, birds, and amphibians.

Students determine whether water is a need, a right, or a commodity. In this water lesson, students investigate land and water ecosystems through activities. Students also discover water as a resource and energy source as they observe...

In this animal parts practice activity, students match 5 animal names in the left column to the appropriate animals part of the body in the right column.

In this farm animals worksheet, students examine nine animal shadows on the left of the worksheet and match each one up with their actual names on the right.

Second graders examine the interdependence of organisms using the book "Go To Sleep, Gecko!" They examine a variety of food chains, listen to the book, and answer story comprehension questions. Students then conduct research on food...

Is the right to wear a band t-shirt included in our freedom of speech? Budding historians consider the question by using a video game. After a brief animated video, users drop in and listen to Supreme Court justices as they debate the...

Can organic molecules come from a pre-biotic environment? Stanley Lloyd Miller proved it is possible when exactly the right conditions exist. Learn about his experiment and the other experiments later building off of it that changed the...

As 3rd graders continue reading Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle, they focus on the concepts of predator and prey in the fifth lesson plan of this unit. Scholars further develop their ability to answer questions using evidence from the text...

Lesson ten in this unit for the book Bullfrogs at Magnolia Circle, prepares third graders to begin writing an informational paragraph about the adaptations of bullfrogs. First, young writers work either independently or in pairs to...

The sixth lesson plan in this Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle unit assesses your third graders' ability to read and understand informational text. The included assessment asks learners to take notes about the main idea and supporting...

Learners complete a number of activities to complete a study of ocean animals. They identify the animals, make nametags using appropriate colors, the animal habitats, and make a book by putting the pages in numerical order.

Young students will love learning with this fun and animated game. They feed the 'Happy Head' by answering questions about insects correctly. This game would be great as a science review or as a way for students to test what they know...

Life science learners view an online animated mini textbook comparing two types of cell division. Working in groups, they use a digital microscope to capture images of cells in different stages of mitosis and meiosis. Then they create an...

The instructions for demonstrating ocean turnover are provided in this resource. You could set this up for your earth science class as part of a lecture on convection currents or as an explanation of how ocean currents form. An animation...

Where is it? Place a favorite classroom object (a stuffed animal perhaps) around the room and have your young language learners give you directions to find it. They have to tell you whether you should go straight, turn right, etc....

This crossword puzzle is all about eggs! Learners use the given clues to fill in the squares in the puzzle. Since this is an online interactive resource, immediate feedback is available; although it only tells you whether you are wrong...

Primary graders count the number of pigs, horses, cows, elephants, and giraffes pictured (1-5). They write the numeral that represents how many of each are shown in boxes labeled with single examples of the animal. In addition to writing...

Students read and discuss the bycatch of the sea and the economic impact of taking bycatch away. In this bycatch lesson plan, students discuss the rights of fisherman and observe pictures of sea animals.

To prepare for an in-depth study of the Vietnam Era, class members research and create a timeline that tracks the United States' involvement in Southeast Asia and especially Vietnam.

In these life cycle worksheets, learners write true or false for the statements about the life cycles of butterflies, cockroaches, and mosquitoes. Students name 3 examples of animals with life cycles similar to butterflies and...

In this spelling by picture worksheet, learners spell the names of pictured animals. They fill in the blanks with the letters that make up the name of each of 8 animals. They see an alligator, penguins, a camel, and a kangaroo among others.

In this personal pronouns instructional activity, students read pronouns, check if sentences are right or wrong, choose the correct pronoun, and more. Students complete 4 activities.