Students observe and demonstrate visualization exercises to improve their reading comprehension. They discuss how to visualize images, then draw pictures for sentences written on the board. Students read the poem Gumeye Ball by Shel...

Fourth graders study the Civil War and Indiana's participation in the war. In groups, they choose a person from the Civil War and create a "bio bottle" of that person. They use fine motor skills to create and dress a model of that...

Pupils use a simple physical model of the Earth, sun, and moon to understand why the moon changes phases from the perspective of Earthly observers. They hold up balls representing the moon in a room with a single light source to see the...

Students are introduced to potential and kinetic energy through the example of a ball being thrown straight up in the air. They are then told that the energy associated with the position of the object is referred to as potential energy....

Students discuss what they like about parks and make a list of different things they like to do there such as swing, run, play ball, ride a bike, or go on a hike. They discover the locations of some examples of National Parks and that...

Students study the life and music of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. They practice listening for the downbeat of a musical selection. They participate in a physical exercise where they march around in a circle and clap to the...

In this ESL prepositions worksheet, students examine pictures that show a soccer ball in different positions in relation to a box. They match the 10 pictures to the prepositions of place that describe its placement.

In this early childhood beginning sounds worksheet, students learn to recognize beginning letters of words as they look at the pictures of the ball, goat, money, octopus and zebra on the page and then draw a line to the letter each item...

In this drawing curved lines worksheet, students follow the balls bouncing across the page by tracing the 3 curved lines from left to right.

In this counting practice learning exercise, students practice counting from 1 to 10 by using the colored ball chart. Students write the answers in the chart.

Students are invited to a party based on The Tiara Club. In this book celebration lesson plan, students are invited to a princes party with invitations, crowns, decorations, and snacks. Students plan a menu, match book characters with...

Learners complete vocabulary activities about friends. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students introduce themselves in a ball game format and discuss the topic of friends. Learners complete a worksheet with related vocabulary...

Students construct Christmas cards for loved ones. In this holiday lesson, students use various art materials such as construction paper, sequins, buttons, cotton balls, and felt to decorate a Christmas card.

In this colors worksheet, students color a picture of a clown any way they wish. Students color the balls that the clown is juggling according to the colored outline. Note: This page must be duplicated in color.

In this Christmas calendar worksheet, learners cut out a large color picture of Santa Claus and hang it up. Students glue one cotton ball on the beard for each day from December 1 to Christmas.

In this timing worksheet, students discover what tasks can be done in one minute. Students solve 5 problems in which they time themselves for one minute doing different tasks such as: building a cube tower, keeping a ball up in the air,...

Students create representative Sakura trees. In this multi-cultural appreciation lesson, students listen to their teacher talk about Japan before students create Sakura trees out of cotton balls and popsicle sticks.

Students observe termite trail-following behavior.  In this termite trails lesson, students draw a circle or other shape approximately eight inches across with a ball point pen.  Teacher taps out termites into the circle and...

Students design a chair with function in mind. In this design lesson, students design a chair out of newspaper that is strong enough to hold a "peanut ball". Students discuss how the form follows the function. This lesson includes...

Students ball up different pieces of kleenex and throw them at each other in order to have a snowball fight. In this snowball lesson plan, students calm down and clean up the "melted snow" once the snowball fight is over.

Students mix ingredients together until it forms a soft dough. In this art lesson, students flatten the dough out and put small trinkets, wrapped candy or anything else they would want to hide in the rock. Students form dough up and into...

Students solve problems using estimation and exact calculations. In this algebra lesson, students use gum balls and thread to create hands on manipulatives to solve problems. They calculate the average of their total data.

Use simulations to determine the probabilities of events to make decisions. Class members are presented with several scenarios, some with known probabilities and others without. Groups run simulations to gather data that they then...

Maybe the world wasn't built in a day but kids can certainly assemble a globe in one class period using the images provided by these templates. Cut, fold, piece, glue, and voila!