Looking for some ways to practice primary source analysis or multiple-choice strategies with your scholars? Check out a helpful standardized test. Multiple-choice questions based on primary sources, a writing prompt about human and...

Pupils create budgets based upon family expenditures. They determine what the monthly payments will be for buying a car and a house based on compound interest for the total amount. 

Having formulated a list of inquiry questions based on a reading of Temple Grandin's Animals in Translation, high schoolers complete a frame tool for their research. They categorize their questions based on preliminary research and trace...

It seems like the first result in a search engine is the best source, but how can you be sure? An activity on assessing sources guides ninth graders through an integral part of their inquiry-based research project, based on questions...

Statistics can be manipulated to say what you want them to say. Teach your classes to be wise consumers and sort through the bias in those reports. Young statisticians study different statistical reports and analyze them for...

They say you can interpret statistics to say what you want them to. Teach your classes to recognize valid experimental results! Pupils analyze experiments and identify flaws in design or statistics. 

Study three of the basic principles of design: l) designs should create a rhythmic pattern made up of related shapes, 2) colors should be repeated so as to not force the eye to remain with a single part of the composition, and 3) a...

Examine Erikson's chart on the various stages one goes through growing up. Individually, they write a paper on whether or not they fit into those categories and how they are different today. In groups, for each stage they role play the...

Advanced chemistry scholars read about gas chromatography as a means of separating mixtures into their components. Then they try the technique on fingernail polish remover. Detailed instructions are provided via a lab sheet for your...

Inspire your class to look at their environments as if they were seeing them for the first time in order to gain a better understanding of the concept of perspective. After exploring their communities and keeping a journal of major...

For this powers of ten worksheet, 5th graders multiply and divide decimals by multiples of ten. They mentally solve simple problems containing powers of ten. This two-page worksheet contains 10 problems.

In this chemistry Olympiad worksheet, pupils are given 2 lab problems to work on. They must explain their experiment they would carry out, show their data and write their results and conclusions of the lab and the process.

Introduces your class to the types of loads experienced by a bridge. Groups calculate the ultimate load combinations to determine the maximum load requirement. Using this information, builders then determine the amount of material...

Primary source documents are wonderful because they provide a real context for historical events. Here is an expert from The Declaration of Pillnitz (1791) for your readers to examine. They consider the passage then use it to answer...

Responding to text is a very important skill that follows learners wherever they go. They respond to two comprehension questions after reading an excerpt from William Bennett's The Great Famine in Ireland. They consider what they read in...

How much did the King of Siam value education? Why did he believe haste was important? How do his views compare with modern views of education? These are the questions your class will answer after reading an excerpt from the "Royal...

This fantastic presentation can help you teaching decimals.. Beginning decimal learners can see the basics of what decimals are and what they represent. Then, they are given the chance to "play around" with decimals by solving a variety...

Practice adding it up! A very straightforward worksheet includes 36 addition problems, all with two-digit addends. Great for a timed math drill or a comprehensive review activity.

Challenge your young learners with an addition worksheet, which provides different opportunities to practice adding two and three-digit numbers. The first two sections provide twelve problems for pupils to solve, while the last two...

Could your fourth graders use a little more practice solving division problems with remainders? Use this comprehensive math worksheet, which contains three sections of division problems. The first section presents the problems in...

When dividing by 10 there are a few tricks scholars can use to make their lives a lot easier. Show them the examples to see if they notice a trend before assigning this three-part set of exercises. The first 18 are horizontal division...

Unite your fourth graders with division practice! Two examples of dividing one digit numbers into three digit numbers demonstrate how to come up with remainders. Math students complete the nine problems on the activity. Use this resource...

Review word problems and decimals with a instructional activity that features everyday problems for your students to solve. Six problems provide space for both work and the solution, reinforcing the importance of showing one's work in...

Each digit holds a specific value in numbers, and understanding place value is the key to this concept. Youngsters examine eight numbers and determine the value of four in each, writing it in both number and word form. Next, they circle...