Pupils discuss exports and imports by discovering where the ingredients come from for making chocolate chip cookies. They take a survey of their favorite cookies and create a bar graph to represent the information.

Students investigate the origins of several crops eaten in the United States today. The facto0rs that influence consumer choices and the influences on the American population as to eating preferences are discussed in this lesson.

High-interest articles are a great way to get struggling readers to tackle difficult vocabulary. Here is a lesson that includes such an article. It is focused around a very interesting and controversial article about the teaching of...

You'll be surprized at how much engineering, design, and creativity can go into a toothpick and a marshmallow. Learners make toothpick sculptures where they construct three-dimentional models by sticking marshmallows and toothpicks...

Young scholars study Chinese New Year traditions while investigating the concepts of percent and loan interest. They apply the concepts to calculate the total debt on monies borrowed.

What kinds of human activity do we define as "warlike"? Middle and high schoolers examine various definitions of war and types of warfare, especially as these descriptions relate to the kinds of war we are witnessing at the beginning of...

Students discover how the United States became involved in the Vietnam War, the importance of the Tet Offensive in turning American public opinion against the war, and how the Vietnam War is still a part of American life and culture.

Sixth graders use skills and knowledge that they gained from their Tibet unit to formulate a final product of their Tibet journey. This study covers topics such as Tibet's geographical location, religious beliefs, customs, dress, and way...

Fifth graders will understand what the United Nations Organization does and will be able to identify the aims and purposes of the United Nations. They recognize the seven key areas of the Millennium Declaration.

Students discuss what they know about the regions where snow leopards live. They observe the worksheets to see if they can identify any of the mountain ranges and then use atlases to check and complete the country identification worksheet.

Students read the book, "Everybody Cooks Rice," and they participate in activities pertaining to the book. They identify countries mentioned in the text and locate them on a world map. They use an atlas to identify the climatic...

Students determine how the geographic features of the Silk Road trade route contributed to the economic development and diffusion of culture in both Eastern and Western Civilizations.

By working together, pairs of students will complete a Pi webquest. Using the internet, they examine the ways people in the Ancient Civilizations of Egypt, Babylonia and Greece used Pi. To end the instructional activity, they review the...

Open this instructional activity by giving a brief history of ice cream. Using liquid nitrogen to lower the temperature, preteens make their own confection. The accompanying activity sheet queries learners about freezing point, the...

In this Fact Monster search engine learning exercise, students access the Internet to a specific site to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.

Beijing duck? Italian pizza? Japanese sushi? Language learners match food words with their country of origin. An answer key is included with the colorfully illustrated worksheet.

The identification of proper adjectives is the focus of this language arts learning exercise. Learners identify proper adjectives in four phrases, then place a proper adjective of their choice in three other sentences.

In this comma rules worksheet, learners read 30 sentences and add commas where needed. Detailed rules for the use of commas are on the page to help.

In this seismoscope reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to seismoscopes and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information.

Learners recognize proper nouns in sentences and print them on the lines. They write twelve short answers.

In this animals worksheet, students fill in the blanks of missing information about a panda, elephant, and giraffe. Students fill in 12 blanks.

Students learn about peanuts through online research. In this peanut lesson, students use provided links to research information on the origins of the peanut. Students collect information about peanuts also called goobers.

This worksheet lists roughly 30 countries and provides space for researchers to record the principal language spoken in each. Includes a key.

This worksheet serves a dual purpose. First, teach your class the 12 vocabulary words provided. Then, after they identify which word belongs in each sentence, have them identify which verb tense each sentence uses. They distinguish...