Students locate the classified section within a newspaper, find the employment ads, and examine how the employment ads are categorized and arranged. Lastly, they locate ads for specific jobs.

Young scholars describe the techniques biologists use to classify organisms. In this biology activity, students create cladograms and phylogenetic trees. They list the levels of taxonomic hierarchy.

Sixth graders examine the important items that need to be included in a want ad. They create a want ad for a career in science.

For this chemical reactions worksheet, students follow a flow chart to determine what type of reaction is occurring. Students then classify reactions and balance the equations. This worksheet has 2 short answer and 10 fill in the blank.

In this classifying angles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 21 various types of problems. First, they use the diagram shown on the right to answer the questions that follow. Then, students solve for x and find the measure of...

Students create resumes. In this careers lesson, students look through classified ads and decide on a "job" to apply for. Students write mock resumes by using professional resumes as an outline.

Learners are told that they need to bring in a classified ad from the newspaper or flyer on a job that they wish to apply for. They cut out the classified ad and attach it to a blank sheet of paper. Students revise their personal...

High schoolers read the Super Dollar Special. In this advertisement lesson, students read an article consider placing an advertisement in the newspaper. They work on summarizing what they've read and using context clues.

Pupils look through magazines and calculate the percentages of the types of ads in the magazines. In this percentages lesson plan, students create a graph to show their results.

Young scholars explore television commercials to classify them into categorizes. In this commercial categories lesson, students brainstorm about commercials that catch their attention. Young scholars analyze the categories for...

Students examine an advertisement. In this language arts lesson, students use the for rent advertisements to select an apartment that meets their needs.

In this classifying triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 11 different types of problems. First, they state whether each segment shown is an altitude, median, or neither. Then, students solve for x and find the requested...

Learners explore linear, quadratic, and exponential functions in this activity that makes use of TI Navigator and TI Plus calculators. Using the technology, learners compare and contrast the three types of functions given in...

A large part of understanding personal finance and economics is grasping the concept of wants and needs. This presentation provides students with basic yet effective definitions of wants, needs, and how they effect advertisements and...

2-3rd graders listen to the story, Lemonade for Sale, by Stuart J. Murphy. In the story, children produce and sell lemonade to raise money for their clubhouse, create a product, classify the resources used in production as natural...

Students use the classified ads of a local newspaper and read descriptions of people's goals, interests, experience, and skills, then find an appropriate employment ad for that person. Next, they find an appropriate ad for themselves.

Students explore the classified ads for employment opportunities and create a resume. For this resume writing lesson students choose a specific job, they must determine what kind of experience, education, etc. they must have to acquire...

Using a TI-Nspire calculator, learners will work to better understand function notation and input/output functions. They write equations with a function symbols, identify what makes an equation a function, and graph lines in order to...

Young learners classify five different animals into their proper category. The animals pictured are a pigeon, a lizard, a cat, a frog, and a goldfish. Pupils are also asked to tell why they know it's a certain kind of animal. An...

Students analyze the habitats of animals and people, how they are developed and maintained, and what factors affect shelter selection. They create a classified ad that describes a specific animal's habitat.

In this chemical reactions worksheet, students learn about the 5 types of chemical reactions as well as endothermic and exothermic reactions. Students are given 5 equations to balance and they identify the type of reaction for each...

Sixth graders pick a native animal and write a classified housing ad to match the animal's habitat requirements, paste it on posterboard and then try to match each habitat with the animal it represents.

Here is a fantastic, comprehensive resource on the roles and powers assigned to the president of the United States. It includes several critical thinking exercises and engaging activities, from cartoon analysis and the opportunity to...

Students consider qualities and United States president should have. In this government lesson, students research the responsibilities of the president and use that information to create an advertisement that describes the job and...