Curated OER
Measurement: Using the balance
Students use a balance and gram cubes to measure several different objects. They then record their results on a data chart and answer questions about them.
Curated OER
Butterfly/Moth Poster
Young scholars learn how to identify which species of dragonflies or butterflies are found in their County by learning to read the Odonata or Lepidoptera checklist to find the scientific names; they also search field guides and the...
Curated OER
Plants
In this science worksheet, students investigate plants by first reading a paragraph of information. Students then choose a plant, illustrate and write about it.
Curated OER
Transformations
Seventh graders complete activities to perform transformations of various figures and describe the transformations. In this transformations lesson, 7th graders perform a translation, a rotation, and a reflection on graph paper. Students...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sorting by Color
Counting bears that are the same size and shape help students focus on just one attribute.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Rock Investigation
In this activity young scholars will observe and investigate rocks in order to classify them in terms of color, shape, texture and size.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Hope Depot: Science Fair Central
Find advice on project ideas, project steps, presentation tips, classroom activities and more.
abcteach
Abcteach: Select a Math Problem Type
Generate worksheets for math problems ranging from simple addition problems to place value with expanded notation for free. Your choice of font, font size, color and landscape when printing.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Observable Properties of Matter
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will sort objects according to their observable properties, such as size, shape, color, temperature (hot or cold), weight (heavy or light) and texture. Included are printable resources, a...
Other
The Alphabet of Art: The Attributes
An informative site explaining the attributes of art as well as other art terms.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Patterns
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a lesson on patterns which include color patterns, shape patterns, and size patterns.
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa
Red Escolar: Un Juego De Figuras
In Spanish. This is a game to compare figures according to their size, shapes and color.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Collecting and Identifying Rocks
Students investigate rocks in an outdoor field trip, and then place them into groups by characteristics. The different groups could be the size, shape, color, and texture of the rocks. After classifying, students are introduced to the...
Other
Australian Museum: Birds in Backyards: Bird Finder
Need to identify a bird you saw flying through the sky while you were in Australia? This is the place to go. Choose a the size, color, then a shape and finally add any distinguishing marks. Then read about the bird you saw.
University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Buttons, Buttons, Everywhere!
Students use buttons to explore shapes, color, size and sort them into groups.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Agent Pincher: The Case of the Ufo
Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO--Unfamiliar Foreign Objects. That is what currency from another country may look like. Sometimes when people first try to use money from another country, they feel like they are playing with toy...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Physical Science: Separating Mixtures
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how mixtures of solids can be separated based on observable properties of their parts such as particle size, shape, color, and magnetic attraction.
Other
Guidance Communications: The Alphabet of Art
A site dedicated to providing vocabulary for the elements of visual design. Includes a visual notation system for describing both the elements and attributes of art.
Other
Design and Colour
A site by watercolor artist John Lovett. He describes the Elements of Art and Principles of Design and gives tips and techniques for watercolor painting and for composition.
Jewelry Central
Jewelry Central: Pearls
This commercial site gives general information on pearls, including their physical properties and where they are found.
Read Works
Read Works: Mix the Old With the New
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how cooking causes changes in matter. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: Guess My Button
This website gives students an opportunity to sort and classify attributes of a group. The applet responds to each selection made and guides student to the next step.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: White Tailed Deer
The White-tailed Deer is distinguished from the Mule Deer by the smaller size of its ears, the color of its tail, and most strikingly, by antler shape. In Whitetails, the main beam of the antlers grows forward rather than upwards, and...