Students investigate the concept of a carpool and its contributions to either reducing or increasing air pollution. They conduct research using a variety of resources for background information. The information is used to write a play...

Students identify shapes that will tessellate. They construct a tessellation using transformations. Students identify transformations in tessellations. They identify applications of transformations such as tiling and fabric design.

Students read a first person account of the bombing of Hiroshima written by a Japanese physician. By reading Michihiko Hachiya's journal, they discover the fatalities caused by the bomb itself and later by radiation poisoning. To...

Students draw and measure angles. In this angle measurement instructional activity, the teacher demonstrates how to form and measure angles while explaining the parts of an angle, then students practice.

Learners simulate the personal interactions in a family with an alcoholic parent. In this alcoholism lesson, students read a family situation. They simulate the interactions in the family and create a living sculpture of the dysfunction.

Students complete activities to study the value of money. In this money study activity, students read a story about money and discuss how they earn money at home. Students watch a related video clip and create a class book about the ways...

Students create a plan to achieve personal and financial goals. In this budgeting goals lesson, students identify their sources of income and discuss being financially independent. Students record their monthly expenditures and present a...

Students explore animal lifestyles by researching their characteristics. In this animal habitat lesson, students read the story Over in the Jungle and analyze the animal illustrations in the book. Students create clay animal characters...

In this ancient Egypt worksheet, students read a 1-page selection about the civilization and examine a map of the region. Students outline the information that they read. 

Second graders examine the attributes of two-dimensional shapes. In this geometry lesson, 2nd graders play a game in order to identify two-dimensional shapes and to name them.

Second graders explore and analyze plane shapes. In this plane shapes instructional activity, 2nd graders evaluate shape attributes to classify shapes correctly. Students work in groups to create different shapes.

Students examine tree rings to determine its age.  In this tree ring lesson, students examine core tree samples, identify the tree rings, and then determine its age. Students complete a worksheet, deciding which of the two core...

Second graders count fake money by grouping like coins together. In this counting lesson plan, 2nd graders complete worksheets provided in this lesson.

In this ESL time prepositions activity, students choose the correct preposition that completes a sentence. Page has a link to additional activities.

Students read 'They Called Her Moses," create a wanted poster for Tub man, compose a journal entry imagining they are William Still, and in groups, create a newspaper depicting the incident of the runaway slaves and events from the time...

Third graders write an essay which answers the question, "What kind of student do you want to be?"

Students choose a subject for a biographical research paper. They use books, the Internet, encyclopedias and articles to gather information on a determined subject then follow a rubric to write a research paper.

Students research websites on wood carving. In this wood carving lesson plan, students go on the computers and research websites on the internet that teach them how to carve wood and pictures of what they can do.

In this place value worksheet, students cut out the 10 arrows on the page, each of which contains a number between 0 and 9 and then three 0s after that number. The students then insert a decimal in the right spot to make the correct...

This unit encourages students to assess the validity of a set of statements and then plan and carry out investigations to find out whether the statements are true. Students then carry out statistical investigations of their own.

Learners research women's roles in agriculture's history and how they have changed. They create a paper "crazy quilt" using a variety of colors and pattersn to help them explain the role of quilts in women's history.

Students describe factors that influence relationships with family and friends. They write a book about themselves using personal knowledge.

Students create a decorative drawer front concealing student treasures. This be accomplished by exploring the functions of a bargueno (writing desk). The discover how cultural influences impact the artist's motif.

Students explore coins, especially the nickel, through a toy cash register, worksheet, and paper nickels.