Scholars apply the concepts of box plots and dot plots to summarize and describe data distributions. They use the data displays to compare sets of data and determine numerical summaries. 

A activity challenges scholars to compare and contrast two readings about Poison Dart Frogs. Information presented comes from different informational texts, followed by a discussion, and the completion of a Venn diagram. A one-page...

Poison Dart Frog babies are the focus of a lesson that challenges scholars to compare and contrast two informational texts. Beginning with a read-aloud, followed by a discussion, readers complete a practice page that examines the main...

In this coordinates learning exercise, students solve the comparison problems in the box that is called out by the coordinate. Students complete 16 problems.

Students restate facts and details in text to inform and organize ideas and have a choice of four activities to enhance learning,

Students compare and contrast two characters from the play The Diary of Anne Frank on a Venn diagram and write a paragraph showing similarities and differences.

Students examine the lives and contributions of people who have worked in the fields of genetics and biotechnology. Students work in small groups and read a biography of a person associated with genetics. After filling out a comparison...

Students examine and compare different types of maps. In this map skill lesson, students look at neighborhood and national maps on the overhead projector while making comparisons of the symbols and locations. They use a T-chart to record...

Students explore comparison and contrast. In this comparison/contrast lesson, students view "A Look at a Japanese Classroom" and "A Look at a Kenyan Classroom." Students complete a venn diagram handout.

Students compare and contrast their characteristics. For this comparison lesson, ESL students compare and contrast personal characteristics while working in pairs. They use a Venn diagram and write in short phrases while making the...

Students practice rote counting to 20. After a lecture about the planets and the moons that surround them, they identify the number of moons surrounding various planets. Students compare and contrast the quantity of moons surrounding...

Students read 10 statements associated with geography information from Worksheet 1 and determine if they are true or false. This instructional activity would be a good follow-up to Worksheet 1 after the answers have been determined.

Students discuss discipline in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and compare it to how children are disciplined today. In this comparisons lesson, students identify different ways parents discipline their children. Students identify...

Middle schoolers establish similarities to George Washington's time in office with the song "Yankee Doodle."  In this U.S. History instructional activity, students learn the song "Yankee Doodle" then create a timeline of the song...

Students solve problems using ratio and proportion. In this math comparison lesson, students identify methods used to solve and compare ratio and proportion in the real world. They apply criss cross multiplying to solve their problems.

Second graders read and compare two versions of Cinderella. In this compare and contrast lesson plan, 2nd graders use a Venn Diagram to record comparisons between Cinder Edna and Cinderella. Students write a paragraph using those...

Teach your class how to differentiate between linear and exponential functions. They use exponential properties to solve problems, graph them using the TI-Navigator, and make comparisons.

Students complete ESL/EFL reading comprehension and vocabulary building activities. In this ESL/EFL current events lesson, students read or listen to the article "Paralysed Man Takes Hopeful First Steps," (22nd May, 2011). They work on...

Middle schoolers study life science. In this food webs and food chains comparison lesson, students examine the wetlands to discover the relationships that exist between the animals that live there. They participate in group activities...

Learners participate in a comparison lesson where they compare fictional bears to real life bears. In this science/language arts lesson, students read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Learners observe characteristics...

Students recognize the kind of information that can be accumulated by studying dinosaur fossils, and explain that some fossil facts are made based on comparisons with living organisms. They are introduced to the concept of evolution.

Students gather information on 3 new cars they would like to buy or lease, and use mathematical comparisons to decide whether to buy or lease the car.

Third graders read Beverly Cleary's book "Ramona Quimby, Age 8" and then complete a series of extension activities. Students explore cause and effect, sequencing, related websites, grammar lessons and comparison skills.

Fifth graders conduct an investigation using glass, metal ,fur, latex balloon, plastic bag and hair to generate static electricity of varying amounts. They predict, observe, make comparisons, and draw conclusions about static electricity...