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Counting in Pairs: Animal Homes

For Teachers K - 1st
For this counting by 2 worksheet, students draw a line from each pair of animals to their home. Students count the total number of animals of each type.
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Algebra I: Graphing - Lesson Plan

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane.
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100s of Ants

For Teachers 1st
First graders count to 100 orally as they use grids to display the 100 raisins they counted.
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Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 5: Overview

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners demonstrate fraction symbols. In this fractions instructional activity, students use paper strips to represent various fractions. Learners then use fraction circles to compare various given fractions.
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Problem Solving Use a Table

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading tables worksheet, students use the table to solve the problem. Students may draw or write to explain their answer in the provided space.
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Making a Pictorial Timeline

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create a pictorial timeline of a biographical character. In this timeline lesson, students create a slide show illustrating the life of the person from a biography they've read. Students also use Kid Pix to create a pictorial...
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Hands On: Subtract 2-Digit Numbers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this subtracting 2-digit numbers activity, students solve the two-digit subtraction word problems. Students solve six word problems.
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Comparison Problems

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this comparing numbers worksheet, students complete several word problems by subtracting the number from the table for the school supply costs. Students subtract to compare the prices of the items.
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Money Talks

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students move from fact finding to interpretation as they examine paper money from the time of the American Revolution. In the final exercise, they use the issue dates of the bills to construct a chronology of political changes during...
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A Bicycle Trip

For Students 9th - 12th
In this bicycle instructional activity, students learn how the gears of a bicycle transfer energy. This instructional activity has 2 short answer questions and 5 problems to solve.
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The Great Hunter Storytelling Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to and use resources to translate an old Oneida story told in the Oneida language by an elder in the community. They then develop an illustrated slideshow of the story.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Sahara, Vanishing Cultures

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars read Sahara, Vanishing Cultures by Jan Reynolds. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study nomadic cultures. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and...
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Slangman

For Students 4th - 8th
In this slang worksheet, students complete 25 questions where they edit sentences, match literal meanings to slang terms, and fill in the blanks with vocabulary. Extra credit is available.
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W.A.R. (Wars Are Real)

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research America's involvement in wars and conflicts throughout its history. They are assigned a specific war or conflict and then research basic facts and what society was like in the era of their research. They present...
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Buffalo-Ta Tanka

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the buffalo. They watch a video and read a story about the buffalo and what it meant to Native American Indian tribes. They practice naming the parts of buffalo in Lakota.
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Excavating Your Recycling Bin as a Fossil Record

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how scientists examine the past and use rock layers with fossils to understand the past.  In this excavation lesson students divide into groups and complete an activity. 
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Nebraska: Using Pictures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a scrapbook about Nebraska history focusing on Post Office murals. They choose their favorite murals and write a story to go along with the mural. In groups, students present their murals to the class and visit the...
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Back To School Crossword

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
For this reading worksheet, learners analyze 10 words which pertain to Back to school time. Students read clues and fit the words in the crossword puzzle.
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Tony's Spelling Troubles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the given problem and describe in their own words the situation represented in a bar chart and tally chart. They then use a bar chart and tally chart to make sensible predictions.
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The Letter "L"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice using the letter "L." In this letter "L" lesson, students complete a worksheet (not included) on which they identify pictures of items that begin with the letter "L."
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Lara's Equiprobable Dice

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students try some new exercises involving probability. These are, first of all, that the probability of getting a given total when two dice are rolled is equal to the number of possible ways of getting that total, divided by 36 (the...
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Trigonometry

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice calculating the unknown length of a right angle triangle. They also examine the pythogoram theory in groups. They help each other work through the problems.
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Geography: Snow Cover on the Continents

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create maps of snow cover for each continent by conducting Internet research. After estimating the percentage of continental snow cover, they present their findings in letters, brochures or Powerpoint presentations.
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Space Crossing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students critically follow a chain of reasoning to devise a decent problem solving technique to be applied to a reasonable problem. They also examine how to use logical arguments.