Third graders create Powerpoint templates of pictures they have taken. Using both standard and metrric measurement units, they describe what units of measurement they would use for each object. In the computer lab, they work in pairs to...

Reinforce the concepts of motion and force in this graphic organizer, which prompts students to provide the effect of pushing and pulling an object, as well as an object in motion. Ample space in the answer section allows students to...

In this word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures that depict common household objects. Students match these pictures with the word that describes each object.

In this ESL classroom objects vocabulary worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict common items found in a classroom. Students match the pictures with the nouns that describe them.

Students calculate average velocity of a moving car. In this physics lesson, students construct graphs from data collected in the experiment. They design their own experiment to determine velocity of another moving object.

Students use math functions in part to complete a metaphorical lesson on tolerance. In this math and tolerance lesson, students receive rows of functions and try to find a single simple shared property without success. Students then...

In this science graphic organizer worksheet, students find 6 objects around their home and describe the materials they are made of. They tell what the object is made of, what it is used for, and if the material is a good choice, and why...

In this online/interactive identifying the object activity, students read the clues and choose the picture that is being described. Students write and check one answer.

Students study patterns. In this symmetry in nature activity, students examine objects to determine what type of symmetry they have. They work in small groups to rotate through stations that have objects for them to study.

Students examine the connection between a person's home and his or her personality. They practice new vocabulary.

Pupils examine a selection of shapes and identify which shapes tessellate and why. They design and make a pattern which involves translation, reflection, or rotation. Students describe the features of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional...

In this motion worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by describing the different ways an object can move: position, distance, direction, and speed.

Help your charges solve a variety of fraction and skip counting problems using a problem solving process. As a class they work through a fraction problem step-by-step, and discuss a real-life connection to the problem. Students then play...

To prepare for crafting a descriptive poem about a character in F. Scot Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, groups describe the texture of objects hidden in small bags. Individuals then select a character from the novel and an object...

Where is the mouse? Young learners look at eight images featuring a mouse and another object, determining his relative location. Is he behind the object? If he is, they put a check mark in the box. If not, they leave it blank. Encourage...

Here is a geology lesson which invites learners to explore a variety of rocks. They find rocks in the schoolyard and classify them according to size, color, and weight, then read the book Everybody Needs a Rock. Good lesson!

The sounds of the past echo through art and our social understanding. Will the sounds of today echo into the future? Learners discuss the cultural and social impact of music, then analyze the art on an African Drum. They develop...

Find the differences by counting the Christmas objects that correspond to the word problem. There are 3 problems total each requiring learners to write the equation that describes their answer.

Read a sample of creative descriptive writing to your science class. Discuss how writing can be used to record and communicate observations that scientists make. Reading selections and thought-provoking questions are suggested. Also...

Prepositions describe where something is in space or time. Little learners discover the prepositions about, on, and below. They locate and count objects in each position as they are located in relation to the ground. They then record the...

Young geographers improve their map skills by practicing locating the cardinal directions on a map, identifying symbols on a map key, and describing where objects on the map are located relative to other locations.

How will a scale factor affect a figure—negatively? Using a grid, the narrator of an engaging video performs a dilation with a negative scale factor. The presenter compares a positive scale factor with a negative scale factor to explain...

Illusions are what your mind makes them. Learners view several optical illusions. After each illusion the resource describes what is seen and the potential connection to evolution of the brain. Illusions include seeing different objects...