New Horizons set forth on a mission to Pluto in 2006. Ten years later, the spacecraft is still on its way. Here, enthusiastic scholars predict what they will be like—likes, dislikes, hobbies, etc.—when New Horizons arrives at its...

Awareness, Avoidance, Distancing. Class members consider the types of protective strategies that would be appropriate in particular situations.

High schoolers construct perpendicular bisectors using Cabri Jr. on their graphing calculator. They then construct conditional statements about perpendicular bisectors along with their converse, inverse, and contrapositive.

Young scholars, in teams, in physical education classes, attempt to collectively "walk across America." They measure a mile of walking distance at their school and then track how many they walk. They trace the miles on an actual map,...

Students are taught the fundamentals of the overhand throw.

What is a direct object pronoun and how do you use one? After looking at several examples, give your Spanish speakers an opportunity to practice. Can they place the direct object pronoun correctly in the sentence provided? Two separate...

Present this to your beginning Spanish scholars to teach them how to tell time in the target language. The first three slides offer examples to try together, and then there are several opportunities for learners to practice either as a...

Every year we discover new planets including more than 1,000 in 2016 alone. Will we ever find life on another planet? The lesson includes two activities to help scholars understand this concept. First, they analyze the temperature range...

Eighth graders explore and demonstrate an understanding of the factors that contribute to the efficient operation of mechanisms and simple machines. They design and make a mechanical toy device that moves a given object a specified...

How do artists create the illusion of depth and distance on a flat surface? Young landscape painters explore techniques like color saturation and detail placement that create atmospheric perspective.

Integrating art into your classroom every day just got easier. This fantastic idea provides 43 strips intended to keep early finishers busy and to bring art into the classroom. You cut the strips, put them in a drawer, and have early...

An incredibly thorough activity on vitamins, and how to keep one's body at peak health. Learners access a variety of excellent worksheets embedded in the plan that have them consider raw vs. cooked foods, a vegetable nutrition summary,...

What does tener mean? Introduce your Spanish novices to this important verb. First, they fill out the conjugation chart. Next, they read the examples and explanation as a whole class. There's a short practice activity at the end to...

The Spanish verb ir, meaning to go, is an important verb for your language learners to understand. Use the chart to help clarify its meaning and conjugation, then encourage your Spanish speakers to complete the fill-in-the-blank section...

Are you looking for a comprehensive pronunciation guide to offer your beginning learners? Not only is this loaded with information and examples, there is a small section for practice at the bottom! Consider printing this resource on a...

Second graders will track the weather patterns throughout the school year. This project spans the school year and takes five minutes per day or less. Measuring, data collection, and predictions are all explored throughout this relevant...

Give young arithmeticians an applicable way to use their addition and subtraction skills with these five word problems. Each one presents a scenario requiring they add or subtract numbers with units (money, distance, weight,...

Whether you need resources for reading comprehension, literary analysis, phonics, vocabulary, or text features, an extensive packet of worksheets is sure to fit your needs. Based on a fifth-grade curriculum but applicable to any level of...

Students explore ocean vessels that drill the ocean floor. For this ocean drilling lesson, students watch videos about drilling the ocean floor and discuss. Students get into groups, go outside and use string to mark off the...

Fifth graders analyze a landscape depicting Yosemite during the time of the Wild West. They compare their perceptions of the West from film and television to this representation. They observe the use of scale and color to depict size and...

Using data related to the fish in the Hudson River area, learners calculate distance, elapsed time, and growth. They learn about migratory fish, the life cycle of a fish, analyze a map, and answer questions.

Students, through the use of candy bars at room temperature, explore the problems selecting a landing site on Mars.

Examine the process of making Indian patua-style narrative scrolls. Look closely at the images in the scrolls and have your young artists create an original patua painting. Using ink and watercolors, the class can illustrate their...