Sixth graders identify personal strengths and the importance of highlighting their talents when writing a resume. They write a reflection narrative on "Cool Stuff I Can Do." They generate the information for the narrative from class...

Students employ their technology skills to produce campaign commercials. In this political campaign lesson, students discover the appropriate uses of video cameras and create fictitious campaign commercials.

High school is almost at an end and the upper classmen need to start thinking about the future. Discuss the steps needed to select the right career choice. Covered are the reasons people work, the differences between career, occupation,...

For this extraterrestrial counting worksheet, learners assemble and color a mini personal book on counting from one to ten with extraterrestrial objects.

In this developing a résumé worksheet, learners fill in the blanks in the employment information, volunteer work information, school data, and activities data fields in order to arrange a résumé.

Students discuss careers related to aquatic or marine science. They write a report called "A Day in the Life of a (blank)." After reports are completed, if possible a person working in the field of aquatic or marine science is invited to...

Students explore the concept of self and analyze the Human Organization Theory. Individually, students write poems about themselves. In small groups, they create a poster related to the 14 categories of the Human Organization Theory....

For this desert adaptations worksheet, students are given a water filled sponge which represents an animal. Students observe their "animal" for a 24 hour period and conserve the water in the sponge as best they can. They measure and...

Fifth graders carefully examine and investigate the products contained in a diaper. They particularly analyze the crystal sodium polyacrylate, a product developed for use in astronaut diapers. They follow the scientific method, forming...

Students identify the challenges encountered by astronauts in operating a planetary rover. In this space science lesson, students create a rover using their team members. They follow a command sequence from the driver and navigate...

Students brainstorm a list of characteristics a person would need to make a good employee. In groups, they describe the attributes a person would need in various occupations and share their answers with the class. They discover how...

Students role play a court with lawyers, a judge, jury, and more. For this classroom court lesson plan, students review rules of the law in the judicial system.

Young scholars determine that even though inferences are based on observations that does not mean they are always true or correct. They pull the topics and main ideas out of a piece of difficult text.

Young scholars work collaboratively to create, edit, and publish their own student magazine. The lesson suggests the use of iPhoto, a word processor, iPages, and digital cameras for the creative process.

In this Hurricane Katrina Worksheet, students choose the correct answer to each of the 8 multiple choice questions, using the information in Lara's Blog.

Students perform tests in the lab to identify an unknown substance. In this physical science lesson, students observe the physical and chemical properties of substances. They formulate a conclusion based on experimental results.

In this literacy instructional activity, students look for the words that are related to the theme of the instructional activity. They also work on the skills of spelling and word recognition.

Students examine how to conduct simple investigations and use simple equipment to gather data.  In this magnet lesson students decide what types of objects are attracted to magnets. 

In this cloze exercise interview worksheet, learners complete the interview by adding words to the blanks for each sentence.

In this key vocabulary crossword puzzle worksheet, students practice key vocabulary as they read the 10 clues to correctly fill in the word puzzle. Students also use the answers from the crossword to write 10 sentences.

Students use various search engines and Web sites to find out information for a career they think they might like to pursue. They present their information to the class in an oral report.

Second graders role-play in a variety of different academic and social situations. In this social skills lesson, 2nd graders identify specific skills needed to succeed at home, in school, and out in the community.

In this text for dictation worksheet, young scholars take dictation from a passage containing ideas and vocabulary about work in Great Britian.