Seventh graders explore career options and goals. In this career lesson, 7th graders study occupation cards and find a career path they are interested in. Students work in groups to to sort occupation cards with a career path poster....

Students read and discuss background material on several key decisions that played a role in the Civil War including the Missouri Compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dredd Scott Decision. They create a timeline and write an essay.

Students explore the role of workers and their jobs in the community. They write a friendly letter to a community worker expressing appreciation for the work they do and their importance to the community.

Students plan a budget and pay bills when they visit the "Reality Store," a series of classroom studying stations. The use of paying bills and running a class store is used to help students grasp the concept of business.

Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the similarities and differences as part of knowing other children. They use examples of different drinks to illustrate the differences or similarities that are present...

Students explore energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. They conduct a home energy audit, a transportation campaign, and an investigation in the school. Students develop a plan to conserve energy and reduce emissions.

Examine the power of persuasion and have learners consider how it influences events in their own lives. After reading and analyzing informational texts to understand the author's purpose, class members take a written test and craft a...

Using a number line on the floor made from masking tape and manipulatives, learners observe a demonstration of the addition and subtraction processes. After completing several worksheets, they solve three-term problems using calculators...

Looking for work? Need a resume? Employment seekers find a job posting for a career that interests them, and fill in the blanks on the provided templates to produce three different types of resumes. Templates for the functional, the...

Make origami ducks with your class to reinforce geometry concepts and vocabulary; develop fine motor and visual translation skills; and enrich study of Japanese culture, the pond habitat, or migration. Create a whole group "worksheet"...

Students examine the role of John and Mary Jones in the abolitionist movement. Using primary source documents, they discover the importance of an oral history and take notes on the Jones' role. They write a summary of the data to...

Students analyze evidence of society's socioeconomic goals, prioritize goals, and identify the opportunity costs of limited government funding.

A must-see for any physics teacher! You will find 217 pages of physics activities and worksheets that cover motion, electricity and magnetism, light, modern and quantum physics, and astronomy. Each activity comes with an answer...

Reaction rates vary between your dominant and nondominant hand ... or do they? Young scholars conduct an experiment collecting data to answer just that. After collecting data, they calculate the p-value to determine if the difference is...

Hosting a Healthy Field Day will take a lot of planning and organization, but with a lot of parent participation it can come together very well. The resource describes seven stations of the ten that were presented. Each of these has a...

After discussing the significance of a Coat ofArms, eighth graders design their own to represent their strengths, values, goals, and culture.

Students investigate how to entice bumble bees to accept artificial domiciles. They conduct research about bee biology and nest architecture, plan and construct an artificial domicile to attract bumble bee queens, and monitor and record...

Tenth graders assess his or her skills, interests, and aptitudes to formulate a career or occupational goal. They demonstrate competencies of a quality worker (SCANS skills). Students set goals and work toward improvement as an effective...

Students explore careers. In this life goals lesson, students examine several career paths as they listen to puppets present different types of jobs and discuss the importance of each of the jobs.

Students choose an occupation that they would like to pursue and write a career biography that outlines the path they would need to follow to achieve their goals.

Students practice shooting a ball from a variety of places around a basketball goal.

Young scholars practice throwing and catching in a game situation and learn the skills of good defense and the ("ready" position, stay between goal and offense).

Tenth graders explore options and resources available to further develop personal education plans for life-long learning. They listen to a speaker from a local vocational or technical institute. They ask questions of the speaker...

Eighth graders create career portfolios, speak with the school counselor, and develop and educational plan. Individually, 8th graders discuss career options and how an educational plan can assist them in future goals. They explore...