Learners practice listening to and reading various types of media and text. In groups, learners use video, newspapers, magazines, and more to compare and contrast different types of information. They identify the differences between fact...

Students explore mathematical operations while studying nutrition. For this physical fitness lesson, students explore calories, pulse rate, and the circulatory system. Students use mathematical data to create a healthy physical fitness...

Sixth graders complete activities about the book If the World Were a Village by David J. Smith. In this interdisciplinary lesson plan, 6th graders complete a math activity converting fractions into decimals and percentages and a...

Students review the conversion of fractions to decimals, develop strategies to compare fractions perform complex calculations using ratio techniques similar to the construction of fractions.

What other inventions was Thomas Edison responsible for besides the telegraph and lightbulb? Incorporate a set of worksheets into your study of Edison and other inventors. The 48-page packet includes all types of activities from word...

In this acne activity, students read a passage about acne and answer multiple choice and short answer questions about it. Students answer 6 multiple choice and 7 short answer questions.

Did you know dogs had an important job on September 11th, the day airplanes took down the World Trade Center? Learn more about the furry heroes with a three-page informational read designed to aid pupils in answering 10...

Students examine causes and effects of Great Depression and its significance on twentieth-century life, analyze value of various types of historical information, specifically primary sources, and relate events, issues, problems, and...

Students probe their own histories to record how they have had to expand their world views. They determine "Everyone has a culture. It influences how we see the world, ourselves, and others." The explain the concept of cultural...

In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the strongest wind ever measured. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.

Students examine their own lives and how well they manage their time outside of school. In this this time management lesson plan, students discover the amount of time they spend on other activities, and create a pie chart with that...

Students examine percents. For this percents lesson, students will estimate percentages. Using advertisements from a newspaper, students problem solve to determine the final price of a sale item.

Inspired by magazine photos, your young writers hone word choices to create a meaningful haiku. Charged with brainstorming 100 words associated with a photo of their choosing, they whittle their list to the top 10%, make three sentences...

Students examine their own history to expand how they examine the world. They research being a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. They also examine Muslim culture.

Sixth graders explore agriculture by examining world geography. In this pecan cultivation lesson, 6th graders identify the history of the famous nut and the impact it has on the U.S. economy, diet and human body. Students define...

In this percentages activity, students color 25% of 100 small squares blue, 35% red and 30% yellow. Students figure out how many squares they have left and then what percent of the 100 squares are left. Students then work out 5 percentages.

In this weather affecting headaches activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion...

Pupils map data on employment in wood products manufacturing in Oregon counties. In this Oregon forest lesson, students discover the percentage of people employed in the forest manufacturing industry. Pupils create a box and whisker plot...

Students examine the Muslim culture in Morocco. In this global studies lesson, students read Three Lessons by Craig Storti. Students compare the culture of Morocco to their own as they write stories pertaining to lessons they have...

The Civil War is undoubtedly a part of America's history, but could it be part of your pupils' history as well? Middle schoolers conduct research to discover a connection between their ancestors and the American Civil War. Whether...

Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate and synthesize data from a variety of sources. In this lesson the issue is minority graduation rates.

Students make their own predictions about the amount of different types of birds at each site before they go there. In groups, they collect the bird data and compose letters to their pen pals sharing their information. To end the lesson,...

Fifth graders locate the describing words in paragraphs. In this describing sentence lesson, 5th graders find the words in a paragraph that make it interesting. Students are given two paragraphs and told to list the nouns, adjectives,...

Students practice using their estimation skills by utilizing apples.  In this percentage instructional activity, students utilize a scale and an apple to discover the percentage of each bite they take.  Students share their...