Hi, what do you want to do?
Curated OER
Hazardous Products Substitutes
Third graders write a hazardous products substitutes recipe book. In this Science lesson, 3rd graders identify words and symbols that indicate hazardous substances. Students investigate safe substitutes and write a recipe book to use at...
Curated OER
Starting an Indoor Container Garden from Seed
Students create an indoor container garden. In this container garden lesson, students explore seed germination. Students discuss edible seeds.
Curated OER
Trash to Gas
Learners experiment with biomass materials as alternative energy sources. In this biomass material lesson, students participate in an experiment with cow manure to determine how it can be used as an energy source. They record their data...
Eye On Education
I Say Tomato, You Say To-Mah-To
Turn your junior high talkers into effective arguers. Introduce these budding lawyers to skills that show how to support a claim, decide what clear reason is, and how to use evidence to support an argument. Time is scheduled for class...
Curated OER
My Test Book: Percents
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding percents. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Arithmetrivia
In this arithmetrivia learning exercise, learners read and solve word problems. They translate from word problems to written equations and then solve them. This one-page learning exercise contains 12 problems. Answers...
Curated OER
Transportation Fuels: Biodiesel
Students examine biodiesel as a fuel for transportation. In this biodiesel lesson plan students complete activities using their critical thinking.
Curated OER
Buying in Bulk
Students investigate buying purchases in bulk. In this buying in bulk instructional activity, students consider ways to cut costs and reduce waste in landfills by making bulk purchases.
Curated OER
Chocolate Chip Cookie Mining
Students explore nonrenewable energy resources. In this coal lesson, students investigate how coal is formed and how it is used as a source of energy. Students mine for "coal" using toothpicks and chocolate chip cookies.
Curated OER
What's Cooking?
Students investigate solar energy by making sun tea. In this ecology and solar energy lesson, students prepare traditional tea and "sun" tea, then record and graph data comparing color, clarity, smell and taste.
Curated OER
Rename Fruits, Vegetables and Spices
Students explore fruits and vegetables. In this fruits and vegetables lesson plan, students study traits of various fruits, vegetables and seeds. Students rename fruits, vegetables and seeds.
Curated OER
Solar Cell Simulation
Young scholars study photovoltaic technology. In this photovoltaic technology lesson, students simulate a photovoltaic system. Young scholars discuss how to simulate a cloudy day.
Curated OER
Homeschooling Chronicles - Top 10 Field Trip Tips
These field trip planning tips can benefit everyone.
Curated OER
ESL-Business Vocabulary
For this ESL business vocabulary worksheet, students complete sentences using passive voice future simple, past simple or present simple.
Curated OER
Bug Hunt
Students strengthen observational skills by searching for insects in their home and classroom. In this observation lesson, students use magnifying glasses to classify what kinds of bugs were found. Students then create a bar graph to...
Curated OER
Gold Mine
Young scholars view and discuss a demonstration of how gold is mined and panned. They design and create a tunnel that has reinforcements to withstand collapse.
Curated OER
Family Picture Quilt
Students explore family backgrounds and traditions while discussing how memories are preserved. In this patchwork quilt lesson, students create a keepsake by compiling pictures, drawings, and magazine clippings of things that are...
Curated OER
It's Sale Time: Shopping Vocabulary
In this shopping vocabulary worksheet, students choose a word of word set to correctly fill in blanks in sentences, 15 sentences total.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 2: Saving Money by Finding the Better Buy
Students will be able to make economically sound purchasing decisions by using unit pricing, calculating discounts, and analyzing fixed and variable costs.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Discount, Tax, and Tip Word Problems
Practice solving word problems involving price discounts, taxes, and tip calculations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Coupon Versus Discount
For this task, 8th graders are asked to find at what price the cost of a calculator will be the same whether applying the store discount or using a coupon. Aligns with 8.EE.C.7.
BBC
Bbc: Ks3 Maths: Percentages
KS3 Math provides interactive activities on percentages, using pence and pounds. Use the factsheet for percentage information. You may use the worksheet for percentage practice and take the test provided to check your percentage skills....
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Multiple Percents
Have you ever seen an item that you wanted on sale for 15% of its original price? Have you tried to figure out what the sale price would be? Using this interactive lesson from T.V. 411, you can learn to calculate discounts with percentages.
Curated OER
Black Berry
Find support for your new Blackberry at the official home site for Blackberry. Sit in at the owners lounge to enjoy special benefits, discounts, product news, free downloads, tips and tricks, and more.