Students create a torn paper landscape and use it to study clouds. In this cloud study and art lesson, students make a background art image from torn paper. Students create a torn paper landscape and use cotton balls to illustrate...

Students investigate the factors affecting climate using Live Access Server. In this geography instructional activity, students graph atmospheric data using Excel spreadsheet. They compare and contrast temperature, precipitation and...

Children can do almost anything to music, so get them up and moving, working out and strengthening some major muscle groups. Using exercise bands provides some resistance, which makes the muscles work a little harder. With this lesson...

Students write an Indian tale explaining a natural event, an animal characteristic,

High schoolers explain the components that make up a hurricane.

Students observe how lava flows from a volcano by watching the teacher create a mini volcano with shaving cream.

Students collect rocks, identify them, classify them, investigate their properties, and more. In this rocks lesson plan, students also experiment with soil and erosion and weather.

Pupils make travelog journals to send to acquaintances in other states in order to receive mail in return. They make scrapbooks with the return mail they receive.

In this algebra worksheet, students rewrite word problems using algebraic symbols. They discuss the changes they must make when they approach a certain color. There is an answer key.

In this atlas terms and definitions online interactive instructional activity, students read the definitions and match them with Atlas vocabulary words. Students match 49 answers.

Students examine how earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides can trigger tsunami waves. They determine how engineers use sensors to detect the dangerous wave, and how they help design building that will survive the wave force and water.

Students watch a video about plate tectonics. in this Earth Science lesson, students watch a video clip from Bill Nye about Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics. They make a slight crack in a hard boiled egg and manipulate the egg to...

In this map reading worksheet, students answer 2 critical thinking questions about a map shown. Page has links to additional resources.

Young scholars create a landscape painting using traditional Chinese techniques. They review Chinese landscape paintings, paint an original landscape and write a poem to go with their picture.

In this geography skills worksheet, students watch the National Geographic video "Travel by Train." Students then respond to 18 short answer questions about content in the video about South America.

Students examine factors the create smog.  In this pollution activity students complete an activity about ozone. 

In this volcanic features quiz instructional activity, students complete an on-line quiz, clicking on questions and matching answers, scoring 1 point for each correct answer. A printed version is available.

Seventh graders create four postcards that illustrate an island on the Caribbean.

Students role-play as escaped slaves making their way from North Carolina to Canada, stopping in Indiana. They track their journeys on maps and include a stop at Harriet Tubman's. Students write three paragraphs about how Tubman aids...

Fourth graders explore the Oregon Trail. In this Oregon Trail lesson plan, 4th graders collaborate to conduct Internet research regarding states along the Oregon trail route. Students present their findings to their peers.

In this matrix worksheet, students organize given data into matrices and answer questions from given matrices.  Explanations, definitions, and examples are provided.

Students identify, locate and draw at least ten different geographical features on a map. Using the map, they must make it to scale and include their own legend and compass rose. They share their map with the class and answer questions.

Students imagine what it would be like to enter a landscape painting and then write a poem on nature.

In this sentence completion worksheet, learners read the sentences and choose the best word to complete the sentence. Students complete 12 sentences.