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Aliens Among Us
Students identify plants growing in the school yard and choose one for further investigation. They investigate the plant's biotic potential and environmental resistance. They predict what would happen should they introduce an exotic...
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What's Wetland Allelopathy?
Students study plants and what they need to thrive and survive. They make plant extracts from chosen wetland plants and test their allelopathic effects on the germination rate, radicle growth, and hypocotyl growth of test seeds of other...
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Alien Invaders: An Invasive Species Game
High schoolers are introduced to invasive species and how they affect the ecosystems they now occur in. They explore the basic life histories of several invasive species that are of regional and or national importance. Pupils...
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Examining the Reasons for the Creation of the State of Israel
Students explore the connection between World War II and Jewish immigration to Israel after the War. For this World History lesson, students discuss the details of what it might have been like to live through the Holocaust. ...
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Vocabulary Review
In this vocabulary review worksheet, students determine synonyms in sentences. Students answer ten multiple choice sentences.
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Clothing and Social Change in America
Students examine how clothing for men and women has changed over time with their changing roles in society. Students work individually and in groups to complete the tasks in this instructional activity.
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The Things People Should Do
In this modals worksheet, students complete the sentence by adding the appropriate modal verb to the end. Students are given eight sentences to complete.
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Worksheet 8. Vocabulary Review
In this vocabulary worksheet, students choose all of the correct words that could complete the sentence. There are 11 sentences to complete.
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Choosing All of the Correct Completions: Adjective Clauses
In this adjective clauses worksheet, students read ten sentences with a word or phrase missing. From four choices, students mark any answer that would correctly finish the sentence; there may be more than one.
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The Story of How Deerfield Came to Be
Eleventh graders explore how the native peoples had lived in the Connecticut Valley for nearly 10,000 years, prior to the English settlement and how their culture and life ways were markedly different from that of the English settlers.
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Fresh From The Farm
Students investigate the concept of a farmer's market and how it used in the community. They conduct a survey to find the kinds of produce grown to be sold in the market. The instructional activity includes extensive introductory...
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Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 2
Here is a activity that tells the story of the Jamaican Bobsled time during the 1988 Winter Olympics. Students read the continuation of the story, "Jamaican Bobsledding Team," and answer 6 questions with multiple choice answers.
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Worksheet 4. Reading: Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 1
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the passage titled Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 1. They then answer the 10 true/false questions about the reading.
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Worksheet 3. Reading: Type A Personality
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the descriptions of a Type A personality. They then answer the 4 questions at the bottom of the page.
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Worksheet 7. Words That Are Similar
In this word definition activity, students complete the chart by choosing the word from the word pool that is similar to the bolded word or phrase. There are 10 words to fill in.
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Vocabulary Review: Talking About the Present Worksheet 12
In this vocabulary worksheet, learners circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the word in bold in 10 sentences.
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Worksheet 7. Words That are Similar
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine 10 words in a word bank and then use them to complete a graphic organizer with synonyms.
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Reading: Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 1
In this reading for information worksheet, students read a text about Jamaica and its bobsledding team. Students answer 10 true and false questions.
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Reading: Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 2
In this reading for information worksheet, students read a one page text about the Olympic Jamaican bobsledding team. Students answer 6 multiple choice questions.
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Absolutely, Positively a Force in China
Students explore the concept of company expansion. In this company expansion lesson, students read an article about FedEx and how it was able to expand. Students discuss how FedEx was able to expand. Students discuss reasons a product...
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Aluminum Can Drive
Second graders complete a recycling project to clean-up their school. In this service project lesson, 2nd graders assess their campus for litter, set up a recycling project, clean up their campus, and recycle the trash. Students also...
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Trading Around the World
Students role play as international traders from different continents. They negotiate prices and resolve trade barriers to better their understanding of free trade.
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Chinese Politburo Simulation on Uyghur Terrorism
Students are assigned a member of the Chinese Politburo and research this person's background, position, and political beliefs. Based on their position on the Politburo, their personality, and their background before coming to power,...
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Myth Introduction ¿¿V Pandora
Young scholars listen to a story about "Pandora" and write five details they remember from listening to the story. They share their ideas and details with the class. When another student reads a detail they have written, students raise...