Support your end-of-year instruction with planning kits from PBS. Five planning kits are provided: Special Lessons and Collections; Planning Sheets for Pre-K through 5 and 6-12; Summer Bonus Resources; and Relevant Professional Learning...

Students watch election commercials for a homework assignment. They analyze the commercials and create a commercial for a fictitious candidate using the techniques they observed.

Students examine the image of the cowboy that is presented in popular culture. Students read about Native American, African American, Mexican, and Canadian Cowboys. For homework, they analyze a classroom textbook's depiction of cowboys.

For this tower building and budgeting worksheet, students attempt to meet the goal of building the tallest free standing structure on the smallest budget. They build the structures with straw, paper clips, and masking tape which all have...

In this math worksheet, students complete 16 problems which reinforce skills such as counting, writing numbers and greater than/ less than. The second page is labeled "Math Homework."

Students listen to books on wind energy for background knowledge. In this wind logic puzzle, students use knowledge of wind energy and critical thinking skills to complete logic puzzles. Students may work in groups or individually as...

Students review the correct form for writing paragraphs.  In this paragraph writing lesson, students rewrite a poorly written opening sentence. Students make changes to a closing paragraph.  Students write a plan for an essay...

Students practice and then have a race to calculate percentage and fractional parts. In this percent and fraction lesson, students start with 1% and work their way up.  After each practice a quick race takes place. ...

Young scholars use the writing process to write a radio show.  For this writing process lesson, students need to effectively use the writing process to create a radio show and then present to the class.  Member of the group...

Students navigate the Internet to research online encyclopedias and answer questions.  In this navigating the net lesson, students answers questions and compare their answers. Students discuss information gathered and the sources....

Students recognize the difference between a prime and a composite number.  In this prime and composite number lesson, students  use a factor tree model to show prime factorization. Students participate in a bingo activity....

Seventh graders explore battle plans using grids. In this linear equation lesson, 7th graders see how math is used in battle. Students create a grid on the floor using tape and plastic army men to serve as the points. Students...

After reviewing the eight rules for using quotation marks, class members complete worksheets as independent practice and review how these punctuation marks change the meaning of a sentence. Additional worksheets are provided for homework.

Here is an online lesson plan on data representation. In it, learners access websites embedded in the plan which lead them through a variety of activities around data representation and statistics. The activities are quite good, and...

Young writers are asked to revise and modify a series of sentences to make them stronger and relay a sense of voice. No definitions or models are given. You might use the instructional activity to check for understanding after a...

In this math worksheet, learners convert the money values into the correct amounts using the British Currency and coins. They use the correct math conversions.

In this math worksheet, students practice converting the two problems into the appropriate measurements. The measures are written in the graphic organizer.

In this review worksheet, students solve radical expressions through multiplication and division. There are 21 problems on this one-page worksheet.

In this calculus worksheet, students solve five functions. They use the answers to approximate a second function. Students graph the Taylor polynomials and functions. They compare the two Taylor approximations.

In this dimension worksheet, students explore manifolds of dimension and find equivalence relations. This one-page worksheet contains three multi-step problems.

In this metric space learning exercise, students define a compact metric space, and explore continuous functions. They prove a function converges uniformly. This one-page learning exercise contains six problems.

In this metric space worksheet, students determine if a function is continuous and find the metric space. This one-page worksheet contains three problems.

For this manifold of dimension worksheet, students explore oriented manifolds of dimension in a given set. They construct a degree map. This one-page worksheet contains two problems.

In this multiplication of two by one digit numbers worksheet, students complete twelve problems. A sample problem is included and explained at the beginning of the worksheet.