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Bat Ecology
Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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Indian River Lagoon
In this science worksheet, students complete 7 sentences about the Indian River Lagoon. Students also locate 12 words in an estuary word search.
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Leaves and Photosynthesis
In this science worksheet, students read detailed information about green plants and the photosynthesis process. In this fill in the blank and true and false worksheet, students answer twelve questions.
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Log Canoes: A Chesapeake Bay Tradition
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a story about log canoes on the Chesapeake Bay and examine the dialogue between characters. Students use the dialogue between the characters to answer five short answer questions.
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Native Plants at School -- A Garden Landscape Project
In this native plants at school -- a garden landscape project activity, students design the landscape for a school garden by identifying native plants, creating a presentation and creating a plot plan within the budget. This page...
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Recycling
Students examine different "cycles" that are found in nature, such as the water cycle and recycling. They create their own artwork about cycles to be displayed on a bulletin board
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Narrative Collage
Students use a book or passage for their inspiration to create a narrative collage. They need to illustrate the action or the setting.
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Allelopathy Experiments
Students explore how allelopathy works in plants. In this botany instructional activity, students explain how this phenomenon affect other organisms. They read and analyze an article about allelopathy and discuss its flaws.
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Self Reliance
Students thinking is stimulated and has them reflect on looking after themselves and to not always rely on others for your needs. A story is read to them or they read it and reflect on the it. They put on a play in a small group and...
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Writing an Essay- The Circulatory System
Fifth graders write an essay. In this writing lesson plan, 5th graders research the circulatory system and organize their notes into an outline. Students write an informational essay on the circulatory system.
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Outdoor Education
Students participate in various outdoor activities to teach them about the environment. In this outdoor education lesson plan, students participate in activities such as compass direction, conservation, forestry, wildlife, and...
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Dinoset 2: Counting By 2's And 5's
Second graders practice counting by 2's and 5's. They complete five math problems counting by 2's and five math problems counting by 5's. They play a game by typing in a number that belongs in an egg and play By Five's to a 100.
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Habitat Project Digital Science Journal
In this habitat project digital science journal worksheet, students use a digital camera or camcorder to create a science journal about a habitat they have studied. This page includes links to helpful web resources for planning and...
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Genetics: Integrated with History and Art
Students work cooperatively in pairing chromosomes, created statistical genetic babies using the face lab, constructed a color DNA booklet and demonstrated mitosis in a flip book.
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Get to Know- Insects, Spiders and Others
Students investigate live insects. In this insects and spiders instructional activity, students work in groups to explore the outdoors and capture insects. Students observe, discuss and record information about the insects they discover....
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Seed Germination
Students germinate a Mung Bean seed. For this seed lesson students conduct an experiment germinating a Mung Bean. They apply three different treatments to the seeds: dry, moist, and underwater incubation.
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Teaching Summarization
Learning to differentiate major and minor textual events can help students learn how to summarize.
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The Birchbark House Internet Activity
In this "The Birchbark House" Internet activity worksheet, students, after reading the novel, use links to web resources to answer 12 questions about the story and native American culture. This page has numerous links to web...
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Christmas Lesson Plans
Students learn about the Christmas season through music, research, and other activities.
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Visualizing Succession
Ecosystem change is easier to understand when you use hands-on activities.
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Related to Natural Products
Learners examine how the microwave delivers energy at different power levels. They work together to complete experiments on various materials and different power levels. They answer discussion questions to end the lesson.
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Introduction to Junkanoo! A Bahamian Festival
Young scholars examine a Bahamian festival called Junkanoo. They analyze how group cooperation is related to the festival. They finally identify how factions form and how they can help or hurt a community.
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Dirt: Making Dirty Water Clean!
Fourth graders study soil and water. In this water lesson students work in groups and use a filter to clean water.
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Civil War on Sunday
Third graders read "Cvil War on Sunday" together and discuss characters, setting, problem and resolution. They determine facts from fiction used in the story and research drummer boys in the Civil War or Clara Barton using the Internet....