Students explore acts of kindness through the eyes of the black community. In this philanthropy lesson, students understand that even under inhumane circumstances, people can perform for the common good. Students relate to their good...

Students explore matter. In this physical science instructional activity, students role play the 3 states of matter forming "liquid" molecules and "solid" molecules with teammates. Students perform an experiment in which the result...

Learners read an article about the song "Yellow Submarine." In this lesson plan, students complete several activities that relate to the article, including a vocabulary assignment, sentence starters, class discussion and a quiz.

Students explore the concepts of community. In this communities lesson plan, students listen and respond to the story of The Little Red Hen and discuss ways to contribute to their own community. Students recognize the importance of...

Students discuss importance of acting responsibly when caring for pets, reflect upon quote, "All Living Beings Have the Right to Respect and Kindness," read story Anastasia Wants a Rabbit and answer comprehension questions, role play...

Students review child abuse, safety precautions, and participate in various activities that teach these concepts. They discover how to provide safety for children in their care and make a list of safety precautions they should follow...

Students develop their listening skills as they listen to the book The Perfect Pet. In this reading lesson, students listen to the book, and then talk about the pets they have. Then they make a graph as a class of all their pets.

Third graders practice using classification techniques to identify local trees.  In this plant life instructional activity, 3rd graders discuss how trees differ from other plants and what characteristics are unique to trees alone....

Third graders live alongside guinea pigs. In this biology lesson plan, 3rd graders gain direct knowledge of the guinea pig's behavior and determine if it will make a good classroom pet.

In this chemical reaction worksheet, students investigate the results of mixing calcium chloride with sodium bicarbonate. They observe the chemical and physical changes that occur, identify the properties of the chemical before and after...

In this solutions worksheet, learners soak a pipe cleaner in hot water and a supersaturated solution of 20 Mule Team Borax. Students leave their pipe cleaner in the solution for 30 minutes and then observe. They put it back in over night...

Students investigate how seeds sprout. In this scientific inquiry activity, students make predictions on which seeds will grow the fastest and observe the seeds over a period of time. Observations are recorded into a journal.

Fourth graders describe the various kinds of soils and how plants and animals are affected by them. They describe the baic needs of plants, scoring at least a 3 or 4 on a 4-point rubic. Students are able to predict and/or infer what...

Students explore the concept of social justice. For this service learning worksheet, students read Wanda's Roses in order to understand homelessness, hunger, and poverty.

Students identify examples of philanthropy in poetry or song. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students examine several poems such as Give by Carrie A. Thomas and identify concepts of philanthropy in the poem. Students...

Students chart how milkweed bugs grow and change.  In this growth and life stages instructional activity, students read two stories and discuss how and why things grow.  Students brainstorm what can be measured about humans,...

Students experiment with the construction of shelters and the various types of architectural designs.  For this shelters lesson, students draw the building they live in.  Students compare and contrast buildings made today and...

Students read about the bags that the Maya people made and about how reusing bags can help save our environment. In this environment lesson plan, students read and discuss conservation and observe pictures.

Students recognize that food we eat comes from farms.  In this where does food come from lesson, students discuss planting crops and how they grow.  Students plant seeds for edible crops and eat them when are ripe. Students...

In this phonics worksheet, learners view the underlined sound for each row and identify another word in the row that has the same sound. There are ten rows of words.

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 grammar worksheet, students read forty sentences and rewrite the ones that are fragments into complete sentences and place a c next to the ones that are correct as is.

For this weather worksheet, students fill out a weather map each day of the week and give the lows, the highs, the warm fronts and the cold fronts. They answer six questions from their weather map work.

In this salt front of the Hudson River worksheet, 7th graders first read an excerpt about the lower portion of the Hudson River that is an estuary. Then they use a colored pencil to plot salinity data from the table shown on a graph,...