Students utilize the facts presented in the story, " If You Meet a Dragon," by Joy Cowley to make a dinosaur following the features of a template, track the text of the story, and dramatize its main idea.

Students examine the topic of depression and how it relates to their own lives. They watch and discuss a video, complete a worksheet about their own experiences, and in small groups design and display a poster.

Students dance a Cossack dance.  In this dance activity, students learn to keep the beat and follow a movement sequence to dance a Cossack Dance. 

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about Michael Bloomberg and respond to 3 talking point questions.

In this word families matching worksheet, students cut out 24 word cards. Students place beginning sound cards face down in one group and word family ending sound cards face down in a separate group. Students turn over cards to make...

In this postulates and theorems activity, students explore a concept map containing information about angles and sides, alternate interior angles, and diagonals of a parallelogram.  They use the concept map to prove theorems dealing...

In this fire safety worksheet, students read the fire safety paragraphs and then practice writing spelling and vocabulary words from the paragraphs. Students write 5 words 4 times.

For this scales worksheet, students find the weight of the shapes on the scale by comparing it to the other side, and make up their own problems. Students complete 5 sets of problems.

Students use the Internet to see photographs of fossils from dinosaurs. They read articles about dinosaurs and birds and what they had in common. They also examine a dinorama site in which they discover why some dinosaurs needed feathers.

In this chemistry activity, students are introduced to the periodic table of elements. They find the answers to 13 questions about the periodic table.

Second graders study short and long vowel sounds. They hear each word or picture by clicking on it to hear each rhyme. There is also the option of letting some students type their own rhyming sentence in this program. They complete a...

In this science worksheet, middle schoolers use basic scientific concepts to complete the series of puzzles that are intended to increase science literacy based upon bacteria and viruses.

In this linear equations instructional activity, learners study and analyze how to solve simple equations online. Students solve forty-four simple equations and check their answers on line as they go.

In this earthquake activity, learners determine the magnitude of an earthquake based on the seismogram reading. This activity has 5 problems to solve.

Student practice giving directions. In this giving oral directions lesson plan, 2nd graders play Simon Says, identify differences between clear and unclear directions, and practice giving someone else directions in the room. Students use...

Students review ordered pairs. In this graphing lesson, students review ordered pairs with the teacher. This lesson includes a brief teacher script to help guide the students in understanding.

Young scholars conduct an experiment to measure the location and amount of air drafts present in their homes. They discuss the effects of drafts on healing and cooling efficiency in their homes.

In this vocabulary activity, learners match the 8 terms in the left-hand column to the 8 appropriate definitions in the right-hand column. All of the words and definitions pertain to parts of a house.

Students manipulate negative and positive numbers. In this integers instructional activity, students move through three activities exploring negative and positive whole numbers. A number line, cardboard function representation, and...

Make some beautiful music with a lesson about playing the recorder! After learning some of the basic fingering positions and notes, have kids practice their skills with two easy songs.

If you're unsure of your homonyms, then this worksheet is for you. So much better than some, there are two columns of exercises, and they're fun too.

Young scholars use their bodies to form the letters to spell each of the five words that they were given. They must spell the word correctly and the teacher must be able to read the word from left and right on their "baseline." The...

Fifth graders access prior knowledge of calculating using a number line. In this adding and subtracting with negative numbers instructional activity, 5th graders use a number line to solve math problems.

In this algebra learning exercise, students solve 1 shortest distance problem. This is a challenging problem that requires students to apply knowledge and use their critical thinking skills. A fully explained solution is included.