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The Earth's Layers Foldable
In this earth's layers worksheet, students build a model of the earth's layers with colored paper including the crust, the mantle, the inner core and the outer core.
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My Winter Acrostic
Students create an acrostic poem about winter. In this lesson about acrostic poems, students explore acrostic poetry. Students read an acrostic poem as an example. As a class, students come up with an acrostic poem for the word "CLASS"....
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What is Work?
In this work worksheet, students will match vocabulary words with definitions: joule, Newton, force, and work. Then students will answer 8 problems based on the equation: work = force x distance.
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Understanding the Bohr Model
In this Bohr model instructional activity, learners read about Neils Bohr and the model he proposed of the atom. Students answer nine questions about his theory that electrons travel in orbitals and give off energy when they are excited.
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Classroom Management Systems: Part 1
Keeping track of "transitions" is one of my classroom management systems.
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What's Shaking?
In this Earth movements activity, students compare and contrast earthquakes and volcanoes. Students write a short essay about the similarities and differences and then complete 4 matching questions.
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Human Body Activity
In this human body learning exercise, 2nd graders experiment making a full-sized human body portrait. Students discuss the human body organs and their functions. Students follow and complete 8 precise directives in making a human body...
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Latitude on World Maps
Sixth graders examine the purposes of maps. In this Geography lesson, 6th graders practice using latitude and longitude on a map.
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The Little Engine that Chattered Choo Choo
First graders identify digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise the /ch/ digraph, 1st graders practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/...
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Jack and Jill
In this language arts worksheet, learners read a classic Mother Goose rhyme called Jack and Jill. Students color the picture.
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Shoot the Whole Notes
Students practice underhand throwing skills, identify values of musical notes, and add values of notes (adding fractions). students should be familiar with the names of notes and their values in 4/4 time.
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Twisters
Learners differentiate between the terms 'tornado watch' and 'tornado warning' and simulate the conditions that produce tornadoes. They read "Night of the Twisters" by Ivy Ruckman and conduct an experiment using two-liter plastic...
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Are You a Liberal or a Conservative?
Students take an Internet quiz that categorizes their placement on an ideological spectrum. They, in groups, define liberal and conservative.
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Analytical Spectroscope
Students using a spectroscope view different substances when heated with electricity.
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Pascal's Triangle
In this Pascal's triangle worksheet, students view Pascal's triangle and complete short answer questions about each row of the triangle. Students complete 6 questions.
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Worksheet 16 - Spring 1996
In this math worksheet, students read the instructions for setting up a computer program. Then they practice graphing the functions with the software program.
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Archery
Students are shown proper stance, nocking, targeting, and release techniques of archery. They follow basic safety procedures involved in handling and using archery equipment. Students practice shooting aluminum or fiberglass shaft arrows.
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Reflections
Students investigate image and pre-image. In this geometry lesson, students identify the reflection and rotation of different shape on a coordinate plane. They identify similarities and differences of image and pre-image of a reflection.
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Corresponding Sides and Angles of Similar Triangles
Students differentiate between corresponding sides ad angles of two triangles. In this geometry lesson, students identify the differences as well as the similarities between two triangles. They differentiate between similar and...
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Data Collection - Primary Poster
Students explore the concept of collecting, analyzing, and graphing data. For this collecting, analyzing, and graphing data lesson, students create a survey about a topic of interest. Students poll their classmates, analyze, and graph...
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Finding the Shortest Distance Between The Spider and The Fly
For this word problem worksheet, students solve for the shortest distance between a spider and a fly. The solution is provided.
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Science: Handwritten Personality
Learners watch an episode of "Frontiers" and discover the scientific basis for handwriting analysis. In the video, they discover how size, shape, and slant of handwriting suggest personality traits. After a discussion, students offer...
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How Big? How Heavy? - Cross Out Puzzle Five
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students cross out the measurement words in the diagram by following the 10 directions. Students read the leftover words that creates a proverb.
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Powerful Verbs
In this vivid verbs practice activity, students examine 9 sentences and 3 paragraphs. Students then replace the boldfaced verbs with more vivid verbs. A word bank with suggestions in included.