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Building YOU from MOO
Students build protiens according to whether they are suppose to be a plant, a cow, or a person. They discover that all proteins are made from the same amino acids and it is just the order of these amino acids that change.
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Expression Makes Reading Exciting!
Students examine how reading with expression makes stories more interesting by listening to a reading in monotone and one with expression. Reading in pairs, they practice with passages of Judith Voirst's, Alexander and the Terrible,...
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Make a Rain Stick
Students construct a rain stick. In this weather lesson, students make a rainstick from toothpicks, paper towel tubes, and tape. Students demonstrate the different sounds rain can make.
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Eating Away from Home
Students consider the implications of eating out. In this family budgeting lesson, students determine how to make better meal-budgeting choices as they play a game called "Let's Eat Out".
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AP Calculus Practice Exam AB Version-Section1-Part 1
In this calculus practice exam, students select the best answer to 28 multiple choice questions. Questions cover information from the entire year of calculus. A suggested time limit of 55 minutes is included.
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Colored Dots 1
Students observe that colored markers are a mixture of many different colors by performing a chromatography experiment. They make observations, record information, and make generalized inferences from their observations.
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Changing the Currency of Different Countries
Seventh graders explore changing currency. In this international math lesson, 7th graders will write and solve 2-step equations in order to convert currencies between nations. Students will research prices of items and currency...
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From War to Peace
In this post World War I worksheet, pupils review a chapter as they write 5 vocabulary terms that match 5 definitions, change 3 false statements into true statements, and explain 2 historical themes regarding this time period in United...
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History of Immigration From the 1850's to the Present
Eleventh graders study the history of immigration from 1850 to the present. In this American History lesson, 11th graders compare the 1924 and 1965 immigration acts and give a reasoned opinion on each. Students research,...
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Obesity and Making Healthy Food Choices
Students determine healthy snack choices for themselves. In this eating habits lesson, students discuss snacks they regularly consume. Students cut and paste pictures of snacks that they think are good selections.
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Make A Comet
Students make a comet out of corn syrup, ammonia, dirt, ice cream sticks, and more. In this comet lesson plan, students view how these ingredients turn from a solid to a gas.
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What Makes A Face A Face?
Students discuss what enables us to read a face: features, expressions, standards of beauty, age and gender. They discuss what enables us to read motion: repetition, sequence, changes in form and scene.
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How to Make Water Run Uphill
Students observe science demonstration. In this science lesson, students watch an experiment showing water moving up from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, due to a change in atmospheric pressure.
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The Day the Atom Died (Grade K-1)
Students investigate what is wrong with the Rutherford atomic model. For this chemistry lesson, students answer questions about the atomic model after watching a video. They draw conclusions from the video and discuss how the atomic...
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Multiple-Choice Questions: Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, learners answer 6 multiple choice questions which require them to read a sentence and determine the meaning of words or phrases in the sentences....
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Choices That Adolescents Make
Students examine the different types of information available to adolescents. They analyze the decision making process of adolescents and examine the basis for egocentric thought. They analyze to what degree peer pressure affects...
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Building from the Ground Up
Third graders research the interdependence of communities within different countries. In this community lesson, 3rd graders create a new community from a preselected country in South America. Students use the findings from their research...
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Making Decisions About Public Land
Middle schoolers write a proposal. In this public land lesson, students discuss the difference between private and public property and brainstorm what problems might occur if a citizen changed public property. Middle schoolers work in...
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From Liquid to Gas
Learners observe an experiment. In this water lesson, students observe as water is changed into vapor. They record their observations by completing a data sheet.
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So Far From the Bamboo Grove
Students read and discuss the book So Far From the Bamboo Grove. They select and reflect on the events that they consider most important in shaping their lives.
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Weather and Seasons Matching Sheet #1
In this ESL weather activity, students will focus on the changing seasons. Students will complete ten matching questions, by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct terminology from the secondary column.
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Smiles Change the World
Young scholars explore their feelings when someone smiles at them. For this smiles lesson, students practice listening skills while discussing what makes them smile with a partner.
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How To Change Your Life In 7 Steps by John Bird
Students read, analyze and discuss the book, "How To Change Your Life In 7 Steps," by John Bird. They evaluate what the author states as one begins to get started, taking each of the steps one by one, learning to change and how to make...
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Changes In Our Community
Ninth graders explore how change and growth affect communities. In this community awareness instructional activity, 9th graders interview a senior adult. Students research economics and trends in their community.