Discover the environmental and economic impact of global warming. After reading an article, emerging environmentalists identify how different countries are responding to the Kyoto Protocol. They research emission laws and write a news...

Imagine being one of the painters in 1910 at the Lyme Art Colony in Connecticut. Using the Florence Griswold Museum's on-line resources to gather information about the daily life of artists at the boardinghouse, learners write a letter...

Students work together to research a historical event. They create their own poems based on their research. They share their poems with the class and discuss the historical event further.

Explore water transport in plant stems using this fun experiment! Your scientists will start by reading Stems by Vijaya Bodach. Then, activate prior knowledge about plant stem functions and water transportation....

For this connectives worksheet, students complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive worksheet about connecting or transition words.

Students discuss what makes a "good" family, and think about relationships they have read about. They make connections with the ways their own family relates with each other.

In this reading response worksheet, students answer twenty three questions in short answer format. They answer questions on their reading relating to basic facts, making predictions, explaining why or how, making connections, and giving...

Students make connections with texts they read and with their own schema. In this schema lesson plan, students learn that schema is background knowledge and that by connecting it to text, they can understand and relate to it better.

Student explore an economic-decision making model to decide where to donate money they have collected. In this philanthropic money lesson, students develop a plan for raising money and then decide how to best spend it for the most...

Students play a game called Philanthropy EconAround Bingo and learn how to make smart money choices. In this money choices lesson plan, students play the game and discuss what choices would be better than others to maximize their money.

Students decide if items are real or make-believe. In this instructional activity on reality, students listen to the book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and discuss the difference between items that are real and items that...

Students calculate the time difference between Beijing, China and their local community. They discuss how time difference affects intercultural communication.

Students research the characteristics of specific occupations with personal career interests and aptitudes. In this career exploration activity, students select three careers to explore and consider their own interests and aptitude....

Can your youngsters create compound words? Each example has two words yet to be connected. Can your learner connect them correctly to create a compound word? Give it a try! If they're advanced, consider providing them with all 12 words...

In the novel, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Percy is faced with a major decision. After reading, chapter 19, discuss the decision-making process Percy took, what he decided to...

Students compare and contrast where they live in Hawaii to the Makah Indian Reservation in Neah Bay, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula, then make a Venn Diagram after hearing two stories dealing with the Trickster type characters of...

How do you create a butterfly garden? Focus on reading comprehension with this packet. Young readers use the step-by-step instructions to answer five multiple-choice questions that follow. Vocabulary, comprehension, and the main idea are...

In this complex sentences worksheet, students connect three ovals containing partial sentences to create complete sentences. Students draw lines to connect and create six sentences.

For this complex sentences oval connect worksheet, students connect the ovals to make complete sentences. An example is included.