Students study the food pyramid to learn about healthy food.  In this healthy foods lesson, students create a chart of the healthy foods they eat in a day.  Students discuss their choices and how they could make better choices.

Students delve into a study of sharks. In this biology lesson plan, students explore how sharks use their senses to detect prey and understand that the sharks body parts help it float and make it more buoyant.

Students listen to the book, The Ogre Bully, and discuss the problems the farmer and his family had during the story.  In this garden themed lesson, students examine different fruit and vegetables and plant them in soil to...

Students conduct an experiment on the stages of the Water Cycle.  In this water cycle instructional activity, students view the materials needed for the experiment and brainstorm how they relate to the Water Cycle.  Students...

In this probability and statistics worksheet, students determine when a survey or collected data could be biased.  The one page worksheet contains a combination of three multiple choice and free response questions.  Answers are...

Practice nutritional cooking with a collection of fun meal preparation lessons. Each lesson includes a focus, objective, collaborative activity, and recipe to culminate what young cooks have learned about healthy eating.

An outstanding presentation clarifies one of the most misunderstood and misused punctuation marks: the colon. With clear instructions about the appropriate times to use the colon and examples of proper usage,...

Students grow bacteria cultures on agar in petri dishes and do a plate count. They participate in a yogurt making lab to see how bacteria produce lactic acid. They prepare a recipe and identify fungi, fermentation and the role of...

In this grammar worksheet, students read a paragraph with 7 incorrect underlined words or phrases then answer 7 multiple choice questions where they choose the correct word or phrase to correct each incorrect phrase from the paragraph.

In this problem solving worksheet, students identify the age of a man's three daughters.  The students are given the product and sum of the daughter's ages as well as the fact that the oldest daughter like vanilla yogurt.  The...

Students study how some microorganisms are helpful and practical in foods. They work with microorganism in a number of food, such as yeast in bread and yogurt.

Young scholars conduct an experiment where they will change a liquid dairy product into a solid. They review the definitions of liquids and solids. Students are given an example of each. They are divided into groups of four, each group...

Learners build towers from recycled materials. in this building lesson, students build the highest tower they can from varied materials. They focus on shapes and which items should go on the bottom to make a strong base. 

Students explore the letter B, then read Blueberries for Sal and make a blueberry smoothie. Alternative: For letter S, students read The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear, then make a strawberry smoothie.

Students explore measuring cups according to volume. In this capacity lesson, students investigate how to estimate volume to make a healthy snack. Students measure ingredients and prepare a snack.

Students observe the lines and shapes that make up an "action" painting. They explore the work of Jackson Pollock as they explore Abstract Expressionism and Action Painting. (This lesson is best done outside.)

In this ESL food partitives worksheet, students complete 20 multiple choice questions, filling in blanks with correct partitives of items, clicking on an answer button to check for accuracy.

Students are given paper plates and pictures of food. They are to glue the foods they would eat that would make a balanced meal.

Third graders are introduced to the six types of simple machines and discover how they make tasks easier. In groups, they rotate between stations to experiment with the different types of simple machines. To end the lesson, they make a...

Students explore with play dough. For this creating dough activity, students make homemade play dough and experiment with shapes, counting, and manipulation to increase dexterity.

Fifth graders learn about foods from the ocean.  In this ocean products lesson, 5th graders brainstorm what foods come from the ocean, fill in a Venn Diagram comparing alginates, carrageenans and beta carotenes.  Students make...

Students design and build their own cars. In this physics lesson, students test their car's speed and make changes when necessary. They graph data and analyze results.

In this letter Y worksheet, students analyze a picture and four word choices. Students circle the word that best describes the picture and use it in a sentence.

In this vocabulary worksheet, learners read a passage about the food pyramid and then answer 8 multiple choice comprehension questions.