This lesson offers an interesting, hands-on experience for middle school students studying cylinders. Students will create cylinders, and measure and compare their volumes.

This instructional activity begins with a story about rescuing reptile eggs from a new construction site. Using the story as motivation, students are presented with an engineering design challenge: Build a portable device which can warm,...

Media-rich lesson in which students discover that it takes energy to break bonds, and that energy is released when bonds are formed during the process of dissolving. They also determine whether dissolving is either exothermic or...

Students draw and interpret Lewis dot diagrams for individual atoms and both covalent and ionic compounds.

Eight lesson plans for exploring aspects of World War I, also known as the Great War, with instructions for introducing middle-school learners to the causes of the conflict; to the great symbol of the war's stalemate--the trenches; to...

A six-part learning module with links to images, videos, texts, and websites to use while learning the elements and types of drama.

Using primary source documents, this middle school lesson plan focuses on Lincoln's role in the outbreak of the Civil War, specifically his actions as President during his first six weeks in office.

This collection of plans is designed for 7th grade, and includes interdisciplinary ideas for use in the classroom. Also included are student handouts and copies of the poems.

Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.

Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson plan includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.

Introduce polynomial operations to your middle school students using the highly engaging story of ?IntelliGum?. This one-of-a-kind gum, when chewed regularly, and in appropriate quantities, will make you smarter. As part of this creative...

Students observe and investigate how a catalyst increases the rate of a chemical reaction while not becoming part of the products of the reaction.

University of Regina senior education mathematics students compiled this this in-depth resource list for elementary and middle school grades. The resources are categorized according to: supporting program materials, print resources,...

Not only will you find a description of a good unit, but you will find all of the handouts you will need including directions, letter home explaining the unit, websites to be used, and worksheets.

Use this lesson to delve into the exploration of character development in fiction through the novel "Bright Morning," by Scott O'Dell.

Explore the world of Africa through these teacher's guides. This site features teacher tools for middle school age students.

Need help planning ways to creatively teach your students chronological order? Here's a great place to start. While the site is specifically geared toward the middle school student, it is a teaching idea which could easily be adapted for...

Are your middle school students dreaming about their future careers? Help them build the foundation for career success with this engaging lesson.

This site offers numerous activities for middle school and high school students to explore using Geometer's Sketch Pad.

Over the years as members of the House of Representatives increased, leadership positions in the House have expanded. Study the following summary of each leadership position to understand their duties. Included is a glossary of terms and...

This in-depth site provides middle and high school science teachers with a wide array of free instructional resources, such as slide sets, streaming video presentations, and laboratory activities. Information is provided that is...

Global Problem Solvers is an animated STEM series from CISCO that features a group of middle school students who work together to solve social problems. This teacher's resource provides a lesson and discussion guide for each Global...

In this lesson, students will create original poetry and prose and will assemble a written autobiographical booklet in a middle school language arts class. After all poetry and prose are written, students will create a digital slideshow...

In this activity, students will learn about the concept of compound interest and understand its effect on savings. They will also learn how to compute simple and compound interest.