Create a game out of learning vocabulary. The Latin roots dict, vent, and duct are part of the words used in this crossword puzzle. Definitions are given as clues; no word list is included but the answers are available so you can provide...

A word bank of intermediate-level words with the Latin roots grad/gress, mot, and cad/cas/cid helps learners fill in the blanks on this interactive online quiz. I'd assign it for review to maximize instructional minutes between whole...

Power up! Class members research a type of power production using a great resource featuring a real-world problem. Groups select a type of power generation and pretend that they represent an engineering firm for their chosen power type....

Five sets of blocks representing whole units, tenths, and hundredths are grouped so that learners can evaluate the total values. This provides practice with place value and the use of decimals. Answers are included. The brevity of this...

Students explore stress and strength in engineering design. In this engineering lesson, students become familiar with terminology associated with stress and strain on building material. They will have a class discuss about how their beam...

Pupils explore the concept of conditional probability and probability of simultaneous events. In this conditional probability and probability of simultaneous events lesson plan, students roll dice or use and applet to roll dice to...

Students explore leadership skills. In this leadership lesson, students examine leadership styles as they reflect on controversies and celebrations in American baseball. Students discuss the attributes of positive and ethical leaders.

Students explore the concept of fractions, decimals, and percents.  In this number sense instructional activity, students use a worksheet to guide them through the exploration of the relationship between fractions, decimals, and...

Chemistry apprentices unscramble seventeen general chemistry terms. At the bottom of the list, you will find online access to the solution. Print this resource out and have learners also write definitions for the different vocabulary...

After studying voting and elections in the United States, have your class show what they know. They match 15 terms related to voting, ballots, and elections to the proper definition. This is a great way to practice vocabulary or content...

Tired of simple sentences? Bored by brief sentences? Plagued by boring sentences? Enrich your life and the writing of your pupils by modeling how to combine sentences to create more varied syntax. Groups then find a number of ways to...

Get to know the body's central nervous system through an engaging game of nervous system telephone. But this isn't your average game of telephone. Here, pupils must find a way to communicate a message to the brain without speaking....

Discover how the human body's digestive system works with a brain and stomach friendly activity. Scholars taste test a variety of foods to find out how they behave once in the mouth. Class members then play a game called Move That...

Students find a partner with the same finger, arm and foot span as they have.  In this nonstandard measurement lesson, students compare the length of their index finger, arm and feet.  Students who don't match anyone find the...

In this sun clinometer worksheet, students build a sun clinometer using a protractor, thread, straw, cardboard and a paper clip. They are graded using a rubric on their clinometer and they answer questions about the structure of their...

Learners explore scatter plots in this algebra activity. They create a scatter plot from their guesses regarding a famous person’s birth date and the actual birth date then they examine and interpret the results of their graph.

Learners solve problems using trigonometric functions, specifically a problem about a tree stand. Pupils try to maximize the distance of hunting sight given certain restrictions. They use the Pythagorean Theorem, sine, cosine, and...

Student approximate the roots of E using Newtons Method. In this calculus instructional activity, young scholars calculate the equation of tangent a line. They use the TI to visualize the tangent line.

Identify and make conjecture about properties of cyclic quadrilaterals. Young scholars use the TI Navigator to create different shapes and draw conclusions.

Learners investigate the special properties of an altitude, a median, and an angle bisector and explore how these special segments divide the area of a triangle. The dynamic nature of Cabri Jr. allows pupils to form and verify conjectures.

Through learning about cubic functions, students graph cubic functions on their calculator.  Students determine the local maximum and minimum points and the tangent line from the x-intercept to a point on the cubic function. ...

In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders are given points on a coordinate plane, and they must figure out what the x and y values are. There are 6 graphing question.

In this clock worksheet, students write the digital time for the hands on the clock that is given. Students complete 6 clock problems.

In this auroras worksheet, students define 11 terms related to space phenomena such as auroras, coronal mass ejections and auroral ovals. Students use a given website to help them define the terms and they write a 500 word essay about...