Students identify, research and interpret the national debt and deficits of the past through today and why it has risen significantly in the last 20 years. They analyze the size and impacts and discuss the various policy measures for...

Students role-play to show the eyewitness accounts of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. In this volcanic eruption instructional activity, students act as reporters, eyewitnesses, and scientists to dramatize the eruption of Mt. St. Helens....

Students discuss an article in USA Today in which Gregg Zoroya proposes his theory about what happened to Amelia Earhart.  In this reading comprehension and Amelia Earhart lesson, students read an article in USA Today that...

Pupils build a barn or silo out of clay. In this sculpting lesson, students plan and design a barn or silo and follow step-by-step directions in order to create their finished product out of clay.

In this middle school mathematics worksheet, students determine the solutions to a problem which involves ten U.S. coins worth $1.19.  The one page worksheet contains one problem with the solution.

Students mix colors and complete a yarn painting by using yarn to paint. In this painting lesson plan, students base this painting off of the lines and paint strokes of Keith Haring.

Students explore Newton's laws, including what they state, and what the intuitive meaning is of the first and third laws.

Students develop a portfolio that showcases major class projects that were completed during the year. The portfolio provides structure for developing and understanfing criteria for good efforts.

Students work in small groups to sort through photos of an ecosystem following a major disturbance. They place these photos in chronological order to show the process of succession. They then do an experiment with yeast to show the...

Sixth graders investigate the area of polygons. In this geometry lesson, 6th graders calculate area of prisms using geometric formulas. They work with prisms and other rectangular shapes.

In this ESL editing worksheet, students will focus on error correction and editing. Students will read a short passage correcting any spelling mistakes or omissions from the article.

In this ESL activity, students draw a picture of their house and 10 things in it. Next, students work with a partner and answer questions about each other's pictures. Includes teacher directions/guidance.

Young scholars form conclusions regarding the motivational effects of music on the mind during the Civil Rights era. In this Civil Rights movement lesson, students describe how music motivates, describe the motivational role in freedom...

Students consider gay rights. In this editorial cartoon lesson, students analyze an editorial cartoon by identifying the idioms and puns in the cartoon. Students create their own editorial cartoons.

In this most common idioms worksheet, students match idioms with their meanings, then fill in blanks with idioms to complete sentences.

In this reading comprehension review for grade 5 worksheet, 5th graders read 4 passages and answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format.

Eleventh graders study the Kansas Territory.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders read ten biographical cards and summarize the main ideas.  Students create cards to play Who am I?

Students watch the movie, Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor, and participate in post-viewing activities to model their understanding of the movie.

Students record their blood types on a class graph and calculate the potential number of blood donors for each group.

Young scholars study the ideas behind the heliocentric theory of Copernicus. They examine about retrograde motion of the planets as they move around the sun. They study astronomers who include Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Galileo.

Students distinguish between the centripetal and centrifugal forces.

High schoolers examine Kepler's Laws. They confirm Kepler's 3rd law by comparing orbital periods and mean distances for all major planets and study conic sections, qualitatively.

Students explore how Newton tied together the gravity observed on Earth and the motion of the Moon. They apply an earlier lesson about centripetal forces.

Students derive the velocity in a circular orbit of any radius. They derive the Earth escape velocity and prove Kepler's 3rd law for circular orbits # A simple formula for the orbital period in a circular Earth orbit of given radius.