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What Is Mining
Student develop a vocabulary of "mining words" and study about exploring and mining for minerals. They break into groups and are assigned an area at the "mine" to do their "exploration" for the valuable "coal". The coal is represented...
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Appreciateion of Other's Religions and Cultures
Students brainstorm a list of items to be gathered by knowing about someone else's culture and religion. As a class, they share something related to their culture and discuss. To end the lesson, they participate in a role-playing...
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Radical Rainforest
Third graders examine rainforests and the four different layers that make up a rainforest. They create an advertisement poster advertising a trip to the rainforest, including information concerning why people should visit, as well as,...
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Spelling Word Seach
Pupils use a web tool to create a word search using their current spelling words. They access the internet site www.puzzlemaker.com. They then follow step by step instructions for creating their own word search puzzle on the internet...
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George Handel
In this music activity, students look for the facts that help to complete the questions and then they draw a picture to complete the sheet.
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Currents 2003
In this environment worksheet, students read an article about growth and development of population and the environment. They respond to various types of questions throughout the article packet pertaining to what they read and why.
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Safety at Home
First graders identify safety hazards in the home and learn ways to prevent home accidents. In this home safety lesson, 1st graders discuss ways to keep a home safe by brainstorming and then reading a story about home safety. They make...
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My Science Box
Students investigate snails and their physical and behavioral characteristics. In this investigative instructional activity students create a pie chart to show the results of their findings.
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Homonyms - Quiz 51
In this homonyms worksheet, students read the sentences and select the correctly spelled word from among the homonym pairs. Students complete 20 examples.
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The Battle of Lexington
Students discover the Missouri River and its importance during the Civil War. In this U.S. history lesson, students examine a map of the great Battle of Lexington, and discuss why the Missouri River was a key element to the conflict....
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Family Traffic Pattern Problem
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders identify the traffic pattern and the way they should park to be more productive with their space. There are 5 questions with an answer key.
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The Great Wall of China
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a passage about the Great Wall of China and answer reading comprehension questions.
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Magnets
Students explore the many uses of magnets. in a compass, an alarm, salvage yard equipment to lift tons of metals.
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Storm Drain Dumping
Learners develop an awareness of what happens to water contaminated through neighborhood runoffs. Students perform an experiment that shows what happens to runoff when it's diverted to different places.
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Surface Tension-Driven Flows
Pupils learn how surface tension changes can cause fluids to flow.
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Plane Mirrors
Students investigate the law of reflection by using mirrors. In this physics lesson, students operate a robot using IR controllers. They explain the path of light as it reflects through a surface.
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Teaching in the Shared Way of Ghandi and Montessori
In this differentiated lesson, students incorporate different subjects using the Ghandi and Montessori methods instead of the traditional method used in regular schools. In math they investigate shapes, colors and sizes. In writing they...
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Light & Colors
Young scholars identify the types of light on the visible spectrum. They identify relationships between angles and mirrors. They state how they use light in their everyday lives.
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How Can I Help?
Students explain that people with asthma can stay healthy most of the time if they do these things: stay away from things such as furry pets or cigarette smoke that make their asthma worse, go to the doctor and take medicine.
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Electricity
For this electricity worksheet, students compare open and closed circuits, calculate voltage, and determine total resistance is resistors are parallel or series in a circuit. This worksheet has 19 problems to solve.
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Book Report Haiku
Pupils study another method for writing a book report using a Haiku poem. In this book report lesson, students use the Haiku poem format to write a book report.
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Sparky's Engineer Activity Book
Students complete their Sparky's Engineer Activity Book. In this engineering lesson plan, students are guided by their teacher in completing their Sparky's Engineer Activity Book which reviews what engineers make and what tools and...
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Going Places
First graders study directional words such as North, South, East, West, up and down.
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Environment: Going Places
First graders learn directional words and apply this skill to map making. They record their steps on paper.