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Turn Down Music to Save Hearing
Students participate in a informal survey of their listening habits, then read a news article about the possibility of portable music players harming kids hearing. For this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a...
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Shadow Interlude
Students explore light and shadow and discover that the sun is the primary source of light. they explore the aspects of light and that the size and shape of a shadow depends on the proximity of the light source and create a sundial.
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Scientists Study Dinosaur "Mummy"
Students share ideas about how scientists know about dinosaurs, then read a news article about the recently found remains of a hadrosaur. In this dinosaur lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a class discussion and...
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What Is Happening In The Picture?
In this interpreting the labeled rooms and items in a cross section picture of a house worksheet, learners read statements and choose the correct word in parenthesis that describes what is happening. Students choose 13 answers.
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Bats
Third graders replace a common KWL with an anticipation activity. In this bats lesson, 3rd graders use radio buttons to record their answers to questions at the beginning of a bat lesson. Students view a website to read about...
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Talking about Advertising
Students examine tools and techniques of advertising. In this advertising lesson, students view ads, disvuss common terms used, and analyze techniques. Students are presented with situations and must design and advertisement for the...
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City Quiz
In this ESL worksheet, students answer 20 questions about the Central Library in Derby, UK. For example, "What time does it close on a Thursday?"
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Volumes in 3-D
For this geometry worksheet, 11th graders calculate the volume of there dimensional shapes using the formula for cylinders. They are given the height and the base and asked to calculate the volume. There are 4 problems.
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Virtual Field Trip
Young scholars calculate gasoline cost per mile on a virtual field trip. They calculate the gasoline costs and travel time for each of the 2 routes, and record on a data sheet. They use Excel to create data tables for mileage, gasoline...
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Bears
Students complete a variety of bear-related activities. They sort and graph teddy bears, distinguish between real and non-real bears and research bear life cycles and habitats.
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Using Commas 1
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding comma use. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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School Store
Fourth graders complete a worksheet where they calculate costs of items in a school store by using multiplication. In this multiplication lesson plan, 4th graders find the total cost of all the supplies and the cost per item.
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Elmer the Elephant
First graders recognize the short vowel E in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell...
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Language Arts Quiz-Grade 5
In this grade 5 language arts test, 5th graders complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 5 concepts.
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Electricity
In this electricity instructional activity, students review scientists and inventors of electricity. how electricity is transported, and how electricity is measured. This instructional activity has 16 problems to solve, 5 fill in the...
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Introductions and Conclusions
Students discuss the importance of writing clear, well structured essays. They explore the use of introductions and conclusions when writing an essay. Students compose an essay using both introductions and conclusions.
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Introduction to Inverse Functions
Students investigate patterns of inverse functions. In this algebra lesson, students represent functions with the calculator and on paper. They analyze their data and draw conclusions.
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Summarizing and Mapping for Comprehension
Students practice summarization in order to increase their comprehension of non-fiction text. They read and summarize passages by finding the main ideas in passages from a Social Studies textbook. After silently reading the passage they...
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Social Studies: Aztec Calendars and Culture
Sixth graders analyze the Aztec calendar and create their own examples of them. They determine the meaning of the symbols used in the calendars and record their ideas in journals. Students host a parent breakfast for them to observe...
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Spedwards
Students discuss what makes up a community. Students elect officials of their community and complete an application for the position. Students research jobs within the community and hold a job fair where parents come to school and share...
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Identifying and Describing Polygons
Students identify the different properties of polygons. In this geometry lesson, students differentiate between polygons and non-polygons. They review important vocabulary to help them understand the properties of polygons.
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Shared Writing (Whole Group)
Young scholars participate in a whole class shared writing activity. They create an original text while examining the thought process of writers.
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What Comes Next?
Students use Kidspiration and on online activity to demonstrate comprehension of ordinal and temporal concepts of "first, next, last," and "before" and "after." They name temporal or ordinal positions using correct vocabulary.
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Transfer of Thermal Energy
In this thermal energy worksheet, students will explore different ways heat is transferred including conduction and convection. Students will look at how insulators work and how room temperature can affect heat transfer. This worksheet...