Young geologists discover the important role that rocks and minerals play in our everyday lives through this series of hands-on activities. Starting off with a lesson that defines the difference between plants, animals, and...

Recycling is the focus in the sixth of a nine-lesson plan series devoted to forest ecosystems. Class members read an article about the responsible use of natural resources and ways to reduce land fill.

In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the incomplete sentences and the multiple choices of homonyms, fill in the blanks with the 20 correct words, and click the Answer box to check.

Pollywogs, tadpoles, and frogs. Here's a sequencing exercise that combines story telling and science. Kids paste illustrations of the life cycles of frogs in order on a story sheet.

In this letter recognition worksheet, 1st graders examine 15 words in a box at the top of the page. They circle the words that begin with o. They read about the sounds that o makes, and examine 5 black line pictures before coloring the...

Middle schoolers use quantitative data that they gather to figure out where there is an ore body in their model. They describe how geologists could use similar information in order to figure geologic patterns and geologic history for a...

In this physics worksheet, students complete each of the statements with the correct word or phrase. Then they match each of the words listed on the left with their correct descriptions on the right.

In this word search activity, students solve a word search by locating forty words related to the Texas State Railroad. The word list includes oil, prison, and rail.

In this science and language arts worksheet, students complete a cloze article. They read a short piece about magnetism and fill in 15 missing words. Word choices are included in a word bank.

In this chemical reactions learning exercise, students practice writing chemical formulas, word equations, and symbol equations. They also identify the types of reactions. This learning exercise has seven problems to solve.

In this earth science worksheet, young scholars determine the name of 10 minerals based on the descriptions given on the page. They see pictures of a number of minerals, and check their answers with the word bank at the bottom of the page.

In this tools worksheet, students read about the tools used during the Stone Age and how the process of smelting lead to a great change in tool making. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.

Young scholars practice the vowel phonemes ow/ou, oy/oi, ar/a/al, oo/u, air/are/ear, or/ore/oar/war, aw/au/augh/al, ir/ur/er, ear/eer/ere in a game with two to four players. They extend their practice over and over to identify the...

Young scholars are introduced to how to identify various minerals. In groups, they compare and contrast raw materials that were grown and mined. They discuss their views on mining and identify the ore minerals and their purpose to end...

In this recycling instructional activity, 3rd graders complete a word search.  Students locate 36 words in the puzzle, all associated with reuse of various items.

First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...

In this stoichiometry learning exercise, students use balanced equations for chemical reactions to determine the percent yield and the mass of product produced. This learning exercise has five problems to solve.

In this compounds instructional activity, students review the structure and properties of ionic compounds, their formulas and nomenclature, and molecular mass and percentage composition. This instructional activity has 4 short answer...

Your Spanish speakers have already learned basic adjectives; now it's time to introduce them to special adjectives. Provide them with these practice problems to assess their understanding!

After your Spanish scholars have mastered basic adjectives and are more familiar with the Spanish sentence structure, they'll be ready to learn descriptive adjectives. This resource sheet provides definitions, explanations, and examples...

Turn aluminum cans into pickles! An engaging experiment has learners chemically change aluminum into a substance with many purposes including the manufacture of pickles. After performing the chemical conversion, the experimenters verify...

Here is a lesson which shows the value of a mineral called bauxite to Arkansas during the early 1900's. Learners relate the five themes of geography to the history of bauxite and aluminum production in Arkansas. For teachers of...

The quartz crystals found in the mountains of Arkansas are among the purest and clearest in the world! This lesson plan has middle schoolers focus on this state mineral of Arkansas as they study the state's geography. A fun game is...

This helpful resource provides good practice for beginning Spanish speakers. Here they'll conjugate ir, dar, and estar, three common Spanish verbs.