Students investigate healthy eating habits by studying the food pyramid.  In this personal health lesson, students write a recipe for a healthy meal including one item from each section of the four food groups.  Students...

Students discuss the kinds of things they count and how to use tally marks. In this social science lesson plan, students count animal crackers by using tally marks for each kind of animal. The tally marks are changed into numbers...

Students explore animal and plant adaptation.  In this ecosystems science lesson, students view websites to gain information about plankton and its  interdependence within ecosystems. Students identify ways in which plankton...

Young scholars discuss the drilling process. In this engineering lesson, students get into small groups and drill their own core samples in a sandwich using a plastic tubing, a jumbo straw, a slim straw and a offee stirrer...

Fourth graders experience how businesses are started. In this goods and services lesson, 4th graders learn the story of an Indiana man who started his own chocolate business. Students watch a video about his life and discuss the...

Students relate Pi to a circle. In this circles lesson, students identify the different properties of two dimensional objects. They relate Pi to the circumference, diameter and area of a circle .

Sixth graders complete activities with the book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. In this literature lesson, 6th graders read Chapter 8 of the book and discuss the chapter. They practice putting events in sequence and record new...

In this logic learning exercise, high schoolers solve 10 short answer problems. Students translate logic statements into English given variables and what they represent.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 14 multiple choice questions about Heller's Catch-22. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Parodies of political figures are the lifeblood of the editorial cartoons in a free press. North Korea's nuclear threat provides young political scientists an opportunity to hone their critical thinking skills as they analyze a...

In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons featuring the use of clichés. Students respond to 2 talking point questions.

Students build knowledge about agriculture as it relates to their communities' commodities.  In this agriculture lesson, students brainstorm about conditions in their community with regards to growing different types...

Students discover the origins of fruits and vegetables. In this nutrition lesson, students research how fruits and vegetables came to the United States via trade routes.  Resources are provided.

In this ESL/ELL sentence fragment worksheet, learners choose the proper words to complete each of 20 sentences, or they tell if "no change is necessary." They complete the worksheet either at a web site where they can check their...

In this farmer activity, students make a spinning wheel to describe the jobs of a farmer. Students create 1 wheel with 8 different jobs for a farmer.

In this fantastic physics and math lesson, student pairs create a ramp that will transport a rolling marble in order to learn about linear motion. Students use cardboard, straws, toothpicks, marshmallows, and paper clips in order to make...

In this fossils instructional activity, students are given a bag of fossils mixed with non- fossils. They are to determine which category each item belongs to and give a reason. They answer questions about how they determine fossils from...

Pupils make maps to show where the agricultural products used to produce various packaged snacks are grown. They bring in snacks from home and utlize a worksheet imbedded in this plan.

Pupils problem-solve a technique to pass pass a one gallon water container around a circle without using any hands or arms and making sure that everyone in the circle has touched the container. After several attempts, they reflect of the...

Learners are introduced to stoichiometric relationships in chemical equations with a Trail Mix activity before performing a lab to reinforce stoichiometry. Students complete the unit with a lab about limiting reactants in chemical...

Upcoming chemists construct atom or molecule models out of candy. This is a classic idea that learners really enjoy; however, this lesson plan is vague. There is no instruction about the structure of atoms or molecules. Make sure you...

A 20-item worksheet calls for learners to write the correct pronoun to replace the underlined one in each sentence. Several of the sentence topics deal with bodily functions, mildly grisly subject matter, and social norms that may be of...

In this family activity learning exercise, learners work with family members to discover the various shapes of objects around them. Students complete the presented activity and respond to 2 short answer questions about what they have...

Sixth graders research rain forests and complete activities for the topic. In this rain forest instructional activity, 6th graders learn vocabulary about rain forests and research online for rain forest facts. Students research the...