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Worksheet 7: Vocabulary Review

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
Developing a rich vocabulary is an important task for learners from elementary school through high school. This vocabulary review has students use high-level vocabulary in context. There are 10 questions.
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How Pollution Disrupts Our Natural Environment

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students conduct experiments to illustrate global warming. For this air pollution lesson, students first examine how a layer of greenhouse gasses might impact the earth's atmospheric temperature, then evaluate how the layer of gasses...
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The History of Potatoes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading for comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about the history of potatoes, review the glossary, and answer true and false questions. Students answer 14 true and false questions.
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"Web of Life" Game

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students relate members of an ecosystem by their interactions. In this ecosystem lesson, students toss a ball to other members of their group (each representing a member of an ecosystem) and tell how they are related to that member....
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Hunters and Gatherers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in mapping and other activities to understand why ancient civilizations developed as they did. In this ancient civilization lesson, 6th graders recognize that there were three important climate zones and...
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A Wild Chain Reaction

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore habitats. In this habitat  lesson, students break into groups and are labeled as a part of a habitat. Students then do an activity with yarn that shows how all of the parts are connected and depend on each...
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Exploring Energy with GIS

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners examine GIS technology as it is used to locate energy sources. For this GIS lesson, student access an assigned website to locate a series of lessons using the GIS software. They use the maps that are located on the primary...
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A Day in the Life of a San Francisco Native Animal

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write from an animal's perspective. In this writing lesson students explore the landscape of San Francisco prior to the arrival of the explorers. Students research animals indigenous to the area.
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Let's Make a Compost Cake

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create a compost cake. In this gardening and decomposition science instructional activity, students review and describe the "nutrient cycle." Students create a compost pile, measure and record the dimensions and temperature of...
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Nature Superfish

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the behavior or ocean animals called  billfish. In this life science lesson, students create their own documentary about a local animal. They share their videos with the entire school.
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A Piece of Cake

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine life under the sea to discover coral gardens and microhabitats. They demonstrate learning by creating an edible marine ecosystem with a sheet cake, icing, and different candies.
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Cutt-Off Genes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how gene sequence analysis can be used to examine phylogenetic similarities of different organisms. Students work in groups to simulate a gel electrophoresis separation of fragments using poster board to create their gel.
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The Delicate Balance within a Forest Ecosystem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the causes and effects of alterations in a forest ecosystem and evaluate how human actions may only seem to have minor consequences, but can lead to extinctions of large numbers of populations. Students produce an...
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Cartoons in the Classroom: Cartoon Analysis Worksheet

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events activity, students analyze political cartoons of their choosing and respond to 12 analysis questions about the cartoons
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No Child Left Inside Lessons

For Teachers 1st - 12th
The benefits of taking students outside for outdoor activities and lessons can be substantial for everyone.
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Fall Slumbers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe changes in a selected tree leaf near their homes during the fall. Twice each week students record changes in the leaf using words, pictures, and numbers.
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No Escape

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Via four student handouts, marine biology learners examine the topography and circulation cell of the Fieberilng guyot. Then they examine the number of individual hydroids counted at each depth. Pupils use the information to relate water...
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The Conscription Crises

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore roles played by Canada's prime ministers The Right Honorable Sir Wilfrid Laurier and The Right Honorable iam Lyon Mackenzie King with regards to the conscription crises of World War I and World War II.
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What's Up at the Rim?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners are sent on a scavenger hunt to find as many plants as they can in nature.
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What Do We Use From the Rainforest?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars identify items we use from the rainforest. In this earth science lesson, students recall prior facts about the rainforest and list items we use from the rainforest. Young scholars create "Rainforest Cookies" using...
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Life at Risk

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the characteristics of the peregrine falcon. They investigate endangered and extinct species, and how the environment affects the process.
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Major Functions

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the basic characteristics and needs of living things. They identify the major parts of plants and animals by making lists. Students focus upon one living thing and speculate how if one part is changed how it...
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Supermarkets, Sustenance and Sustainability

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate jungles and the people who depend upon them.  In this sustainability instructional activity, students research wild life conservation and discover the importance of a jungle to Amazonian people.  Students...
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Where Do They Grow?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete worksheets. In this fruits and vegetables instructional activity, students complete a worksheet on where fruits and vegetables grow where they draw connecting lines. Students color fruits and vegetables on a worksheet.

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