Students examine the wars the United States was involved in between 1898 and 1945. In groups, they determine the causes and effects of each war and how each war changed the way the United States handled their foreign affairs. As a class,...

For this physics worksheet, students construct an electric circuit based on specific requirements. They complete 48 short answer questions related to the circuit.

Students analyze information to determine how they can help a community that has been affected by water contamination.  In this environmental science lesson, students watch portions of the movie "A Civil Action" and discuss specific...

Students analyze satellite images.  In this astronomy lesson, students examine 3 satellite images in order to understand how satellite images are taken and what they can teach scientists.

Students define and identify both wild and domestic animals as well as mammals and non-mammals. In this animal safety instructional activity, students distinguish between animals that can carry rabies from those that cannot. Students use...

In this secondary mathematics worksheet, high schoolers analyze the given conditions regarding an inequality statement to determine the relationship between the variables.  The one page worksheet contains one problem.  A...

In this geometry instructional activity, students calculate the midpoints of polygons using coordinate pairs. They find the  angle bisector, altitude and median of the given triangles. There are 33 questions.

Students compare the Roman Empire, medieval Europe and feudal Japan. In this warrior societies lesson, students research the 3 warrior societies and share their research findings with their classmates.

Elementary school learners investigate the attributes of a square. They discover that squares are polygons and examine squares found in everyday life. They concentrate on connecting the word, square, with the shape. As an...

Students review new vocabulary. For this vocabulary lesson, students are introduced to the "nifty thrifty fifty" vocabulary words, their definitions, and the meanings of their prefix, suffix, and root words. The fifty words are split...

Students collect data and make predictions. In this probability lesson, students perform experiments calculating the chance of an event occurring. They draw conclusion based on their data.

Students read and record temperatures and display the data. They represent the temperatures on an appropriate graph and explain completely what was done and why it was done. Students display the data showing differences in the daily...

In this modal verbs worksheet, students choose the purpose of verbs and fill in the blanks with verbs for sentences. Students complete 2 activities.

Students create a biosphere using the computer program SImEarth. They work in small groups to create "Daisyworld" in which they model aspects of the Gaia hypothesis. They form a question to answer and choose variables to investigate in...

In this forgotten password problem, students use logic to determine the five digit password from two clues.

In this tolerance worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 11 different problems that include determining exact measurements. First, they write each expression as an inequality. Then, students determine the tolerance interval of a...

Third graders learn the definitions for goals and wishes and know the difference between the two. They examine a list of goals and determine if they are short term, mid term, and long term goals.

In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word. From 4 choices, students fill in the space to make each sentence correct.

Learners experiment using a compass for navigation and consider how various instruments affect how we travel.

First graders study and describe simple machines such as the hammer, screwdriver, nutcracker, bottle opener and scissors and select the appropriate tool for a particular type of work.

Students study the term living fossil and examine why some of the reasons they survived.  In this fossils lesson students form a hypothesis and use data to see if it is accurate. 

In this probability worksheet, 4th graders review the concept of probability and use the spinner to calculate the answers to four mathematical questions.

Students problem solve to find the probability of each tree in a small forest to catch fire. In this probability lesson plan, students use the computer to complete this application.

Students explore different methods of taking surveys and conducting polls and examine these methods for bias. They design and administer a sample survey, analyze the data and present their findings to the class.