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Daniel's Story Study Guide
Students explore the concept of prejudice. In this World War II lesson, students read Daniel's Story by Carol Matas. Students complete the provided study guide as they read the novel and discuss the Holocaust.
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Jumping to Conclusions
Learners decide as a class what their data is going to be to graph. In this math lesson, students organize data so that it will be easier to display in a graph. Learners are guided through the process by their teachers, and helped with...
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Hidden Summer Vocabulary Builder
In this hidden summer vocabulary builder learning exercise, students fill in the missing letters in 70 words using definitions and descriptions, then write 8 short answers about summer.
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Praise for a Color
Students discover the 5 senses by analyzing poetry. In this poetry lesson, students read a poem with their class and analyze how each sense plays into their understanding of the poem. Students write a poem based on a specific...
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Sand Art Creation
Students create a model of a geological land-form. In this art lesson, students will create a model of a land-form using sand.
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Vocabulary: Kansas Prairies
Students explore the ecosystem by reviewing scientific vocabulary terms. In this environmental awareness lesson plan, students identify the differences between abiotic and biotic factors and their relationship to the Earth. Students...
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The First Conditional
In this first conditional instructional activity, learners fill in the blanks to sentences with verbs given and choose the best endings to sentences. Students complete 3 activities total.
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Probability
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders compare and contrast experimental probability and theoretical probability. The two page worksheet contains explanation of topic, worked examples, and seven practice problems. Answers are...
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Family Letter and Algebra
In this algebra worksheet, students receive a parent informational letter. The letter discusses what will be covered in algebra that school year and has an ordering integers activity.
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If You Can’t Stand the Heat
Students design and build their own solar cooker. In this math lesson, students determine the relationship between the angles of the sun, reflection and cooking time of the solar cooker. They test their project, collect data and...
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Climate Change
Students define and associate words with the topic of climate change while completing associated worksheets. They read and discuss articles about climate change including the effects of global warming and the greenhouse effect.
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The Sound of Calm
Students examine the relationships that exist between ocean currents, wind and climate. Using those relationships, they discuss how they affect the oceans. They create their own music to represent the sounds of the ocean and share them...
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BOUNCING INFORMATION AROUND
Young scholars examine how satellite signals are sent and duplicate it with a mirror, flashlight and black paper.
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Teaching about Diel Temperature Variation
Pupils explore temperature variation in lakes and deal with the data.
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Introduction to WorldWatcher: Coloring Temperature Maps
Students are introduced to the software program WorldWatcher. In groups, they discover the temperature variations throughout the world and color a map according to the temperatures. They also practice using visualization to communicate...
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Using Patterns
In this math worksheet, 6th graders use the time at home in order to work on the skill of recording data in the form of daily activities and statistics.
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Swing and Sway
Students research the destructive force of the wind. In this science lesson, students design and build a wind resistant structure. They explain why they chose a particular design and present their structure in class.
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Field Trip to School
Young scholars better explain the diversity and adaptations of living organisms.
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Probability: the Study of Chance
Students experiment to determine if a game is fair, collect data, interpret data, display data, and state and apply the rule for probability. Students use a simple game for this experiment.
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Predicting Monthly Precipitation
Students should log onto, and collect data from, a specific site on the Internet. They average and compare the data using the Excel spreadsheet program, make predictions from their data, and determine the percent error of their predictions.
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Ecosystem Soil Study
Sixth graders take soil samples and analyze the samples and ecosystems found within them.
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Comparative Stream Quality
Learners examine water quality on a nearby stream. They collect water samples and test for various factors, including any contamination from the treatment plant, and present their information in a Powerpoint presentation.
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Facts, Feats and Folklore: Spiders
Young scholars review and discuss a variety of sayings, folklore and superstitions about spiders. They discuss this information and choose either an interesting fact or appealing foklore tradition to illustrate.
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Water Conservation
First graders participate in a simulation in which they discover the community has been using too much water. In groups, they research the various ways the water is being used and create a home survey. They show the water usage of the...