Sixth graders explore figurative and literal language. They study literary devices through short pieces of Shakespeare's work. Then investigate Shakespeare's works and life.

Young historians trace the roots of African slavery and learn about the causes and effects of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade through a PowerPoint presentation and by reading and discussing excerpts from the book Copper Sun.

Use a straightforward approach to understanding logarithmic properties and their role in solving exponential and logarithmic equations to your math class. The lesson begins with an overview of a logarithmic function and its...

Useful as a review assignment or as a quiz, these ten questions on the U.S. Constitution address its creation. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Ben Franklin are the main topics of the questions, as well as The Three-Fifths Compromise.

High schoolers explore the history of Seoul, South Korea. For this Seoul lesson plan, students read and analyze handouts regarding the political and social history of the city of Seoul. High schoolers collaborate in small groups and...

In this power laws worksheet, learners solve and complete 6 different types of problems. First, they express each using powers and write in index form with a given base. Then, students calculate each problem and write in simplest terms.

Students participate in ESL/EFL activities as they read an article about nuclear power plants. In this ESL/EFL lesson, students read an article entitled, "Germany To Close All Nuclear Power Plants." They work on building vocabulary,...

Students construct two dimensional models to illustrate squared numbers. In this geometry instructional activity, students use graph paper and an x/y axis to build squares exponentially. Students identify powers and relationships between...

Students identify and explain different types of data collection and graphs. In this graphs and data collection lesson, students record their observations of a variety of data collection tools and graphs displayed in the room. Students...

Students browse a Web site to gather information about nuclear power. They explain how nuclear power is generated and used.

In this energy and nuclear power worksheet, students, with a partner, discuss what thirteen energy terms mean and match those same terms to their definitions in the second activity.

In thsi scienfic notation worksheet, students answer 10 questions converting back and forth between scientific notation and standard form.  Students write very big and very small numbers using scientific notation.

Twenty prompts, fifteen starters, and ten situations. What more could you ask for from a list of journal ideas?

So many rules and so little time. Make it easy and provide all the exponent and radical rules in one place as an easy reference guide. All of the properties come with several examples to show how the rules apply to different problems. 

Having a good working knowledge of math vocabulary is so important for learners as they progress through different levels of mathematical learning. Here is 125 pages worth of wonderfully constructed vocabulary and concept review cards....

Elementary schoolers explore the concepts associated with comparison shopping, and the concept of need versus want. They also look closely at the power of advertising and become more aware of the messages that ads present. After taking...

In this derivatives worksheet, students find the derivative of 25 problems.  Students use the power, product, and quotient rule to find the derivative of various functions.

In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders solve problems in which they find the indicated term of the binomial expansion.  The two page worksheet contains a combination of ten multiple choice and free response questions. ...

In this online interactive psychology worksheet, learners respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Foucault's The History of Sexuality: An Introduction. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive...

Middle schoolers gain understanding of economic history of United States in twentieth century by examining role of Department of Commerce. Student groups each analyze one quarter of twentieth century by researching role of Department of...

In this conservation of energy instructional activity, high schoolers answer 17 questions about energy, potential energy, kinetic energy and work. They match the conservation of energy equations with 7 given situations.

In this grammar instructional activity, students identify the underlined words in twenty sentences as one of the following parts of speech: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, pronoun, conjunction or preposition.

Students identify and implement methods to standardize testing stations that measure solar panel output power. After collecting electrical ouptut data from several solar panels, they plot the current-voltage and power curves. Students...

Students explore the concept of renewable energy. In this alternative energy lesson, students participate in a play that conveys information regarding wind energy. The script may be performed as a play with props or as a reader's theatre.