Beverly Hills High School
French Revolution
What led up to the French Revolution? Middle and high schoolers explore the factors that contributed to the storming of the Bastille on July 14th, 1789, as well as the events following that fateful day, with a presentation on the French...
Literacy Design Collaborative
Words Matter: Diction and Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"
Watch your tone! Scholars analyze how diction in George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant contributes to the tone of the text. Readers watch a video, participate in a word splash, and work through a PowerPoint lesson to help them...
American Museum of Natural History
What Do You Know About Stars?
Illuminate the information about stars. Pupils respond to 10 multiple choice questions about stars. The questions cover topics such as the size of the Milky Way Galaxy, the Sun, and the life cycle of a star. The resource works as a...
Teaching for Change
Voting Rights History Quiz
An 11-question online quiz permits young historians to check their knowledge of the history of voting rights in the United States. After reading a short introduction, individuals click through the questions that test their knowledge of...
Kuta Software
Points in the Coordinate Plane
Keep young mathematicians on point with this coordinate plane learning exercise. From plotting ordered pairs to identifying the quadrant and coordinates of specific points, this resource covers all the basic skills students need to...
Mt. San Antonio Collage
Quiz 1: Functions, Domain and Range
Take the work out of worksheets and use these problems and worked-out answer key as a resource. The problems reinforce skills in domain and range, identifying graphs, and even and odd functions.
NASA
Lunar Plant Growth Chamber
Would astronauts be able to grow their food on the Moon? Teams research plant growth in order to design and build a growth chamber that will function on the lunar surface. They narrow down plant choices based upon their...
Curated OER
Anticipation Guide: Similar and Congruent
Find out what your mathematicians know about similar and congruent figures with this anticipatory guide that includes five agree or disagree with statements.
Study Ladder
Fractions and Decimals Tenths and Hundredths
Support instruction and reinforce mathematical skills with a worksheet that focuses on the conversion of fractions and decimals.
Fuse School
Quiz: Emulsions
Ready to mix it up? Learners step up to the plate and show what they know in the 12th installment of a 14-part series covering the states of matter. The quiz contains four questions testing the basics of emulsion chemistry.
Pace University
Grades 7-8 Independent and Dependent Variables
It all depends upon the independence. The differentiated instruction lesson introduces learners to independent and dependent variables. Using real-world situations, scholars gain a conceptual understanding of the difference between the...
Pace University
Grades 7-8 Solving Equations
Create a similar blueprint. The differentiated instructional activity has pupils work in teams to create a brochure, scale model, or blueprint of a selected house with some minor changes. Once finished, team members present their final...
NASA
The Heat is On: Urban Heat Islands, Detection Strategies, and Mitigation Solutions
It's sure getting hot out there! Scholars analyze satellite data on land use and surface temperatures, and then learn how to ground truth satellite data through an activity. They apply technology to identify urban heat islands and...
Curated OER
In the Winter
Students are read a book about winter activities. They create a drawing of their favorite activity to do in the winter and practice copying a sentence telling what it is.
Curated OER
What Can We Lose? What Do We Lose as we Gain Force With A Lever?
Third graders view a demonstration of a teeter totter as a basis for assessing pre-knowledge of a lever. They create a KwL chart. Students work in small groups to conduct a variety of experiments. The first requires students to tie books...
Curated OER
Using Math with Sale Papers
Fifth graders estimate their results and then prove through calculations. In this math lesson plan, 5th graders solve problems using multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. They also use mental math to solve their problems.
Curated OER
Composing To A Video Clip
Students assess pre-recorded music and sound effects to create an accompaniment to a video clip to express the mood and actions occurring in the video. They incorporate with today's lesson the program GarageBand to assist them with their...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Nursery Rhymes
Students retell a memorized nursery rhyme. In this early public speaking activity, students retell a familiar nursery rhyme with the help of visual prompts.
Curated OER
International Summit on Asia
Students conduct research into the continent and culture of Asia. The tapping of prior knowledge is done with a pre-unit assessment. The appreciation of Asian culture is the intended outcome of the unit plan.
Curated OER
Thanksgiving Stations
Students are assessed in their abilities in three areas--in particular throwing using Fleece balls, Turkey targets (plastic door decorations with a hole cut into it), Stepping stones (Flaghouse catalog), Balloons, Lollipop paddles, and...
Curated OER
Asian Studies Unit Korea
Students conduct research about different Asian countries. The research is done in order to compare and contrast the different land areas and cultures. Students complete a writing assessment related to it.
Curated OER
No Title
Fourth graders identify and practice a variety of prereading strategies to assess how to ask questions that a new reader might ask about the book, "One Day in the Woods." They skim the book, brainstorm the topic of the book and preview...
Super East Math
Long Division with Whole Numbers
Learning long division can be an difficult journey for young mathematicians, but this simple skills practice worksheet will help them on their way to fluency.
Curated OER
Past Tense, Present Perfect, Past Perfect
Support grammar instruction with a activity that focuses on verb tenses. With two exercises, multiple choice and fill in the blank, class members identify correct tenses in order to show understanding of proper sentence...