For this plate tectonics worksheet, learners review concepts such as the types of plate boundaries, the concept of continental drift, sea-floor spreading, earthquakes, and plate tectonics. They match 30 terms with their definitions.

In this changing crust activity, students use candy bars, licorice sticks and bubble gum to simulate the 3 types of forces that change the Earth's crust. These include compressional forces, tensional forces and transversal forces. The...

For this motion worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given 11 clues related to rate, acceleration, force of gravity and velocity. They also complete a puzzle where they unscramble 11 words related to motion to solve for a...

In this proofreading a story beginning and writing the ending of the story worksheet, students read and proofread the beginning paragraphs of a story, study questions about predicting events and the characters, and write the story...

Students investigate how mirrors reflect light. In this reflection lesson plan, students draw the path of the light reflected from a mirror. Students construct a list of objects that are light sources.

In this sound worksheet, students complete 4 investigations to explore sound. These include the use of a rubber band, a blown up balloon, a piece of notebook paper and a tuning fork with a foam ball, string and pushpin. Students answer...

In this auroras activity, students define 11 terms related to space phenomena such as auroras, coronal mass ejections and auroral ovals. Students use a given website to help them define the terms and they write a 500 word essay about the...

In this P and S waves worksheet, students use a Slinky to simulate P and S waves showing compressional and dilational motion.

In this antonyms worksheet, learners match one word in the first column to the opposite word in the second column. Students match 24 pairs of words.

In this synonyms and antonyms worksheet, learners choose the best synonyms and antonyms for the given words. Students complete 12 questions.

Fourth graders explore writing as a way to communicate. In this writing lesson plan, 4th graders articulate how they feel about an issue in their lives. Students share their works.

In this recognizing correct grammar in sentences learning exercise, learners read incomplete sentences, use context clues, and choose the correct verb to complete the sentences. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions and click the...

Sixth graders build a working motor. In this lesson plan on motors, 6th graders use an inquiry method of learning to discover how to create a working electric motor with the supplies given to them. The teacher will guide them as needed....

Second graders view a video from United Streaming and design still frames of important parts of a story.  In this story-telling from different cultures lesson, 2nd graders understand general vocabulary about performing. ...

Learners explore tableaux.  In this social studies and fine arts cross curriculum lesson, students work in groups of four to create "frozen" stage pictures (tableaux) representing vocabulary and concepts from a "From Farm to You"...

Third graders investigate Bernoulli's Principle. In this Bernoulli's Principle lesson plan, 3rd graders examine blowing air through a tube and the movement of the ball. Students make inquiries into what effect the air has on the ball and...

Third graders solve a cryptogram by decoding a message written with wingdings.  In this decoding instructional activity, 3rd graders solve a message related to magnetism.  Students have notes about magnets once they've finished.

Students make a simple machine. In this physics lesson, students learn about six types of simple machines and the purpose of each and brainstorm examples of simple and complex machines in the classroom. Students create a simple or...

Students relate the immigrant experience to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In this immigration experience lesson, students read Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and relate it to the immigrant experience...

In this point of view, motivation, traits and feelings learning exercise, students answer 10 multiple choice questions in an online format. They read short scenarios and choose the best answer. They check their answers at the end of the...

Fourth graders investigate the poles of a magnet.  In this magnet lesson, 4th graders explore what a magnet attracts and what it repels. Students view the N and S on magnets. students recognize that like poles repel and opposite...

In this grammar worksheet, students practice adding the suffix -ed to 35 words. Students rewrite the word in the box below the root word.

Fifth graders investigate how forces affect the motion of an object. In this physics lesson, 5th graders calculate an object's speed using a mathematical formula. They discuss how force and mass affects the speed.

Young scholars construct their own galvanometer. In this physics lesson, students explain how it is used to detect electric current. They conduct an experiment to measure how much electricity flows through the circuit.