Conflicts happen, conflicts grow, it's how to handle them that middle schoolers need to know. Introduce tweens to a problem-solving approach for handling anger with a series of activities that has class members read articles, research...

While World War II was a pivotal moment in history, historians debate its importance to the civil rights movement. Class members consider the implications of segregation and the war using a series of documents and a jigsaw activity....

A lesson challenges learners to ask and answer questions about the life cycle of a frog. With a class read-aloud, partner discussion, and notebook reflections, scholars complete a three-page worksheet to prove their understanding of the...

Life is all about choices and consequences. Using a Cascading Consequences chart, scholars create a visual map of the effects of a particular choice or action related to water management. With their researcher's notebooks and copies of...

In this spatial terms worksheet, 1st graders study a picture of a box and some colored balls. Students check the box to illustrate the position of the given balls in relation to the box using spatial skills.

In this angles and triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve 10 different problems that relate to various types of reference angles and triangles. First, they determine the value of sine equal to a number of degrees. Then, students write...

In this psychological game worksheet, high schoolers write positive integers.  They explore the relative frequency of the numbers used.  This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem.  The answer is listed at the bottom of...

Students study ordinal positions through class reading and discussion, complete an Animal Parade activity sheet and Internet activity to demonstrate knowledge about ordinal positions with 100% accuracy, and play a math computer game.

In this integers worksheet, students solve 10 different problems relating to integers. First, they use the roster method to write each set of even integers. Then, students use set builder notation to write the set of negative integers,...

In this geometric mean and Pythagorean Theorem worksheet, 10th graders solve 9 problems related to determining the geometric mean by applying the Pythagorean Theorem in each problem. First, they find the geometric mean between each pair...

Students analyze the speech that Barack Obama delivered titled "A More Perfect Union." In this race relations lesson plan, students collaborate in heterogeneous groups to analyze the text of the Obama speech and discuss its ...

For this simplifying multiple signs worksheet, students simplify signs in equations and then produce a solution to them. They may type their answer into the worksheet, and automatically check answers. Students must complete one...

In this addition and subtraction worksheet, students find the sums and differences of positive and negative numbers. Students solve thirteen problems.

Students identify how the tilt and position of the Earth causes the seasons. After a discussion of the seasons and when they begin. Using themselves as the objects in the universe, they role play how the rotational movement of the...

Ninth graders view the film "Pay It Forward" and discuss what kind of public campaign is needed to move people to positive action. They consider different ways of presenting information (graphs, visual displays, etc.) as tools for...

Ninth graders analyze political cartoons and posters relating to the United States and Japan in the period following World War II. They discuss the positive and negative consequences of the United States occupation of Japan.

Young scholars track and record data on the Sun's position in the sky and on the output of a solar panel tracking the Sun. On a second day, students graph and analyze the data to identify relationships between (1) the time of day, (2)...

Students use positional words to describe the location of objects and demonstrate the ability to follow multi-step oral directions. Seasonal shapes are decorated in relation to the directions and positions stated by the positional word.

Students read excerpts from Abraham Lincoln's speeches and letters between 1854 and 1861 and look for information relative to Lincoln's thoughts on the legal and Constitutional aspects of slavery.

In this absolute value worksheet, 9th graders solve 10 different problems that are related to inequalities of numbers. First, they determine the absolute value of each of the inequality equations shown. Then, students write and solve an...

Learners study concepts related to paper recycling. In this recycling lesson, they investigate the chemical processes used to recycle paper, and look at the environmental problems associated with using and recycling different types of...

Students read an article on a major issue and identify the position of the author. Individually, they use the article to support the author's position and critique it. They develop their own argument in support or against the author...

Third graders explore positive and negative integers. This follows a lesson entitled, Cherries Are Positive, Lemons Are Negative and uses Cherry heads and Lemon heads.

  Students test for relative extrema.  In this Calculus lesson, 12th graders investigate the relative extrema of a function and sketch the curve from the given information without the use of a calculator.