Activity
PBS

A Little Recycling Goes A Long Way

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Every time you purchase something from the store, it goes into a bag, but what happens to the bag? This lesson encourages your learners to think about what happens to those plastic and paper bags and their effect on the environment. Use...
Activity
Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Kinetic and Potential Energy

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
A well-developed lab sheet guides physical science learners through an investigation of kinetic and potential energy. In small groups, collaborators discover whether or not the ramp height or mass of an object has an effect on the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

5th grade reading

For Students 5th
In this reading learning exercise, 5th graders read seven 1/2 page passages and answer multiple choice questions about them. Students complete 25 questions.
Lesson Plan
Consumers Energy

Circuits and the Flow of Electricity Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
I think I lost an electron. Are you sure? Yes, I'm positive! Starting with a hands-on demonstration and problem solving activity, young scientists define vocabulary related to circuitry and currents. Then they build their own circuits...
Organizer
Secondary Solutions

Of Mice and Men: A Literature Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Whether you are planning on using Of Mice and Men for whole-class reading or as a selection for literature circles; whether you are new to John Steinbeck's novel, or it has long been a part of your curriculum, you...
Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: The Significance of Science in Society

For Students 8th
In this significance of science in society worksheet, 8th graders read 3 paragraphs, then interactively answer 9 comprehension and grammar questions, with immediate online feedback; video at the beginning is not longer available, but the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Signed Numbers Word Problems

For Students 7th - 8th
In this signed numbers worksheet, students solve 10 different word problems that include using signed numbers in each problem. First, they determine the status of an account given the information stated in the problem. Then, students...
Learning
School Mathematics Project

Resource Sheets

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This extensive and far-reaching collection of worksheets puts a new twist on many basic concepts. Learners use multiplication to trace a path from one point to another, tile a plane by converting between improper and proper fractions,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

A New Business: Vinnie's Pizzeria and the Lessons of Supply and Demand

For Students 8th - 12th
In this supply and demand worksheet, students read about supply and demand and the impact these can have on a new business. They then answer the 9 questions in the packet. The answers are at the end of the packet.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sentence (Structure) Recognition Practice

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this sentence clauses worksheet, sixth and seventh graders read ten sentences and write down whether the sentence is: simple, compound, complex or compound-complex.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Review for Grade 5 (5.4)

For Teachers 5th
In this reading review for grade 5 (5.4) worksheet, 5th graders read 7 passages, then answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem Solving Strategy: Work Backward

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this problem solving challenge activity, students work backward to solve a set of 5 word problems. Answers are included on page 2.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Percent Application Worksheet

For Students 6th - 7th
In this problem solving activity, students solve each of the ten word problems by using their knowledge of percent, proportions, simple interest, and sales tax.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Hands On: Find Decimal Sums and Differences

For Students 4th - 7th
In this finding decimal sums and differences practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.