Students use their five senses to describe what's in a mystery bag. In this senses instructional activity, students use a graphic organizer to collect words for a sensory poem.

In this genetics worksheet, students use a diagram showing the genetic offspring of plants with different types of seeds to answer 4 short answer questions. Then students determine the traits of offspring of different crosses in 1...

In this African elephant worksheet, students write six adjectives that describe the elephant in the center of the graphic organizer. Students use each of their adjectives in a sentence.

Students investigate soil contents. In this soil instructional activity, students gather samples of soil and record their findings on a graphic organizer. After analyzing the material in the soil, students illustrate the layers they found.

Students explore world geography by viewing a documentary film in class. In this national parks lesson, students view the Ken Burns documentary about the subject and identify the contributions of individuals in support of the parks...

Students identify American geography by participating in a national parks activity. For this road trip lesson, students view the Ken Burns documentary "National Parks" and identify the importance of automobiles in the park system....

In this rain forest web organizer worksheet, learners complete a spoke type organizer while planning a report, project, or poster about the rain forest. They see pictures of rain forest animals in the center of the spokes.

Students use PowerPoint, movie clips, graphic organizers, and a foldable to research and display information about how each body system contributes to the regulation, growth, and maintenance of the human body. Additional links and...

In this biology worksheet, students identify six important reasons of the ears in humans. They complete a graphic organizer filling in each of 6 circles with one reason of importance.

In this pH worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by determining the pH and pOH of given solutions and then deciding if its an acid or base. Students write equations for dissociation reactions. This worksheet has 1 graphic...

For this planets worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by determining their weight on that planet, its distance from the sun, the days it would take to travel from the Earth, and any other special features.

Show your chemistry class a graphic organizer classifying the types of chemical reactions. A few additional slides are included on the formation of magnesium chloride, the production of methanol, and a diagram of a mixture of molecules....

This t-chart provides a graphic organizer for pupils to list similarities and differences between the two types of cell division. There are no instructions on the handout, so more concrete thinkers may need a little guidance.

Conversion immersion — it's measuring mania! A set of four activities teaches scholars to convert between customary and metric units. Resource covers unit conversions in length, temperature, weight/mass, and volume.

Challenge your class with this lesson! Learners read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, discuss context clues, identify main ideas and details, and analyze story elements. Discussion questions and activities are broken down for each chapter...

Students view pictures of distant "cousins" to humans. They place them in order by their distance from humans. Students receive a packet of six pages featuring graphics and a cousins summary page. They work in groups to complete 5 cousin...

In this organisms worksheet, students brainstorm problems that organisms have and the adaptations the organism has to survive. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.

All aspects of the photosynthesis process, and the way that plants have adapted with specializations are detailed here.  The diagrams and info-graphics will be useful to your AP biology class. It could also be used as a review...

Messenger RNA, transfer RNA, and ribozymes ... the many faces of RNA. The structure of RNA makes it much more versatile than the very similar DNA. Learners view a slideshow presentation to learn all about the different forms and...

Youngsters listen to the story, "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." After discussing the story, going over new vocabulary, and repeating the rhymes in the story, they study the parts of a fly. They finish by creating a fly on...

By creating an energy brochure, teams of science learners inform others about the advantages of using alternative energy sources. An instructions page for your class and a grading rubric are provided. The lesson focuses on photovoltaics,...

Biodiversity is essential for every habitat, but many species are at risk due to pollution and other factors. Explore several different species native to Illinois in a gallery walk with posters that learners have created after research...

Simple doesn't mean useless. Individuals learn how simple machines benefit the user by changing the amount of effort. A seven-lesson unit begins with an overview of simple machines and then incorporates activities that allow the user to...

Trees may look pretty similar until you take a closer look. Young scientists use their observation skills to describe the difference between the bark, leaves, and seeds of different trees. They then use a field guide to identify local...