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Precipitation
Students write their own newspaper article about a weather story using newspapers and a weather records worksheet.
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Weather Records
Students write newspaper articles using a "weather record" worksheet and information they find in newspapers.
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The Awful 8: The Play
Middle schoolers become aware of the cause and effects of different air pollutants. They present a play about the different pollutants.
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Updrafts in Action
Students examine how wind can suspend rain and hail in clouds. They focus on safety precautions they can take to protect them from the hazards of thunderstorms.
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Teaching Economics As If People Mattered
Young scholars work together to brainstorm and answer questions related to economics. They compare and contrast the different types of wealth. They discuss how wealth is different than income.
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Lewin Project
Students discuss the criteria for the Lewin Project. They practice writing using their emotions and feelings. They write to find a voice in their pieces. They share their ideas with the class.
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Snowball Fight
Students examine the weather conditions throughout the globe. As a class, they discover the impact of snow on various types of crops. In groups, they participate in an experiment in which they form raindrops and calculate the...
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Margaret Mead: Anthropologist
Sixth graders examine the life, travels, and cultural experiences of Margaret Mead. They participate in group work and inquiry activities about the qualities that Margaret Mead possessed and the places she traveled to. They distinguish...
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HIT THE TRAIL
Students draw three cattle trails that passed through Indian Territory, using a written description of the trails and will create a diary of trail life. Students research a historical trail as assigned. Students share their information...
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Create a Tornado
In creating a tornado, students create a model tornado in a two-liter soda bottle. In order to accomplish this feat, students label each of their bottles with a marker, then tape the mouths of the bottle together and fill with water....
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Weather Wise
Students investigate weather and how to forecast it. They discuss the three types of clouds and the kind of weather they bring. After setting up a database, they reearch weather-related websites to check cloud conditions and weather...
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CTBS Mechanics Practice #4: Punctuation Errors
In this CTBS mechanics practice worksheet, students identify and correct punctuation errors, in a multiple choice format, a total of thirty seven questions.
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Winter
For this literacy worksheet, students use context clues and the word bank in order to complete the reading passage with the right word choices.
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Study Unit 4, Revised: Run-On Sentences, Comma Splices and Fragments
In this language arts learning exercise, students read 20 sentences and look for errors. Students write R if the sentence is run-on, CS if there is a comma splice, F for a sentence fragment and C for a correct sentence.
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Newton Car
Learners demonstrate Newtons law of motion by examining the reaction of a rolling car when its mass and acceleration is increased. In this acceleration lesson students complete and activity that shows them how Newtons Law of Motion works.