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Slimy Cells
Learners create three-dimensional cell models. They may choose to make either a plant or animal cell but must use a Ziploc bag as the cell membrane, slime for the cytoplasm, and strawberry baskets for the cell wall if making a plant...
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Matter for Minors
Students use streaming videos, web sites, and hands on activities students to explore matter. They focus on how temperature affects matter and what the particles look like in the states of matter.
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Animal Signs
Students discuss the many different types of animal signs that can be used to identify and track animals. They participate in an hands-on activity in which they examine tracks, trails, homes, territory markings, and even "scat" left by...
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Revising Paragraphs With Excessive Coordination
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite two paragraphs using various sentence structures to make each paragraph more coherent and interesting.
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Synonym Surprise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
In these five recognizing synonyms worksheets, students read short stories and use word banks to choose synonyms to replace the underlined words. Students rewrite 5 stories replacing 30 synonyms.
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Beans and Genes/Genetic Probability
Students use 2 sets of colored beans to represent the genes of an organism. In this genetic probability lesson plan, students use the colored beans to represent the genotypes of offspring which they pull out of a box at random while the...
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Bubble Festival
Students practice scientific inquiry while learning about bubbles. In this instructional activity about bubbles, students explore characteristics of bubbles. Students move through nine different "bubble" stations following directions and...
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Cereal Box Book Report Project
Students create a book report using a cereal box. In this book report lesson plan, students cover the outer parts of a cereal box representing a book they red. They create an original cover on one side, and use the other sides to report...
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Different Minerals
In this minerals worksheet, students read about the relationship between elements, rocks and minerals. They experiment using 6 different colored gumdrops to represent 6 common elements. Students construct gumdrop and toothpick models of...
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The Value of a Nation's Currency Goes Beyond its Price
Sixth graders understand the meaning of pictures and words on currency. In this currency lesson, 6th graders examine currency to find cultural relationships with a country. Students locate symbols of the country on the currency. Students...
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Sorting
Young scholars understand that sorting helps find things at a later date. In this sorting lesson, students use a website game and sort the common items. Young scholars sort folders and other classroom items. Students discuss how sorting...
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The Lifecycle of a Butterfly
Students study the life cycle of the butterfly. In this butterfly life cycle lesson, students examine and discuss a large diagram of the four stages of the butterfly life cycle. They read books and access web sites that extend their...
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Designing the New Silver Dollar
Students create a design for a silver dollar based on a historical figure. In this historical lesson, students choose a person who impacted history to memorialize in a custom designed silver dollar. In addition, students will create a...
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Style Myself Batisse
Third graders explore the artwork of Henri Matisse. In this Matisse lesson, 3rd graders recognize the characteristics of Henri Matisse. Students create a pastel collage self portrait in the style of Henri Matisse.
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Word Play
Students examine the history of Chinese American artist Xu Bing. In this multicultural lesson, students collaborate in small groups to identify letters in the artist's work, and brainstorm how they would create their own images from...
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Silouettes of New York City
Second graders create a New York City silhouette. In this visual arts lesson, 2nd graders view the picture book, Uptown, and identify the silhouettes. Students use construction paper, paint, and a flashlight to create artistic...
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Problem Solving
Second graders practice problem solving strategies. In this problem solving lesson, 2nd graders use strategies such as guess and check, acting out, drawing pictures and looking for patterns to solve problems. Students work in groups to...
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Cherokee Leaf Printing
Young scholars investigate their local creeks and forests and practice identifying trees. For this ecology identification lesson plan, students utilize a pad and pencil while on a field trip near their school and describe their...
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Georgia O'Keeffe "Wake Up and Smell the Roses!"
Students produce watercolor paintings. In this painter and painting instructional activity, students view and discuss paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe, understand abstract art and create their own watercolor paintings.
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Seed Surprises
Students investigate seeds and their growth. In this agriculture instructional activity, students read the book How a Seed Grows and discuss the seed cycle. Students examine real seeds and identify their properties. Students create a set...
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The Geography of Russia
In this geography of Russia worksheet, learners read a 4 page article about the geography of Russia and complete short answer questions and assignments based on the article. Students complete 6 assignments.
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Great Balls of Fire
Sixth graders compare and contrast natural and synthetic fabrics. In this science investigation lesson, 6th graders test the flammability of 6 natural and synthetic fabrics.
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All About Birds
In this birds activity, students answer 25 short answer questions about birds. They color and label the different parts of a bird and fill in the correct term given the definitions.
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What Are Some Different Ways You Can Group Buttons
Second graders classify and group buttons. They discuss how their buttons are alike and different, and identify the characteristics of their handful of buttons. Students then classify their buttons into three groups, and create a...