Lesson Plan
Brigham Young University

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Questions for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

For Teachers 4th - 8th
As part of their study of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, readers respond to a series of questions based on chapter eight of J.K. Rowling's second novel in the series about the famous young wizard.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Bio-Poem

For Students 10th - 12th
Everyone can be a poet with this simple activity! After reading of Lucy Westerna's death, assign your class this bio poem on Professor Van Helsing. There's a specific format to follow, but it'll be interesting to see how your kids add...
Worksheet
Curated OER

SSR Teacher/Student-Run Conferences

For Students 1st - 6th
Looking for a simple way to connect with each of your pupils about a book they've read? While the rest of your class is engaged in SSR, each learner comes to you for a one-on-one session. Great for formative assessment or just a good...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Lord of the Flies Anticipation Guide and Activities

For Students 8th - 10th
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?” Ah, the central question of Lord of the Flies. As part of their study of William Golding's riveting novel, readers complete an anticipation guide and respond to a series of survey...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Combinatorial Games

For Students 4th - 8th
In this combinatorial games learning exercise, students play math games titled Nim and Isomorphism. Students read 5 sets of directions.
Lesson Plan
Bully Free Systems

Bully Free Lesson Plans—Seventh Grade

For Teachers 7th Standards
Having a hard time defining bullying with your seventh graders? Discuss the different types of behavior one would see in a bullying situation with a series of lessons, worksheets, and group activities.
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Decimals and Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Reinforce the concept of fractions and decimals as part of a whole with a instructional activity that begins with a mixed review, then goes into a three problem guided practice, and ends with a collaborative activity. The guided practice...
Lesson Plan
Chicago Teachers Union Quest Center

Factored Form of a Quadratic Function

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Build upon linear functions to learn about quadratics. The lesson plan introduces the concept of zeros for quadratic functions and makes the connection to the linear factors of the function. It presents quadratics in both graphical and...
Worksheet
Edline

How Did the Unification of Germany Change the Course of World History?

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Here you'll find a nice guided notes learning exercise on Otto von Bismarck, which details Bismarck's plan to unify Germany, as well as asks learners to analyze his motivations and overall impact.
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Growing Patterns and Sequences

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Learners explore, discover, compare, and contrast arithmetic and geometric sequences in this collaborative, hands-on activity. They build and analyze growing patterns to distinguish which kind of sequence is represented by a set of data...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

St. Patrick’s Day

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Combine math, creative writing, and leprechauns in a fun St. Patrick's Day activity! Using a bag of gold coins and marshmallows, kids write a math story about a leprechaun that includes a multi-step equation to solve.
Lesson Plan
MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Fabulous Fibonacci and His Nifty Numbers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Fibonacci numbers are not only found in the classroom but also in nature. Explore the concept of Fibonacci numbers through a series of lessons designed to gain insight into the mathematical reasoning behind the number pattern, and spark...
Lesson Plan
University of California

Hot! Hot! Hot!

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Calories are not tiny creatures that sew your clothes tighter every night, but what are they? A science activity, presented at multiple levels, has learners experiment with heat, heat transfer, and graph the function over time....
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Ducklings

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
The class gets their mean and median all in a row with an assessment task that uses a population of ducklings to work with data displays and measures of central tendency. Pupils create a frequency chart and calculate the mean and median....
Activity
Candlewick Press

A Classroom Guide to Peter H. Reynolds's Creatrilogy

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Help young readers find, identify, and use their voices with a set of empowering activities based on Peter H. Reynolds' trilogy of books. Sky Color, Ish, and The Dot focus on recognizing moods and treating each other...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The 1970s in America

For Teachers 9th
In this 1970s worksheet, 9th graders answer ten questions with a word or phrase, decide which event (in three different pairs) occurred first, then link two groups of words together by writing what they share in common.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Weaker Dollar, Stronger Returns

For Students 11th - 12th
For this economics worksheet, students read a 1-page article titled "Weaker Dollar, Stronger Returns," and then respond to 4 short answer questions about the article.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Paranoid Pirates

For Students 5th - 8th
In this percentages activity, students read about paranoid pirates and their claims of treasure and complete percentage problems based on their desired amount. Students complete 21 problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Homographs- British Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this grammar activity, students read the definition of a homograph on page one of these two pages. They write a homograph to complete 5 on the second page. They see clip art pictures that give them clues as to which homograph to choose.
Interactive
Curated OER

ESL: Matching Exercise: Newspaper Headlines

For Students 4th - 6th
In this newspaper worksheet, students read a set of headlines and match them to their correct newspaper category. Worksheet is part of an ESL site.
Organizer
Curated OER

Getting to Know Characters

For Students 8th
This set of worksheets constitutes enough work and materials to be considered a lesson. They guide readers through a process of exploring characters and their motivations, and writing a paragraph about them. Here are seven handouts that...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Equivalent Ratios

For Teachers 6th Standards
Equivalent ratios show up on tape. Young mathematicians use tape diagrams to create equivalent ratios in the initial lesson on the topic. They learn the definition of equivalent ratios and use it to build others in the third segment of a...
Interactive
Curated OER

English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 10 - Exercise 3c

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Worksheet
Curated OER

101 Math Journal Topics

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students examine the topics available to complete a daily math journal. They repeat the procedure for future lessons.