Students extract DNA from split peas. In this biology instructional activity, students research how chromatin form into chromosomes. They draw the stages and present their work in class.

Students make tortillas. In this tortilla lesson, students add the ingredients to a bag, mix the ingredients, roll the tortillas out, and cook them. They spend 3 minutes coming up with as many round things as they can.

In this apostrophes in contractions activity, students read about correct usage, write contractions for a set of 10 phrases, write the phrase that contractions represent and write a sentence using 2 contractions.

Learners analyze graphs, charts and tables. In this data analysis lesson plan, students practice creating and analyzing charts, graphs and tables corresponding to sales and surveys. This lesson plan uses data relevant to learners and...

Students read the book "Flat Stanley" by Jeff Brown. Through modeling and guided practice, as a class, they complete a story map and 1-paragraph summary of the first chapter in the book. Then, in groups, they follow the same procedure...

Students demonstrate understanding of main points of the Deseret News article, and identify the verb(s) of each phrase to aid in listening comprehension.

Students examine the concepts of healthy and unhealthy drugs. They read and discuss excerpts from the book "The Human Body," develop a list of healthy and unhealthy drugs, and write sentences relating to safety about medicines and other...

Young scholars engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of persuasion and how it is used in a writing context. They create persuasive letters addressed to the president of the United States. Students brainstorm to find facts...

Students examine how to summarize the most important details in a reading passage in order to increase their comprehension. They design a story web using the summarization skills. Before class, they complete a reading assignment prior to...

Students summarize a piece of fiction. After reviewing the correct way to read and summarize, students work in groups to summarize a piece of text assigned by the instructor. They write a summary paragraph by creating a story map and...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about the beginnings of television. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions.

Students listen to sound. In this changing sounds lesson, students play instruments to help them hear volume and pitch.  Students use the interactive whiteboard to experiment how change can make sounds go higher or lower. 

Students explore limu in their everyday lives. In this science instructional activity, students identify various uses of limu and discuss common household products that contain limu. Students participate in a limu party.

First graders identify and write ordinal numbers by following the sequence the school bus followed during a field trip to the nine planets in the solar system. This is based on the book The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System.

Fourth graders conduct a lab activity that measures the factors that change the swing rate of a pendulum. They create a hypothesis and test it during the experiment. They record their observations using the recording sheets and journal...

Young scholars practice close reading skills to edit the text of Julius Caesar as they read. They identify the features of the conspiracy. They discuss use of image of dark and light in the text.

IN this metric measurement worksheet, students draw 5 lines which are shorter than a centimeter and 5 lines which are longer than 1 cm.

Students locate the major cities in the colonies during the Revolutionary War. In this map skills instructional activity, students use a globe to locate cities such as Charleston and Boston using latitude and longitude coordinates.

Eighth graders explore the program Alice and the Internet to research wetland habitats.   For this habitat lesson students build their own Alice world that includes wetland habitats, food sources and ways to protect the...

Students discuss behavior. In this judging fairness lesson, students discover how there are different perceptions on what is the most fair way to solve a situation. They work in small groups and as a class to role play and discuss this...

Students identify voiced and unvoiced sounds. They practice using short and long vowel sounds. They identify consonants only after paying attention to the length of vowels. They use rubber bands to help them determine the difference...

In these apostrophes worksheets, students complete 4 sets of activities for apostrophes. Students fill in the blanks with contractions, write sentences with contractions, find missing apostrophes, and add apostrophes to the paragraphs.

Pupils listen the books, "Today Is Monday," "Chicken Soup with Rice," and discuss how we use abbreviations for days of the week. This simple lesson is a good way to introduce the common abbreviations that young readers will encounter in...

Students demonstrate listening comprehension skills. They listen to an audio reading of two newspaper articles, identify verbs, answer discussion questions, and complete a cloze activity.