Scholars explore an expository text to answer questions about its structure.

This lesson is an investigation of soil properties, particularly texture, color and space for air and water. Student inspect soil samples found in their locale, perform several tests to determine different properties, and involves a ...

In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students complete 8 sentences by selecting the words from the provided list that are closest in meaning to the boldfaced words in the sentences.

In this weather learning exercise, students discuss differences in sets of weather related words, match the phonemic pronunciation of beginnings of words with endings, match adjectives to form collocations, and complete short answer...

In this complex derivative learning exercise, students determine the circle of a radius under the mapping principle. They identify analytic functions, and explore the relationship between real and imaginary parts of complex functions. ...

Students participate in activities in order to improve their ability to work cooperatively in groups at school as well as with their family at home. They complete the activities at home with their family then discuss the results of the...

This activity may have writers evaluate short compositions, but their subjects are quite tall: great Americans. Pupils read one another's compositions and closely examine how specific phrases and diction contribute to shaping American...

Pupils explore the names and qualities about members in the group. They each say their name and something about themselves. Students gather around in a circle. They listen to the teacher as he or she says the name of someone and throws a...

Learners create model societies. In this social identity lesson, students conduct research so that they can plan and present model societies to their classmates. The societies must include information regarding how their society will...

Seventh graders complete a journal activity in conjunction with a study of ancient Egypt. For this history and writing lesson, 7th graders write a journal entry based on the life of an ancient Egyptian pharoah they create.

Students explore the concept of philanthropy. They develop a list of words about giving and kindness, alphabetize the words, and pantomime the words from the list.

A well-designed, comprehensive, and attractive slide show supports direct instruction on how sonar and echolocation work. Contained within the slides are links to interactive websites and instructions for using apps on a mobile device to...

Fourth graders complete research on a famous person with ties to Maryland. They create web pages then publish and post these web pages on the school web site or another web site.

Second graders, utilizing the book "My Town," create a list of features that perhaps help people to meet their basic needs and wants in a community. They also define a local community in their own words. In addition, they brainstorm...

Students dissect three different flowers and compare and contrast them. In this flowers lesson plan, students learn about the flower anatomy and then dissect their own flowers.

In this alphabetical ordering activity worksheet, students alphabetize stock in a new store and explore how to arrange the new stock by enlarging the floor plans for the new supermarket.

In this forest planning lesson plan, students visit the 400-acre wood website and work in groups to learn about the specific aspects of forest development. Students create, label and color a forest planning map and present their map...

In this optimization worksheet, students complete a table identifying the characteristics of a function and it's derivative and provide an illustration of each type of function. Afterward, they use the first derivative test for finding...

Students investigate the construction of the Great Wall of China. In this Chinese history lesson plan, students research print and Internet sources about the contributions of the Qin, Han, Tang, and Ming Dynasties....

Students research different areas of biotechnology. In this biology lesson, students create a presentation about their research. They debate the topic presented and share their views on the subject.

Students explore the different aspects of Korean culture. In this geography lesson, students prepare different Korean dishes in the classroom. They create a visual display of things they learned about Korean culture.

Eleventh and twelfth graders research and create language-immersion Web-based presentations. They choose a particular theme (family, travel, etc.) to create a webpage on the Internet. They are given a rubric to check their grammar and...

The hour is nigh for your class to practice equivalency problems in the form of time-zone conversions. They write equations to describe elapsed time and apply problem solving strategies, including writing a plan, to solve the problems.

Young scholars explore the Forbidden City of ancient China. For this world history lesson, students examine China's history and its dynasties. Young scholars research symbols embedded in China's Forbidden City.