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Body Organization and Organ Systems
Eighth graders begin the lesson by building a house of cards. They discuss ways that building a house of cards is similar to the way the body is built: different systems work together to help the whole body work together. Students listen...
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Natural Selection
Eighth graders define natural selection and adaptation. They simulate natural selection within a species and relate the elements of natural selection to the simulation. They analyze the results of natural selection in terms of...
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Basic Units of Life
In this cells worksheet, students will review vocabulary words and information relating to the structure and function of plant and animal cells. This worksheet has 10 crossword puzzle questions, 6 multiple choice, 4 short answer...
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Vitamins and Minerals
In this vitamins and minerals worksheet, students review how these are measured and determine what minerals the body needs. Students determine how different vitamins help the body to function properly. This worksheet has 22 short answer...
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Human Body
Fifth graders determine what muscles do and identify the different types. In this muscle lesson, 5th graders discuss what they know about muscles before looking at the book, The Human Body by Jonathan Miller. They take a teacher made...
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The Gold Cadillac
For this literature worksheet, students refer to the book entitled The Gold Cadillac. Students respond to 13 short answer reading comprehension questions.
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Halloween Rhymes and Songs
Students learn, memorize, and replay a rhyme. In this Halloween-themed lesson plan, students discover Halloween rhymes and songs while they pretend to be the characters that chase ghosts away.
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The Gold Cadillac
In this The Gold Cadillac worksheet, students read the book The Gold Cadillac and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 6 questions total.
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Desert Habitat
Students examine how desert plants and animals are adapted to life in the desert. They listen to the book, "Seasons of Saguaro," conduct experiments to demonstrate plant succulence, and create and draw an animal or plant that...
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Physical Differences
Students role play what it would be like to have a physical disability. For this lesson on acceptance, students listen to the book A Rainbow of Friends by P.K. Hallinan. As a class, the students discuss similarities and differences in...
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English Exercises: The Ozone Layer
In this online interactive English worksheet, students watch an embedded video about global warming, read a selection about the ozone layer, and then respond to 18 fill in the blank and short answer...
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Breaking News English: Not Making Your Bed May be Healthier
In this English worksheet, students read "Not Making Your Bed May be Healthier," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the selection.
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ACE Expert English Homework #13- August 23, 2006
In this ESL worksheet, students complete 5 pages of activities pertaining to verbs of being. These worksheets are in English but are geared to students from Thailand and some directions are printed in Thai.
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Make Sense of Nature
Students participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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Plant Dye Paints
Students create original paintings using natural dye techniques used in the past in this Art lesson about paint colors. The lesson may be supplemented with information about pioneers, or ancient civilizations, and how paints were made...
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A River Ran Wild
Students describe and illustrate pollution and how to clean up pollution. They display their solutions by creating posters, signs, bumper stickers, slogans, T-shirt designs, commercials and poetry. This lesson ties in with 'A River Ran...
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Tell About the South II: Poets and Prophets: Lillian Smith
High schoolers watch Tell About the South II: Poets and Prophets video, discuss Lillian Smith's work and her triple focus of race, class and gender, and create persuasive essays that argue whether racism, classism, or sexism is strongest...
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The Bottlenose Dolphin: Reading Comprehension
In this comprehension learning exercise, students read a selection about the Bottlenose Dolphin, then answer 5 multiple choice questions. Answers provided.
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Dinosaur I Finding And Dating
Students investigate how long dinosaurs lived on Earth and how that compare to how long man has been on Earth. They discover how scientists excavate fossils.
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TREE PARTS
The student will identify main and secondary parts of a tree.1. Help students brainstorm and list the many ways we use trees every day (most paper goods, firewood, building materials, etc.). 2. Share background information. 3. Read...
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Protein
Students examine protein, what it is and how it functions in the body. In this protein lesson students study the food pyramid, what a protein is and what it does.
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What's the Matter with My Orange?
Students use oranges to informally explore decomposition, dehydration, fermentation, the water cycle, bacteria, yeast, food webs, the needs of living things, and physical vs. chemical change over a period of three or more months.
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Halloween
For this Halloween crossword worksheet, students read the 26 clues about Halloween to help them complete the crossword puzzle about Halloween.
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 1--Grade 7 (2006)
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read several passages and two poems and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay response to one of the passages.