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Senses -- The Touching Game
Students practice making educated guesses about objects in their hands. They guess what the object is without looking at it and choose a word that describes it. They practice using new vocabulary as well.
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#22 Frames of Reference: The Basics
Learners explore the concept of frames of reference in physics.
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Frames of Reference: The Basics
Pupils learn the concept of frames of reference in physics. They examine how two frames of reference, each moving with respect to the other with a constant velocity v (constant speed, constant direction).
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A Cowboy Song
Fifth graders sing "Cowboy Lullaby" with two-part harmony and discuss the text of the song.
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Science - Lesson 42 - Astronomy
Third graders demonstrate the position of the Earth, Moon, and Sun in a solar and lunar eclipse. They list uses for manmade satellites and write a description of how a satellite would be use.
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California Mission Slide Show
Fourth graders research the details of a California Mission. They design a slide show to present their research.
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Picture This: Telling Our Tales with Self-Portraits
Students view a number of self portraits to determine the importance of pose, setting, clothing, and props in a piece of artwork. They design a self-portrait emphasizing the use of contour lines.
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Liberia and the U.S.: Historic Ties and Policy Decisions
Students discuss and analyze factors affecting U.S. foreign policy toward Liberia. They role-play various groups during 1900 who were concerned with the relationship between United States and Liberia as a "colony"
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Ramblers and walkers' right to roam
Students read news story about the start of Madonna's court action:
"Madonna says: 'Get off my land!'. " They work groups try to agree on what types of land should be accessible to walkers and ramblers, and which areas should be...
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Boys' Attitudes To Work
Students examine the notion of what are students' images of manliness. Students test what represents success for students through a survey. Students ponder the issue can doing school work help you be manly.
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The Immigrant Experience in the United States
Learners examine the experiences of an immigrant coming to the United States. Using the internet, they research information related to the Cuban/American baseball experience. They present their findings to the class and answer any...
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Getting To Know the Activists Among Us
Students discuss what it means to be an "activist." They identify various types of activist organizations and brainstorm the names of local people and organizations that might fit these categories. They research one of these...
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"Escuela" Debate
Students observe a documentary on "Escuela" to explore the life and education of migrant families. After discussing the related topics in the movie, students share their conclusions migrant farmworkers. Using the Internet and other...
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The Arrests Begin
In this social studies worksheet, young scholars read about the arrests of the Jews in Denmark and relate the events to the historical time period.
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"Desiderata" by Max Ehrmann
In this "Desiderata" worksheet, learners read and discuss this short poem with their classmates. Students relate the poem to real world issues.
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Spot the Homophones
In this homophones worksheet, students find the homophones that have been used incorrectly. Students underline all the words that need to change and write the correct homophone.
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Fill-In-The-Blank Vocabulary Practice
For this vocabulary worksheet, students complete sentences, filling in blanks with words from a word pool at the top of the page, 10 sentences total.
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Book Report Haiku
Pupils study another method for writing a book report using a Haiku poem. In this book report lesson, students use the Haiku poem format to write a book report.
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Literature is Alive and Everywhere
Pupils discuss things that are valuable and things that are beautiful. In this ode lesson, students look for something beautiful that inspires them and take a picture of it. Pupils write an ode to one of the beautiful objects they have...
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Dangers of Payday Loans
Students examine the interest and penalties associated with payday loans. In this finance lesson, students identify payday loans and the dangers of short term credit. Students create their own informational PowerPoint about payday loans.
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Breaking News English: David Beckham to Defend Marriage in Court
In this English worksheet, students read " David Beckham to Defend Marriage in Court," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.