Cruise ships offer many engaging opportunities for real-world math adventures. These large, floating cities use resources with numbers into the thousands place. Young mathematicians are asked to calculate numerical information...

Trying to get your class to think of decimals as fractions and vice versa can lead to interesting discussions. After all, we can usually understand quickly that 1/4 is .25 but why is 1/7 not so easy to convert? This activity looks...

In this comprehension worksheet, students answer a set of 16 questions covering chapters 5 and 6 of The City of Ember. An answer key is included at the bottom of the page.

In this cloze worksheet, students read a passage and fill in blanks with words from a word list. The passage is a short fictions story, "The Ten Dollar Note."

Students look at the pictures of penguins on the Penguin page and select one they would like to write a legend about.

Learners discuss the importance of using their seat belts in cars. After viewing different public service announcements, they identify ones which made an impact on them. In groups, they draw their own announcement to educate others about...

Students make their own daruma. Students play a Japanese game related to the daruma.

Students explore and examine racial and ethinic diversity in the metropolitan areas of the United States. They examine data from the US Census Description of Race and Ethnic Categories. Students explore the population by race and...

Third graders go on a mission to research three different habitats on the campus of Manchester College so that they can be part of a resuce effort. They work in groups and each group starts at a different habitat. Group one starts at...

In this yes and no questions worksheet, students read a 2-paragraph news story and then write 5 questions that may be answered with the provided answer statements.

Young scholars survey information on the Constitution. In these history lessons, students explore the founding principle's of the United States.

In this but and though instructional activity, students complete the sentences with the words but or though in sentences of defeat or challenge. Students complete 10 sentences.

Young scholars listen to a lecture on dolphin communication methods. They consider ways in which humans communicate and participate in an activity to assess the role of smell in human communication.

Develop and conduct a survey to find out if people would return an envelope of money they found. Include options for giving it to the police, advertising for the one who lost it, etc. The survey results are published in a writing piece.

Students write letters to organizations, such as United States Geological Society, to find out more about rocks. Students write about a pretend time they found a magic pebble. Students calculate distances to travel to see various...

Two of the best words any one can hear– treasure hunt! Your class will be excited to practice graphing on a coordinate grraph as they identify and write coordinates for landmarks they see on a treasure map. They trace their route to the...

Students consider the impact of lynchings on the African American community. In this lynching lesson plan, students investigate the lynching of Claude Neal. Students write opinion pieces about the Claude Neal lynching.

Students explore point of view. In this acceptance lesson plan, students listen to a story in which six people didn't listen to the other's point of view and lost out in the end. The students discuss why we all think and feel differently...

In this suffix worksheet, students spell words using the 'ly' suffix and then write the 'ly' words into sentences. Students write their own sentences for the last set of 'ly' words.

In this character worksheet, students read sentences, then choose the word in a pair that correctly describes the feeling in the sentences. One example is completed for students.

In this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict common items found in a classroom. Students match these with the words that describe them.

In this if sentences worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences starting with the word if with the correct conditional of the word given. Students complete 18 sentences.

In this online interactive grammar skills learning exercise, students answer 10 fill in the blank questions regarding conditionals. Students may submit their answers to be scored.