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Getting Help: Food Stamps and Nutrition Programs
Here is another lesson regarding the law. This time, the laws that dictate eligibility for food stamps is the focus. After an initial discussion about the basics of the laws, learners do a case study of a family who is applying for food...
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Time Quiz
In this math worksheet, students look for the answers to the problems that are related to the concept of time. The sheet is in the form of a quiz.
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Clocks and Time
Learners construct clocks and then learn how to read a clock face, tell time, and determine how much time has elapsed.
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Clock Faces
In this telling time worksheet, learners will build an analog clock out of paper and practice telling time. A list of teaching ideas is on page 2.
Class Antics
Leap Year
What is a Leap Year and why do we have it? Find out with this Leap Day/Leap Year response to reading worksheet in which scholars read a short passage and use their new-found knowledge to answer five questions with short answers.
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Identifying Irony
What are the three types of irony? After reviewing dramatic, situational, and verbal irony with your readers, present them with this two-page document. They read six excerpts to determine which type of irony is used in each. After...
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Piles of Paper
Track how much paper their class uses in a week. They will pile their used paper into one place, each day the pile is measured. They make predictions about how much paper they would collect in a month, then recycle the paper.
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Comparison of Tangential (Plain Sawn) to Radial (Quarter Sawn)Dimensional Change When Moisture is Added or Removed
Young scholars investigate the dimensional changes that occur in wood samples when moisture is added and subtracted. The shapes and sizes of the pieces are compared and contrasted to decide which is best for cabinetry construction.
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Combining Coins
Students explore counting coins. In this money counting lesson, students are given an assigned number of coins and calculate the least amount of coins that could be used to equal the same value. Students participate in guided practice...
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Time Flies When Math Is Fun
Third graders pracdtice telling time with a demonstration clock.
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Iditarod Math Challenge
For this Iditarod worksheet, students complete word problems about the money, booties, time, and more about the Iditarod. Students complete fifteen problems.
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Orientation of the Earth in Space
Students hypothesize the location of the sun in the sky at diferent times of day and at different latitudes. They perform several experiments to provide evidence for their hypothesis. Experiments including observing the sun's position at...
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Students Involved in the Community
Eighth graders discuss the importance of serving in the community. Individually, they choose a community agency or program to volunteer for a specific period of time. They realize their sense of pride and accomplishment as well as...
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Rings Around the Racetrack
Students determine the number of laps a driver would need to complete the Indy 500. They calculate the length of time it would take to complete the race at different rates of speed.
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The House at 97 Orchard Street
Students examine the living quarters and belongings of immigrant families living in one tenement building spanning the years from 1830 to 1940. They explain how the national background of immigrants added to the "melting pot" of American...
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Lesson 25 - Applications of Logarithmic Functions
in this applications of logarithmic functions worksheet, students solve 11 short answer problems. Students use logarithms to find half lives, compound interest, and population growth given a word problem.
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Integrated Social Studies and Cooking Lesson
Fourth graders study the Civil War and discuss what soldiers ate during that time period. In groups, representing Union and Confederate soldiers, they follow recipes, prepare, eat, and share Union hardtack and Confederate Johnnie Cakes.
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Ziploc Gardening
Students observe beans germinating in a plastic bag. In this bean growing lesson plan, students predict what their beans will look like. Students draw illustrations to record the changes in their bean plants. Students should also note...
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Friday the 13th
In this algebra instructional activity, students rewrite words into algebra and algebra in to words. They write out Roman Numeral and scientific notations. There are 13 questions with an answer key.
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Weather Fun Facts
In this science worksheet, learners investigate fun facts about weather by reading 25 short paragraphs about weather, storms, climate and geography. Students complete a crossword puzzle about weather.
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Family Math Workshops
Students explore the math they are learning in the classroom with their families. In this math workshop activity, participants learn about the types of mathematics being taught in the classroom. These workshops provide opportunities to...
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Real Life Problems- A Bus Timetable
In this real life math worksheet, students solve 30 problems in which a bus timetable is interpreted and times are converted between the 12 and the 24 hour clock. Language in this worksheet is typical in the UK.
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Writing the Position Paper
Students write position papers on a form of alternative energy production. They use several class periods to develop and write their paper and them participate in an extensive peer review session.
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What's a Tree Worth?
Students calculate the board footage of a tree. In this forestry instructional activity, students use a Biltmore tree scale stick to calculate the number of board feet that would be produced. They quantify the economic value of a tree...