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Roll-A-Christmas Tree
In this holiday game, students take turns rolling a die. Students draw a piece of a Christmas tree for each number they roll. The first student to finish the drawing is the winner.
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Investigating Soil
Students investigate soil contents. In this soil lesson plan, students gather samples of soil and record their findings on a graphic organizer. After analyzing the material in the soil, students illustrate the layers they found.
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Midwest Hospitality
Students create snowflakes using the ideas of symmetry, perpendicularity, and regularity in this Art instructional activity that incorporates Mathematical concepts and artistic design. The instructional activity includes a materials...
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Piecing it Together: Adding & Subtracting Fractions
Students add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators. They "fish" for and solve a number of fraction problems requiring adding, subtracting, finding equivalent fractions, and using mixed numbers.
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Industry!
Students investigate the history of technology development during the twentieth century as a preparation for visiting the Intel Museum. They complete worksheets, review timelines and research specific topics in technology for...
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Water Density and Salinity
Students observe how different water densities control the depth at which different water masses occur. They explain one fact that they comprehend about salt water. Students comprehend that temperature and salinity affect the density...
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Bossy Britain Upsets Colonists
Students examine the causes of dissatisfaction that led to the American Revolution. Then they make a Flap Vocabulary Book and glue on a map of the thirteen colonies and make a title page called "Road to War in it." Students also...
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Angle Relationships
Tenth graders explore the angle relationships that exist when two lines intersect. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders estimate the measure of given angles and use their graphing calculator tools. Students use this knowledge to find...
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Physical and Chemical Changes
Young scholars investigate chemical and physical changes. In this physical and chemical change lesson plan, students perform 3 experiments in the lab to observe changes in matter. They determine that no new substances are formed in...
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3-D Magnetic Field
In this magnetism worksheet, students build a 3 dimensional magnetic field by using a juice bottle, a test tube, iron fillings and a magnet. Students write a descriptive story about what they observe once their bottle is complete and...
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Chromotography
In this chromatography activity, students are given markers, filter paper and a solvent to separate the pigments found in each marker. Students create a chromatogram for each marker.
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Hurricane!
Young scholars model the effects of wind speed and water depth on the height of waves during a hurricane. In this meteorology lesson, students use a flexible straw and a 9X 13 baking dish to measure the differences in wave...
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El Yunque--Tropical Rain Forest
In this rainforest worksheet, students complete 20 fill-ins focusing on their knowledge of El Yunque Rain Forest. The quiz involves wildlife and characteristics of the rain forest.
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Triboelectric Series
Students conduct a series of experiments on static electricity. In this physics lesson, students arrange explain how objects become electrically charges. They predict which objects will become charged when rubbed together based on the...
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Solar Storms: Odds, Fractions and Percentages
In this solar storms worksheet, learners read about the correlation between different astronomical events to find patters and new 'laws' of nature. Students use given statistical information about solar flares and coronal mass ejections...
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Internet Quest: Weatherman Walt-Why the Sky is Blue
Learners analyze atmosphere and light. For this earth science lesson, students are introduced to an investigation about why the sky is blue. Learners complete a WebQuest to answer the question.
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Making a Terrarium
Students become familiar with the materials needed to build a terrarium. For this terrarium lesson, students create a terrarium in a bottle and observe how it grows and takes care of itself.
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Roll Seven!
Roll Seven is a fun and engaging dice game that encourages the use of mental math.
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Message Time
Students complete message time activities to improve their emerging literacy skills. In this emerging literacy lesson, students discuss writing symbols and the writing process with their teacher, as well as reading prompts. Students...
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Puzzled?
First graders practice identifying simple geometric shapes. As a class, they discuss positional words and review the words for simple shapes and their characteristics. They work together to create their own puzzle using the shapes.
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My Love and I - 2
Students sing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this Music lesson for the High School SSA choir. The lesson is part of a unit that can be used to aid the performance and practice of the song in a choir setting.
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Harry Potter: Early Grades Activity
Students analyze labels and explore the social hierarchy found in Harry Potter. They expore inclusion and exclusion in social groups.
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Can You Crack Them?
Students test the strength of the arch in eggs. Then form hypothesis for how to increase their strength.
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Move Over, Beethoven
Second graders create an ABA introductory composition using various, student-chosen sound sources. They create their composition in small groups and perform them for the class.