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Air and Water in the Environment
Second graders participate in a three part lesson in which they identify and describe forms of moisture in the environment. Part one of the lesson involves the three stages of the water cycle, part two focuses on creating humidity by...
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Food Chains And Webs
Students investigate the concept of soil and all its components. They collect samples from a local site and transplant it into a terrarium. Students identify the organic elements, clay ,silt, and other forms of debris. They also identify...
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Worksheet 4. Reading: Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 1
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the passage titled Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 1. They then answer the 10 true/false questions about the reading.
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Reading: Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 1
In this reading for information learning exercise, students read a text about Jamaica and its bobsledding team. Students answer 10 true and false questions.
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ESOL Safety and Security
Students discuss preparation and procedures for natural disasters. They discuss safety procedures for each natural disaster and then share their own personal experiences with natural disasters.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
Students explore and respond to poetry. They define and identify synonyms and anotnyns. They create antonym pairs in English. They create synonym pairs in English and Spanish.
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Literature-based Skill Building: Holes by Louis Sachar
In this reading skills activity, students complete several literature-based skill building activities for the book 'Holes' by Louis Sachar.
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Finding Yourself in a Landscape
Students view landscape paintings. They recall a landscape that has meaning to them and describe it to the class. They complete a worksheet.
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Rock Eaters of the Gulf of Alaska
Learners compare and contrast the processes of photosynthesis and chemosynthesis. They identify and describe sources of energy used by various organisms for chemosynthesis.
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Clouds
Second graders explore how to identify cloud types by observing clouds. They record data and have fun by applying newly acquired knowledge throughout the curriculum.
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World Map and Globe
Students locate and identify continents and countries. In this world map lesson, students locate and identify one country on each continent.
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Farming: Raising Winter Wheat (Lesson 3)
Students identify foods that are made from wheat. They use a line graph to explain measurement. They identify foods from the food groups and explain how temperature, prefcipitation and natural resources affect the growth of wheat.
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DAY AND NIGHT
Students use a lamp as the sun and his/her body as the earth. They rotate in different directions to explain how the earth moves around the sun. Using specific questions in their discussion, students discover the reasons for day and night.
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Beach Zonation
Students identify and separate the different zones of the beach by observation. They investigate beach zonation by gathering and comparing sand samples gathered from different areas of the beach.
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Tracking the Salt Front
Students manipulate Hudson River salt front data from October 2004 -
September 2005 to locate the high and low points of the salt front for each month, They determine the range for each month, determine the modal range for each month,...
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Water Quality Monitoring
Students comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...
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Past Simple Irregular Verb Crossword
In this grammar crossword worksheet, students read 24 clues which are sentences with missing irregular verbs. Students fit the answers into the puzzle. Note: A confusing clue for U.S. students would be " I ----- ten Pounds in the street."
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Let's Build a Truck
Students study the basics of trucks and transportation vehicles. In this transportation vehicles lesson, students study pictures of basic key truck components and recognize differences between various product transportation vehicles....
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Famous Person Dialogue
In this ESL activity, students collaborate with a classmate to read a dialogue between Peter and Susan, who are two actors. There are no questions to answer.