When people look in a mirror, they rarely see themselves as others see them. Tweens and teens can consider the significance of these disparities in a lesson that asks them to reflect on the kind of person they are and how they think...

With descriptive writing, the pleasure is in the details. Young writers learn how to add sensory details to a paragraph about themselves. They read a short paragraph and identify the sensory details used. After revising their draft...

Transform your class into young geologists as they learn about six different branches of geology. Using the included geology career descriptions and picture cards, learners work in small groups deciding which tools and locations fit...

Looking for a fun transition activity or game to play at the end of the day? Try a game that is very similar to charades but instead, every class member can play at once as performers! The activity also involves movement as a...

Students brainstorm lists of places, events and relationships that define them. They search for clip art and pictures in magazines to illustrate the items on their list and create a graphic timeline of their lives.

In this dinosaur worksheet, students read a description of a dinosaur and then write down which dinosaur is being described. There are 6 questions to answer on this worksheet.

Sixth graders explore how people throughout time have responded to questions regarding identity. For this The House on Mango Street lesson, 6th graders create an identity chart for a fictional character and then write personal essays...

Connect design elements and principles to identity a culture with a discussion and related art activity. After analyzing artwork in relation to design, class members talk about personal and cultural identity. Using items that...

For this solar system worksheet, students use an on line source to find the names of the people who discovered the planets, comets, asteroids, black holes and the idea of the big bang theory.

Students have an important historical figure on a card on their back and by giving them clues, students have to determine who they are. In this historical figure lesson plan, students compete to find out who they are first. 

In this vocabulary and comprehension instructional activity, students complete 12 questions about the book, Charlotte's Web. Students fill each blank with the name of a character from this book.

Learners examine family structures. In this family structure instructional activity, students discover things about their own families and those of their classmates. They make a chart as they discuss nature versus nurture, complete a...

Learners identify dangers on the Internet

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai is an inspirational tale of heroism through adversity. Focus on the key details of the book with a quick review...

Students create a graphic timeline depicting who they are, where they've been and where they think they are going in their lives. They analyze and reflect upon the important events of their lives, and then use this as a starting point...

In our increasingly multi-ethnic society, many learners find it difficult to identify themselves as belonging to any one ethnicity. Gene Tagaban, a Tlingit, Cherokee, Filipino offers his personal experiences with these questions in his...

Sharpen your pencil and grab a ruler, it's time to draw some quadrilaterals! Given the definition of a parallelogram, rectangle, and rhombus, learners draw examples and nonexamples of each figure. The three definitions are...

In this science worksheet, students match 6 animals to the clue that tells how the animal protects itself from the sun. Students also draw how they protect themselves from the sun.

In this math vocabulary worksheet, students read each description of a math term and write the word on the blank line. They circle every third letter in each letter box next to the clue to check their answer. They complete 8 definitions.

In this American Civil War figures worksheet, students create 20 questions that they will ask to find out the identity of the mystery war figure they are assigned.

Students make comparisons about themselves and others, which are real and meaningful. They study some basic concepts in the area of genetics and do a complimentary series of experiments, or explorations that illustrate these concepts

In this science worksheet, students will identify 12 different marine mammals. Each animal is realistically depicted in a color illustration.

Who am I? Who do I want to be? The fourth session in this SPECS health unit explores self-awareness. Class members are asked to reflect on how and why they adapt their behavior to different situations.

Am I going to catch it? Individuals time how long it takes them to walk, jog, and run a given distance and calculate their speed. They then research two animals and find their speeds. Using a chart, pupils compare the speeds of the...