Students explore the diversity of lizards in terms of characteristics, behavior, and habitat. Activities feature five species of lizards and their special body structures needed for survival.

Smithsonian in the Classroom presents The Music in Poetry. Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package for exploring the rhythms in poetry. Includes background information, lesson extensions, student handouts, examples of...

Various vocabulary games and tests with links by grade level and others which can help in the preparation for the SAT and GRE tests. You will also find tests on Computer terms as well as medical terms.

A instructional activity exploring the different types of cotton and the many ways humans use it. Learners will practice some basic weaving techniques.

For this series of lessons students employ an engineer's approach to solve problems and conduct a variety of hands-on activities. They use this strategy to identify the problem, brainstorm a solution, design a plan, build an object and...

A reader's theater script for Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig's children's book, Angelina Ice Skates, is provided on these pages. Sixteen character roles are needed in this activity.

A reader's theater adaptation of the fairy tale, Cinderella V.1, is provided on this script. Nine character roles are needed in this performance.

A reader's theater script for Dr. Seuss'children's book, Daisy-Head Mayzie, is provided on these pages. Sixteen character roles are needed in this activity.

A reader's theater adaptation of the Celtic fairy tale, Jack, the Cunning Thief, is provided on this script. Seventeen character roles are needed in this performance.

A reader's theater script for Doreen Rappaport's Lady Liberty: a Biography, is provided on these pages. Eight character roles are needed in this activity.

A reader's theater script for Robin Pulver's early elementary book, Mrs. Toggle's Zipper, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.

A reader's theater adaptation of the folk tale, The Little Red Hen, is provided on this script. Five character roles are needed in this activity.

This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of concepts involved in place value.

This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of one-half in a geometric context.

This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of concepts involved in addition and subtraction.

This task challenges a student to demonstrate fluency in adding and subtracting whole numbers.

This is a pre-assessment to be done at the beginning of a unit on the needs of living things. Students draw themselves and what they need to survive. The lesson can be downloaded in PDF format.

Students learn the difference between wanting something and needing something in order to survive. The lesson plan can be downloaded in PDF format.

Students learn about the basic needs of animals by creating and observing a worm terrarium. The lesson and student worksheets can be downloaded in PDF format.

A post-assessment at the end of a unit on the needs of living things. The lesson materials can be downloaded in PDF format.

In this activity, young scholars learn about natural resources. They sort materials into two categories, whether it is natural or if it has been changed by humans.

Learners learn the difference between natural and processed foods when they make a frozen banana pop dipped in chocolate sauce.

In this lesson plan students will gain an understanding of what "processed" means. They will also distinguish between natural and processed foods, and learn about sources of some foods.

In this lesson students are required to observe a simple model of the water cycle constructed of sand and ice in a plastic shoe box.