Students solve problems using ratios and proportion. In this algebra lesson, students analyze skittles and their different colors as they apply the properties of ratios and proportions to solve their problems.

Seventh graders study steam-and-leaf plots. Given specific data, they create a stem-and-leaf plot . Students identify the mean, mode, range and median. Afterward, they review vocabulary words.

Young scholars calculate the equation of the line of best fit. In this statistics instructional activity, students create scatter plots and find the line of best fit going through their data. They make predictions and draw conclusions.

Students define important vocabulary words related to electricity and charges. In this physics lesson, students examine force created by electricity and lightning. They differentiate between the two forces and how they both generate power.

Students review parts of speech such as nouns, adjectives, verbs, and antonyms. Students will brainstorm a list of different parts of speech, study the format of a Diamante poem, and choose their own words to create their own Diamante poem.

Students in a special needs classroom practice making sentences. Using a graphic organizer, they compose sentences using an article, adjective, noun, verb and adverb. They use the idea of a train to help them make complete sentences.

Eighth graders research congressional delegates from state of Texas, create database including delegate profiles, write introductory paragraphs on how census affects Congressional representation, and import information into word...

Sixth graders explore predictions and estimation. In this math activity, 6th graders analyze data and make predictions based on the past years data.

Lesson 10 in a series of human rights lessons focuses on the skills of finding evidence and summarizing. Your young readers work to compare the two texts they have read in this unit: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...

Use dance and song to help your charges in adding whole numbers to 10. In this adding to 10 lesson, learners become the manipulatives as you add them.

A simple, yet memorable, way of practicing with displacement vectors is described here. Divide your class into groups and assign each a different landmark on campus. They measure smaller legs of the path from the classroom to their...

Are you looking for a comprehensive review that addresses the Common Core standards for geometry? This is it! Instruction and practice problems built specifically for standards are included. The material includes geometry topics from...

Given the two-sentence skeleton of a news story about a car theft/joy ride, budding writers create their own version of the story varying diction and sentence structure to heighten interest and complexity in their writing. Resource...

Students review for the Regents Exam. In this math lesson, students review core concept for the Regents exam by working a variety of problems. A printable worksheet is provided.

Learners explore biology by identifying a diagram. In this cell anatomy instructional activity, students read a story about archeology and conduct a fictitious archeology dig in class in which they search for animal cells. Learners...

Twelfth graders test their knowledge of Algebra II and Trigonometry.  In this Algebra II/Trigonometry lesson, 12th graders are provided with a copy of an Algebra II/Trigonometry Regent Exam from the fall of 2009.  The exam has...

Sixth graders read the short story "Eleven". They write a narrative composition focusing on the use of voice. Students use a computer to create a pre-writing graphic organizer and type their final draft.

Students read the story of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Based upon the story, students perform reinforcement and discovery activities, according to their ability level. Pupils may write an essay, perform computer research,...

Students differentiate physical and chemical changes. In this chemistry lesson, students give examples of each type of change. They take the review quiz at the end of the lesson.

Tenth graders read the poem "Still I Rise" and discuss the different ways it can be told and read and brought to life. In this poetry lesson plan, 10th graders read aloud and silently, and compare different works of poetry.

Students perform translations on different polygons. In this geometry lesson, students create figures that will be used as an assessment to represent transformation. They perform hands on creation and relate it to the real world.

Students investigate patterns and functions. In this algebra lesson, students examine the repetition of integers and objects. They create formulas for the repetition and identify them as function using equations.

Using the computer and the Paint program, Students explore the different tools available in the paint program, and then create a picture showing two sets of pictures and an equation.

Fifth graders investigate buoyancy by conducting a science experiment.  In this water properties lesson, 5th graders predict which of their different paper boat designs will float for the longest period.  Students conduct the...