Young scholars listen to and discuss the purpose of protest music. They analyze an editorial cartoon related to Jim Crow and read questions from the literacy tests given to African-Americans. They work together to write a song about the...

Students build and evaluate simple models to understand the greenhouse effect. They explore the role of increased greenhouse gas concentration in global warming, and the implications of global warming theory for engineers, themselves...

Students use M&M's to create a pie graph that expresses their understanding of the composition of air. They watch and conduct several simple experiments to develop an understanding of the properties of air (it has mass, it takes up...

Twelfth graders develop economic literacy of basic economic problems confronting all societies. Economic decision making, scarcity to make choices, economic confronts, market system, prices, demand curves and supply curves are all covered.

In this literacy worksheet, students will work with their family to read the book Corn - On and Off the Cob. Then students will complete a chart by trying various foods made with corn and recording the date eaten and the taste of each food.

Learners estimate and compare grapefruit weights. In this weight measurement and literacy lesson, students listen to the story Nate's Big Hair and the Grapefruit in There, then estimate the weight of a grapefruit after holding it....

Young scholars develop their critical thinking skills by sorting junk mail by characteristics using a Venn diagram. They discuss their findings and create their own revisions.

Middle schoolers examine writing topics. In this writing skills lesson, students incorporate photography into their personal writing and align it with 6 traits skills.

Students explore the components of the transference of technological information through this ten lesson unit. The applications to specific careers, the determination of responsible use of technology, and the affects of technology on...

Students construct a photo document on their selected topic and use at least twelve photographs in their photo document. One must be of the authors. Additionally, they must write five interactive questions which help viewers interpret...

Pupils locate their home state on a map. They differentiate between physical and population sizes of states. In two groups, students "become" states with string for boundaries. They ascertain that area does not always equal large...

Students write stories, print hard copies, and use the GarageBand program to add music and record the narrations. A handout to download, of instructions is included in this early-elementary instructional activity.

Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the short /o/ sound. Like a doctor would, they look at each other's throats as they say "ahhh" and make the short /o/ sound. They say and make...

Third graders compare their thoughts about Africa before and after reading an associated book. In this cultural understanding lesson, 3rd graders write down their thoughts about Africa. They receive information from the book, Somewhere...

Students listen to books about shapes, then use models to learn the names of shapes. Students then locate shapes in their real-world environment, practice spelling the shape words, and reflect in writing on the process.

Who do your scholars imagine when they think about the civil rights movement? If only a few faces come to mind, this instructional activity will expand their concepts of the movement's leaders. Learners examine an image of the 1963 March...

In this literacy worksheet, 1st graders practice finding the solution to each line with the proper word with the help of the animation for the four questions.

In this literacy worksheet, young scholars read the list of vocabulary words in order to increase literacy and spelling abilities because they are sight words.

In this literacy worksheet, 4th graders practice solving the four problems with a focus upon the skills that include statistics, number order, and word problems.

In this literacy worksheet, students practice solving the 20 problems while focusing on the skills of addition with the strength of regrouping.

In this math literacy worksheet, 2nd graders solve the 20 problems while focusing on the skill of using addition with regrouping.

In this literacy worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the theme of the sheet in the word search. They also work on spelling skills.

In this math literacy worksheet, 4th graders practice interpreting the pictographs in order to assemble the information to find the solutions to the 13 problems.

In this literacy learning exercise, students unscramble the words to derive the correct spelling. The answers are found by clicking the button found at the bottom of the page.