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Poke and Look Learning Books

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners read Poke and Look Learning Books and complete predicting activities, reading, questioning, and more. In this Poke and Look Learning Books, students do this for 13 different books.
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Water, Water, Everywhere!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a WebQuest. In this water cycle activity, students investigate the cycle through a WebQuest activity. Students research the water cycle through Internet resources and create a documentary video of their process.
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Ecology

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students make connections between their daily lives and the usage of natural resources as they relate to the importance of environmental quality.  In this ecology lesson, students listen to the story The Lorax by Dr. Seuss...
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Gone But Not Forgotten

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine animals and organisms that have become extinct and their similarities to living organisms.  In this extinction lesson students divide into groups and research extinct animals.
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Earth Lesson Plans

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students gain understanding of how a fossil is formed and why they are so important.  In this fossil lesson students create their own fossils.
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Life Underground

For Teachers 1st
First graders build a terrarium in order to observe animal and plant life dynamics. In this biology lesson, 1st graders compare how organisms survive in different environments. They write their observations and analysis in their journal.
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Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

For Students All
In this learning exercise, students answer questions regarding the function of an egg.
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Math Averages

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students perform different activities to better explain that the word "Average" has 5 different meanings.
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The Chambered Nautilus

For Students 4th - 6th
For this chambered nautilus worksheet, students read a 2 page article, define 10 vocabulary words and answer 7 short answer questions in complete sentences.
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The Pipa Pipa Frog

For Students 3rd - 4th
The Pipa Pipa frog is the focus of this reading comprehension worksheet. After reading a passage and studying a photograph of the frog, students complete eighteen phrases that tell about the frog.
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A Basin Filled With Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use fossil leaves and a mathematical formula to study climate change. In this climate change and fossil lesson plan, students determine the differences in temperatures during two different times during the Cenozoic era using...
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Geological Time Scale

For Students 9th - 12th
In this geological time worksheet, student use a geologic time scale to understand the difference between eons, eras, and periods. Then students complete 2 short answer questions.
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Cooking with the Sun!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners access prior knowledge of solar energy and understand that solar energy produces heat. In this solar cooker lesson, students complete grade appropriate experiments using the heat of the sun. Learners complete a worksheet on...
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Modal Verbs of Deduction

For Students 4th - 6th
In this identifying modal verb usage instructional activity, students read the different uses of model verbs with examples, read and identify types of phrases, and fill in the blanks with modal verbs. Students write 30 short answers.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Taking Swipes at the Auto Industry

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about the auto industry and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Solar System Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Solar system lesson plans provide teachers with a multitude of ways to interest even the most reluctant learners.
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Let's Go to the Zoo!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Make going to the zoo a great learning experience for your students with these engaging lesson plans.
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Fossil Fuels: Understanding a Nonrenewable Resource

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Incorporate fossil fuel issues into your curriculum with these lesson plan ideas.
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Sunken Treasure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Go on a treasure hunt with your language arts class! They read "Treasure Hunt" and "Exploring the Titanic," then create a final product by taking part in an unusual art activity.
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Toilet Paper Geologic Time Scale

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine and demonstrate the extent of geologic time compared to recent time. They develop a demonstration of geologic time using an unrolled roll of toilet paper, with each sheet of toilet paper representing 20 million years.
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Quotation Marks

For Students 10th - 12th
Seeing multiple quotation mark mishaps in your class? Show them how to use quotation marks properly with this handout. While this is not an interactive activity, it could act as a reference sheet for writers as they compose and edit...
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Be a Paleontologist

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners search for fossils in a simulated archeology site and explore how paleontologists mark out a dig site.
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Desert Postcards

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research characteristics of deserts. They present their findings in small groups to the class. Students utilize information learned about desert biomes, geography of the route of the Niger, and expeditions in their writing.
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Subtracting Zero

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this subtraction worksheet, students will subtract zero from one, two and three digit numbers. The equations are presented vertically.

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