Seventh graders produce stories, poems, and drawings about Weisenborn's 1936 mural and make a comparable collage about Chicago in 2000.

Students listen to a story about a sea turtle sanctuary. They participate in a discussion about the sea turtles. They analyze some of the hazards that can hurt sea turtles and brainstorm ways to help the problem. They write and...

Students practice sorting lids in different ways so that each group determines a sorting pattern. They examine how to work in groups while sharing ideas. They establish group work relationships that become apparent to the teacher in this...

Students examine the interactions with nature and the environment. They discover where water comes from and ways to conserve water. They also examine energy sources and consumption.

Students focus on the types of vegetation and animal life living around local water sources. This lesson can be adapted to any local water source, whether it be a lake, a river, stream or ocean. It has a particular focus on the bird...

Students participate in a lesson that is concerned with the history of the food pyramid and how it evolved and changed into its modern state. After being presented with the information they conduct classroom discussions about the research.

Middle schoolers study the weather that occurred during the invasion of Normandy. They research using the Internet to locate information about the invasion and the meteorologists who helped during the war effort. They

Fifth graders are developing their computer skills as they create self portraits. They decorate and develop their own picture to later be made into pins, or necklaces. Students also develop a feel for using a camera.

High schoolers explore why surface tension is such a very important biological concept. Determination is made on why the myriad of biota that interacts at the air-water interface are vital components of aquatic and marine ecosystems....

Young scholars explore the long "a" sound. Using the Michigan quarter reverse design, students say the words aloud to discover the long "a" sound. Young scholars read given words and identify the long "a."

Students practice recognizing the phoneme /a/ in spoken and written words as well as by symbol. They interact with the book, "The Cat Nap," from Educational Insights and the Dr. Seuss book, "ABC's Book." Each student also plays a memory...

Pupils study the /a/ phoneme in written and spoken words by making the sound and identifying it in words. They repeat a phrase three times and write lower case a's on primary paper. Next, they listen to "Pat's Jam" and blink their eyes...

Students explore the digraph /ch/. They read and spell words with /ch/ and practice making the /ch/ sound by saying tongue twisters. They observe the teacher writing a /ch/ word and then write their own ch's. Students hold up a green...

Students discover the world of owls as predators. After watching a video of owls hunting and eating, are introduced to owl pellets. Students dissect their own pellet and match the prey's bones to a bone diagram.

Learners use a digital atlas of Idaho to explore the effects of the Lake Bonneville Flood. They become familiar with how floods shape our earth and change landscapes. Students graph a a timeline of the rise and fall of Lake Bonneville.

In this question worksheet, students generate several questions they would use to interview their music career mentor before the actual interview.

In this microscope usage worksheet, 7th graders complete an introduction packet that takes them through several lab activities that helps introduce and familiarize them with using the microscope.

In these shape activity worksheets, students read the poem about shapes and then draw and write about one of the zoo animals from the zoo. Students use the given shapes to put their animal together. Students add hair, eye color, and...

Students participate in various balancing activities. In this body management lesson, students use cones, mats, ropes, and a balance beam to demonstrate balance. Students are divided into small groups and are assigned to stations.

In these phonetic skills worksheets, students complete several activities that help them learn to recognize phonetic patterns in words. Students complete 6 activities.

in this pigeon study worksheet, students "find pigeons to investigate," then complete activities, answering questions about where the pigeons were found, how many, what they look like, observing behaviors and writing questions they may...

Students use foam pieces for matching games and other activities.  In this foamie craft lesson, students make a foam pizza puzzle and other forms. Students use the foam shapes to do the puzzle or create the other forms.

Using maps, students explore the concept of distances along great circles and straight lines. Airline flight paths are used as an example.

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this high-level math lesson has students delve into the topic of Great Circles on a sphere (specifically, the Earth), in order to find the shortest distances between locations. Students will...