Teachers can download this teaching package that looks at light and symmetry through the use of mirrors. Students will enjoy the nine mirror challenges, along with the hands-on activities described in the lessons. Teachers will...

Through two primary source activities and a short video, students will learn about Earhart's passion for flying and determination to succeed as a female aviator.

By watching a biographical video and engaging in two primary source activities, students will encounter the ideas, writings, and impact of Thomas Paine.

This compilation contains several lessons that will help learners learn fair methods to resolve conflicts. Other lessons will help students engage in a cooperative task.

Learning about factors and multiples allows students to see number relationships and apply those number relationships to multiplication and division.

There are five major causes of extinction: habitat loss, an introduced species, pollution, population growth, and overconsumption. Through this activity, students will create a list of reasons why animals can become extinct.

In this lesson, students must learn to recognize the differences between fact and opinion.

Are you looking for some great activities to use in your classroom on the first day? Here are some activities you can do with students on the first day back to school. Some are fun, some are valuable as learning tools, and some are both.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn all about the components of the solar system with this downloadable lesson plan. Includes several student handouts and a research activity.

Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.

The purpose of this lesson plan is to allow students to self-discover the relationships between similar figures. The students should then take what they learn about these relationships and apply these concepts to problem-solving.

Smithsonian Education presents "Airplanes and Airports: How to Take Off Without Ever Leaving the Ground." Teachers can download this teaching package that discusses airplanes and airports. Included in the discussion are the forces of...

Students do a "jigsaw" activity in which "expert" groups complete introductory research about some of the major groups that have lived in Montana.

Students will study a map of Montana's terrain, learn about natural and manmade boundaries, label the major features of the state, and pick which area of Montana would be best for settlement and explain why.

The activity described at this website allows students to not only practice working with other people but also "Refine the skills of rolling and catching." Read a description of the activity and learn how to assess students' performances...

This is an educator's guide for a unit on things that sink or float. It includes lesson plans, experiments, and activities. Students apply the scientific method as they investigate whether objects sink or float.

Website which strengthens the conceptual connection between scale drawings and ratios through an activity lesson.

Students learn how to create stem-and-leaf diagrams and boxplots by collecting data on the surface tension of water molecules. This hands-on activity using pennies is a great way to learn how to organize data.

Students can brush up on their knowledge of the parts of speech when they do this lesson. This site contains a kinesthetic lesson plan that caters to children with all types of learning styles.

This instructional activity focuses on active and passive voice including how to identify each, how to change passive to active voice, and when passive voice is appropriate.

In this lesson, students will learn that minerals are a necessary part of our diet. They will learn that different minerals have different functions in the body. More specifically, they will discover that iron is necessary to carry...

This tutorial explains what subjects and objects are and how they are different. It offers 3 videos using the characters Nancy and Patrick: the first explains how to find subjects, direct objects, and indirect objects; the second is...

Lesson plans, pictures, activities, and links make this site valuable for the teacher. Many activities can be used for individualizing instruction.

Four hands-on activities and explorations designed to engage children in learning about Mars.