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Exploring Careers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The world is full of possibilities for your ELLs. Help them explore their career options with a lesson that incorporates Internet research and expository writing. Not only will they learn more about their careers of choice, but both...
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Careers With an Aquatic Emphasis

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are introduced to careers with an aquatic emphasis. They take a self-evaluation test on what they enjoy in school to determine which career is right for them. They listen to people in the field discuss what their job is like.
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Picture Your Future Self

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research careers using the internet and newspapers. As a group, they create a newsletter about careers of the future.
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Earth Kids: Kindergarteners Taking Care of the Earth

For Teachers K
Students explore a variety of ways of how to care for the environment in the nine lessons of this unit. They observe how to be responsible "Earth Kids."
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Calculating Profits from Selling Virtual Lemonade

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students set up and collect data for a virtual lemonade stand. In this entrepreneurship, economics, and technology activity, students purchase ingredients, determine costs, and set up a virtual lemonade stand. Students consider weather...
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"Mr. Betts and Mr. Potts"

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the book "Mr. Betts and Mr. Potts" and examine the career of being a veterinarian. They categorize animals based on whether they could be house pets or not, develop a class pet graph, and list the various...
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Personal Information Sheet

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars access the material necessary to complete an employment application. They produce a personal data sheet, examine the information needed for job applications, and complete a generic application.
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Community and Me

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students continue to examine the concept of communities. In groups, they identify and create a list of their needs and wants and create artwork showing their community working properly. They describe the differences in communities...
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Collect the Eggs Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this Eggs Game worksheet, students cut out and put together the game board, tokens, cards and game spinner. Students try to collect the most eggs cards while playing the game.
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Ivanov Goes to Moscow

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars complete a unit on the play, "Ivanov" by Chekhov. They read and analyze the play, write a short story, watch a film of the play, complete a data sheet, and conduct a debate.
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Apple Baskets

For Students K - 1st
In this counting apples worksheet, students color and cut out four apple baskets with specific numbers on them and twenty-five apples. Students fill each basket with the specific number of apples requested.
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Introducing...Me

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders create a tri-fold brochure that includes past assignments from their writing portfolio. They examine these assignments of career choices, learning styles, dreams, and goals. In addition, they construct and then publish a...
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Chinese Zodiac Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this Chinese zodiac animals activity, students search 12 different animals in a word search. First, they identify the various types of Chinese zodiac animals. Then, students locate and circle each word in the word search puzzle.
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TV TELLS IT ALL

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify the influence of television on gender roles and talk about how they are changing.
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Self Advocacy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students determine the procedures for facilitate a self-advocacy meeting. They enter information about the meetings in a database which they include in a letter summarizes the meeting.
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Percents: What's the Use?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore percentages in real world situations. In this percents activity, students determine the final sales price after discounts. Students interview community members and determine how percentages are used in the real world.
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Anything Goes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Should we have an anything goes attitude about indefinite pronouns?