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Donkeys and Elephants and Voters, Oh My!
Learners celebrate party politics. In this American politics lesson, students discover what the 2 main political parties in the country are and discuss their functions. Learners then participate in a classroom simulation that requires...
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High Profiles
Young scholars research and write newspaper articles about current world leaders, using a New York Times International article as a model. They research a current world leader's personal background and political history.
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Balkan Basics Country Profile T-chart
In this country comparison worksheet, students complete the graphic organizer that requires them to respond to 7 questions that address 2 Balkan nations that they choose to compare.
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FACS: Family Dynamics (Family)
Students study the family unit through a PowerPoint presentation, worksheets, group activities, and by creating a limerick. They examine attributes and issues related to family life.
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Read an Electric Meter
Third graders explore electricity. For this science lesson, 3rd graders discuss how electricity is transmitted and complete a worksheet in which they practice reading an electric meter.
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Constitution
Ninth graders simulate a U.S. Supreme Court hearing concerning a First Amendment case about school prayer by participating in a hearing.
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Pen Pals
Fifth graders become pen pals from other countries and research their countries for information that help with their writing. This information is then sent to another student who is also portraying someone from another country.
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (Letter 24)
In this The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis worksheet, students read the story, define six key terms using only one or two words and answer ten comprehension questions.
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That's So Square
Students familiarize themselves with the three most common geometric shapes: circles, triangles and parallelograms. They sketch, sort, and name the shapes.
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The Lorax
Third graders identify environmental problems. In this natural resources lesson students participate in several activities that support critical thinking about the environment and natural resources. The students write, list, and verbally...
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Land as a Valuable Resource
Students investigate why the soil is important to our lives. In this natural resources instructional activity, students have a farmer as a guest speaker. Students begin to understand how farmers use and protect our natural resource....
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Kitchen Math - Levels I & II
Identify appropriate abbreviations, food-measurement terminology, techniques, equivalents, and calculate recipe-size adjustments and demonstrate proper measuring techniques. Identify abbreviations Compute equivalents Identify measuring...
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Twisted Textbook
In this paragraph structure worksheet, students read an excerpt about Europe and identify the sentences that focus on human characteristics as well as physical characteristics. Students rewrite the selection as two paragraphs that...
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Rhythm Compositions
Learners investigate the concepts that focuses upon the musical rhythms. They conduct class discussion and use questions in order to clear up any misconceptions. Students create art compositions that illustrate rhythm and then each one...
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The Planet Wakyabi
Fifth graders explain how organisms' specialized structures and variations work with the environment to help them survive.
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Mobile phone safety
Students examine ways to protect themselve from crime. In groups, students determine ways to protect property such as MP3 players and mobile phones. Stsudent roleplay a robbery.
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TOEFL Practice Test- Vocabulary #1
In this language arts worksheet, students practice for the TOEFL test by answering 5 questions. Students read the sentence that has one word surrounded by apostrophes. Students choose the word closest in meaning to this word. Students...
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Web Writer's Block
Students evaluate Web sites banned in various countries, and investigate the reasons why particular countries would want to block information from its people.
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Finding Mass
Student measure mass to discover how pennies have changed in their composition. In this measurement lesson, 8th graders investigate through an open-ended problem to discover how the US pennies composition changed in the 1980's.
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Tibet and the U.S.
High schoolers study the Tibetan situation. In this global issues lesson, students listen to a lecture regarding Tibet, its location, and its ties to China. High schoolers then create political cartoons or write letters to their...
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Heat and Color
Sixth graders conduct a simple experiment to explore the ways that color can affect heat transfer. They review the three ways that heat can transfer: conduction, convection and radiation.
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Rock Cycle SIOP Unit
Young scholars collect rocks, identify them, classify them, investigate their properties, and more. In this rocks lesson plan, students also experiment with soil and erosion and weather.
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Design Details (Fashion Lingo)
Students identify and define fashion details that are used in garment design. They play Bingo with fashion detail terminology. They create a fashion sketch using fashion details and write an essay.
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First-Aid and Emergencies
Students demonstrate how much they know concerning first-aid using real life examples to figure out what to do in emergency situations.