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Biomes: Islands and Evolution
Students discover how islands form, how plant and animal species get there and what the term means. In this biomes lesson students prepare a presentation that describes the life forms and geography of an island.Â
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Steve Jobs
In this famous people worksheet, students read about the life of Steve Jobs and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to matching, sequencing, writing and spelling activities. An answer key is included.
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Tell About South II: Poets and Prophets
Learners explore the life of Richard Wright. They create a Power Point presentation to showcase Wright's journey from Mississippi to Memphis, Chicago, New York, and France and how he was an example of an African-American who moved north....
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My Dogs
Students use the properties of multiplication to solve problems. They recall the basic multiplication facts as well as write and solve problems that involve whole numbers.
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What Physical Activities Do Sneakers and His Friends Do? Lesson Idea
Pupils listen to the story Big News! They think of other physical activities that Mr. and Mrs. Legs and their little spiders may do together.
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Why Is a Low-Saturated Fat Diet a More Healthful Diet?
Students analyze the ways that their food choices can affect body composition and self-concept. They list the benefits of making healthy food choices.
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More or Less
Students discuss which foods they like to "pig out on" and how they feel after they indulge themselves. They explore the idea of eating foods in moderation instead of binge eating.
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Heart Message- Write the Word That Completes the Sentence
In this heart health fill in the blank learning exercise, student use words from a word bank to complete sentences about heart health. They take a circled letter from each word to make a new word that is a "heart message."
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Keeps on Pumping
Pupils measure and calculate heart rates per minute and for other units of time. They determine the amount of blood pumped by their heart during various intervals of time.
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Dr. Teeth and Dr. Gums To The Rescue
Second graders role play as dentists researching teeth and their care. They create a slide show showing how a character, Bear, can take care of this teeth explaining habitats, diets and teeth.
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Egg Hatching into Sequencing
Students create an egg. For this language arts lesson, students create an egg and then take photographs as the egg is being hatched. Students write about the sequence of the hatching.
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Butterfly/Moth Poster
Students learn how to identify which species of dragonflies or butterflies are found in their County by learning to read the Odonata or Lepidoptera checklist to find the scientific names; they also search field guides and the Internet...
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Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor
Young scholars use the Archival Research Catalog to complete assignments and activities about Lewis Hines and the National Child Labor Committee.
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Clouds and Solar Radiation
Learners use satellite imaging and Mesonet solar radiation maps to answer questions given to them by the teacher and look for differences and similiarities in the data.
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Camera Investigations
Students listen to a read aloud, participate in word work and work with video clips at a website. They make a zoetrope to demonstrate animation.
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Using Photographs and Models for Drawings
Learners make drawings of their classmates in photographs.
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Moving Voices
Students create films in which they depict to others what they want them to know about their community or school. They create films with different themes including social studies, geography and government. They work together to produce...
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Ticket to the Past: The First 25 Years of the Missouri State Fair
Students use the internet to gather information about Missouri's state fairs. They work together to complete a worksheet about the online exhibit. They discover the purpose of state fairs.
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Whose Business?
Fourth graders compare and contrast the businesses in Fort Griffin with those in their own community. Using the internet, they discover the factors that have influenced the development of businesses in a town. They also create a map of...
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Enhancing Social Skills and Vocabulary through Photography
Students in a special education classroom identify pictures of various living things. In groups, they role-play different roles to help them with their social and communication skills. To end the activity, they take pictures of...
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Candy Land Math
Students order numbers and sets of objects from 0 through 10 and organize and interpret information collected from the immediate environment. They read and interpret graphs usin real objects and the computer. Finally, students sort a...
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Think of a Number
In this math worksheet, students engage in a mental math activity. Student think a number and follow several computations with that number and always come up with the answer 9. Students discuss why this happens.
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Describe the Animals
In this ESL animal description worksheet, students analyze 6 pictures of common animals. Students are directed to tell about each animal by writing a simple description.
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1960 Election
Young scholars examine the election of 1960. In this US politics lesson students listen to a teacher driven lecture, take notes, engage in a class discussion and write a response to what they have learned regarding the 1960's...