If your kids like motorcycles and dirt bikes, they'll enjoy reading about Mike and his daredevil tricks. After reviewing eight words in a word bank, they fill in the blanks throughout the short passage using context clues.

Students examine Newton's Laws. In this law of motion lesson, students observe Newton's three laws of physics demonstrated by the teacher. They apply other examples to Newton's first law of inertia.

Pupils play one of two games while waiting in line for their teacher. They lay down on the ground like Sleeping Beauty and can only awake when teacher guesses the secret word. They also freeze in the pose of their favorite sport pose.

Students complete a variety of activities (using the Washington Post Newspaper) that reinforce concepts involved in sports writing.

Students discuss the similarities and differences in their cultural traditions. In this quilt of cultures lesson, students sing and dance to "Smile at your Neighbor." Students write down their favorite food, holiday, family...

Students look in newspapers and magazines and discuss gender role development and stereotypes. In this gender lesson plan, students bring in their favorite objects that have no gender stereotype linked to it.

In this algebra worksheet, students rewrite word problems into algebraic expressions and solve the equation. They examine sport coaches and decide which ones have experience in ranking, school, and length of service.

Students write a descriptive writing piece. In this writing activity, students use a visualization exercise to add more descriptions to their writing.

In this healthy foods worksheet, students organize the names nutrient-rich foods into categories. Students also read passages about nutrition and respond to three short-answer questions.

In this pop star worksheet, students correct the sentence mistakes written about the pop star, and fill in the blanks to the letter. Students fix 10 sentence mistakes and fill in 12 blanks.

Third graders explore acrostic poetry and use names of their favorite personalities from television, music, or sports. They write descriptions for each letter of the person's name.

In this ESL worksheet, students first read or listen to a text about the Adidas and Reebok companies. Students complete 8 pages of comprehension exercises. Included are vocabulary, questions, completing sentences, discussion, problem and...

Students examine the role of sports in American society, analyzing both positive outcomes and its exclusive nature. They reflect on how the lessons that they participate in as students may carry with them into their adult lives.

Second graders examine different types of graphs and discover the meanings of the symbols used on them. After gathering data about themselves, their communities, and the world, they use that information to create graphs. Among the...

Students develop and present a power point presentation.  In this getting to know you lesson, students create a power point presentaion that describes themselves.  Students include information about what they like to do and...

Students examine and write about possible career choices in relation to their own personal interests, strengths, and values. They discuss the process of reflective writing, and identify their three favorite activities on a "My Future...

Young scholars explore Latin America by researching the favorite past time, baseball. In this Latin culture lesson, students identify the leaders in the Latin American baseball movement such as Felipe Alou, Jose Mendze, and the great...

Engage your class in writing right away during the month of March. This resource provides writing prompts for every day in March, and each is decorated with a shamrock. For most of the prompts, learners use creative writing skills,...

Does the home team have the home field advantage in football? Class members look at a graph that displays wins at home and wins on the road for each NFL team from 2002–2012. Then they answer eight word problems that look at the...

For first-hand research experience, learners study the achievements of baseball hero, Babe Ruth. They gain a better understanding of the game, especially the role of a home run. They then use their research findings to create...

Students collect and analyze data.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students collect data on three to four traits or favorites.  Students analyze their data and create a chart of graph for each trait or favorite they...

Young scholars discuss what makes a sports legend. In this Jim Thorpe activity students analyze both the triumphs and tragedies of Jim Thorpe's sports career. Young scholars then write a letter persuading their representative to name Jim...

Eighth graders use the sports pages of the newspaper to analyze the mean, median, mode and range of basketball statistics.

In this football facts worksheet, 3rd graders will read a passage about American football and answer eight multiple choice questions about the sport.