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"Chinese in the Frontier West: An American Story"
Students substantiate a generalization by providing supporting details. They apply visual and oral information to a piece of written work and formulate at least three generalizations they think may characterize the experience of...
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Fractions as Percentage and Decimals
In this fractions, percentages, and decimals worksheet, students solve 14 problems where they must convert back and forth. Students are given numbers in fraction, percentage, and decimal form and are asked to change their form.
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Creating a Map
Students create a map of their community. In this mapping lesson plan, students identify various geographical features and the cardinal directions on maps displayed in the classroom. Students are divided into three groups to create a...
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Creating a Talk Show
Students practice interviewing and answering questions by creating a mock talk show. For this communications lesson, students view a classic clip of an older T.V. talk show and plan an outline of material for their own talk show....
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Communicating With My World - Day Three: Internet
Students, who are studying ESL, examine the use of web sites. In this web site lesson, students watch a teacher demonstration of different types of web sites. They discuss how much time people spend on the Internet. They take a survey...
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My Childhood Portrait
Students practice descriptive writing by viewing auto-portraits of young children. For this art analysis lesson, students examine an auto-portrait of their teacher as a young child and ask him/her questions about their youth....
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Imaginary Wealth and a Magazine Article
Students explore economics by writing a fictitious news article. In this personal wealth lesson, students participate in a role-playing activity in which the year is 2025 and they must write an article about their extremely wealthy...
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Mental Math Blocks
In this math worksheet, students solve eleven math problems from a variety of topics. For example, students estimate the product of a multiplication problem.
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The Yo-Yo Problem: Solving Linear Equations
Students compute the length of time it will take to save enough money to purchase a yo-yo. In this math lesson plan, students create a design with pennies and write the associated linear equation. In this linear equations lesson plan,...
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Hooray For Heroes
Students identify and interpret what heroes are by researching various American heroes of the past. Students select several school heroes and interview them, as well as their own personal hero and write a story about them. Students...
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Relate Fractions, Decimals, and Percents practice 19.2
In this relating fractions, decimals, and percents learning exercise, students recognize the relationships, complete a table with missing fraction, decimal, and/or percent, write fractions in simplest forms, and solve algebraic equations...
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Words with the Prefix trans-
In this vocabulary and word study worksheet, middle schoolers explore the prefix trans- as they match 10 words to the correct definitions. Students may also complete the challenge question at the bottom of the sheet.
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Making Effective Decisions
Students examine decision-making styles. In this self-awareness instructional activity, students work through 3 exercises examining the different styles of decision-making, how barriers effect decision-making. The instructional activity...
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How Media Shapes Perception
Students explain the impact that the media may have in shaping their intellectual and emotional responses to current events. They examine broadcast and Web-based news sites to find subtexts through the use of language, audio, and visual...
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Plant Pigments
Students investigate the components of chlorophyll. They use paper chromatography to separate the many pigments of chlorophyll from one another.
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Scarcity, Choice and Decisions
Students study the basic economic trilogy (scarcity, choice, and costs). In this money management lesson, students use a scenario of a High School Prom to calculate how scarcity, choice and cost apply by completing provided worksheets...
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Number Theory and The Real Numbers
In this algebra worksheet, 9th graders define rational and irrational numbers and answer questions about properties of real numbers. There are 38 questions on this test.
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What price Freedom! Civil War and Reconstruction
Fifth graders become familiar with the events of Reconstruction and the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. In this reconstruction lesson, 5th graders work in pairs where each student creates a building with blocks and draws it. Their...
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Exponents Problems
In this algebra worksheet, students solve problems containing exponents. They apply the properties of exponents to solve these problems. There are 10 questions with an answer key.
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Night Golf Classroom Guide
Students read the story "Night Golf" and respond to questions that enhance their comprehension of the book's message. In this reading lesson, students participate in a literature circle to explore reading passages. Students ...
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Compare and Contrast: Hershey and Mars
Twelfth graders compare and contrast information from stories. In this similarities and differences lesson plan, 12th graders read about Milton Hershey and Forrest S. Mars to learn about the lives of the two men. Students...
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Educational Subjects
In this interactive vocabulary worksheet, students read the description of educational subjects and select the subject which the sentence is describing. There are 10 questions to complete.
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Symmetry
Learners explore symmetry. In this geometry lesson, student identify and define bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry, pentagonal symmetry, hexagonal symmetry, and cubic symmetry. Students construct examples of these types of symmetry and...
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Fossil History
Students examine the similarities and differences between living organisms and fossils. In this fossil lesson students reenact the process of creating a fossil.