Learners research four Maine based businesses involved with lobster fishery as a career analysis. In this career exploration lesson, students research lobster fishery businesses and write a class book showing the progression of a lobster...

Young scholars make a chart with columns for water, food, shelter, fire, and other needs.Then list whatever each person thinks they might need in each column to survive for at least a week in the outdoors during that season.

Learners explore the benefits of yoga and meditation by studying baseball players who incorporate them into their pre-season training. They investigate a variety of mind-body techniques and create a presentation for the class.

Fifth graders discuss the way a plant can reproduce from roots, stems, and leaves instead of the more familiar way of flowers, fruits, and seeds. In groups of four, 5th graders pick a plant group. Each group then writes a report,...

Give your class a fun St. Patrick's Day "brain booster." Keeping the holiday magic alive, your class will practice subtraction by determining how many clovers found had four leaves and how many coins out of the total "pot of gold" were...

Using problem stories that are meant for St. Patrick's day, your class will determine what fraction of shamrocks had four leaves and what fraction of pistachio pudding remains after people have been served.

Students measure shadows at different times of the day to determine when a shadow casts its longest and shortest shadows.

Students examine how animals adapt to the harsh New England winter. They discuss articles they have read on the subject.

Students complete multi-curricular activities in a Halloween themed lesson. For this Halloween lesson, students examine newspaper ads to find prices of pumpkins and use them to complete a stem and leaf plot. Students find the diameter,...

For this seasons worksheet, learners color in a winter scene. The illustration includes a snowman family of four. Each snowman wears a hat and scarf.

Young scholars experiment designing graphs of selected readings from the Nebraska sites from the Power in the Wind study. They choose whether or not to put their data in a spreadsheet program to make a computer-generated graph or to...

Pupils create "Snow Folks" using children's mittens, rice, wooden balls, and various art materials in this Art lesson for grades Four and up. The lesson includes picture examples and suggestions for successful implementation of the lesson.

For this editing activity, learners read and edit a short passage entitled, "Alaska, the 49th State." Students look for 10 errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar.

Students observe the state changes in water. In this matter lesson, students observe, measure, and describe water as it changes state. Students explore how water can change from a solid to a liquid then back again. They journal their...

Students review clothing and climate words in Spanish. They choose a Spanish-speaking country, and on a piece of paper folded in half or in quarters, they draw the seasons of their country with people dressed accordingly for each...

Pupils use whale migration patterns to determine sex and age of whales and determine where these whales can be located during different seasons. They use mapping skills to plot the migration patterns of four unknown whales.

Students discover the quest for a balance between oil exploration and a concern for the environment in Alaska. They synthesize their knowledge by debating the current length of the oil-drilling season.

The purpose of this activity is to determine how the location of a place on the Earth (hemisphere) determines what season that place is experiencing relative to the Sun's rays. Day one the pupils will be introduced to the terms equator,...

Students examine how weather affects daily life. They draw pictures of themselves wearing clothing appropriate for four different weather conditions. They display their drawings each day according to the weather conditions.

Fourth graders examine nature paintings from a Utah museum for their physical characteristics. In small groups, they observe museum postcards and discuss the season, precipitation, temperature, and geometric shapes pictured. Focusing...

Students write an essay entitled "What Does Christmas Mean to Me?" In this writing lesson, students express their feelings about Christmas in an essay. Students discuss ways they have given to others during the Christmas season, then...

Fourth graders investigate how weather influences shelter choices. They explore the concept of insulation and discuss some traditional Native American shelters. They discuss the shelters used by the Okanogan people during the various...

The student will locate countries on a world map from which we import foods that our climate prevents us from growing locally.1. Discuss the term "export." Divide pupils into groups of four. Give the groups five minutes to brainstorm...

In this season worksheet, students read facts about winter and find 20 homophones. Students also correct the errors in the sentences.