Why are US dollars no longer backed by gold and silver? What is our medium of exchange, and what would it be like to live in a barter economy? Learners consider these questions, as well as learn about the major historical events in the...

Young historians consider the cause and effects of the Emancipation Proclamation. They use handouts, response sheets, and class discussion to build an opinion about the subject after viewing the PBS documentary Abraham and Mary Lincoln:...

What kinds of media do your pupils use to read and publish information? After a discussion about what publishing means, and about the freedom of the press, class members interview one or two other people about their publishing habits....

Students discuss parachutes and write a procedure to determine the effect of different size parachutes and different masses on the time it takes the masses to fall. They record all their data from their experiment then write three...

Pair the famous poems "I Hear America Singing," by Walt Whitman, and "I, Too, Sing America," by Langston Hughes, with a more recent poem by Elizabeth Alexander called "Praise Song for the Day" to demonstrate a theme and introduce your...

Increasing pressure to improve student achievement has made it easy to overlook the social skills they also need to develop. With this collection of worksheets and activities, you'll be able to improve children's...

Learners must figure out the most efficient route to help Jack find his way to the market through a maze of trees and curvy lines. This is a great worksheet to keep on hand for free-time activities.

Learners calculate the most efficient way to get through a castle maze starting at the top and ending at the bottom at the drawbridge. This is a great worksheet to keep on hand for free-time activities.

Figure out the best route to get through a hen maze by starting at the top and ending at the bottom of the maze. This is a great worksheet to keep on hand for free-time activities.

Calculate the most efficient route for a knight to get through a maze of water and trees to reach the castle entrance. This is a great worksheet to keep on hand for free-time activities.

Figure out the best route to make their way through a bag o' beans maze starting at the top and finishing at the bottom. This is a great worksheet to keep on hand for free-time activities.

Calculate the most efficient route to help 2 kids find their way to the exit in the factory of this maze. This is a great instructional activity to keep on hand for free-time activities.

Students weigh rights of students and others to free speech versus the responsibilities that come with those rights.

Planning a unit on simple machines? Save some time and energy with this collection of lessons and activities that explores how these devices are used in the real world to make life a little easier. 

Amateur seismologists explore Earth's earthquakes in real time using a variety of map styles and parameter selections.

Having a hard time defining bullying with your seventh graders? Discuss the different types of behavior one would see in a bullying situation with a series of lessons, worksheets, and group activities.

Two sample lessons from a curriculum unit on bullying provide high school seniors with an opportunity to assess their online and cell phone behavior and to consider how they can offer support to bullied students. Each plan includes an...

Two lessons, "What Does Cyber Bullying Look Like?" and "Factors Influencing My Reporting the Bullying of Others," serve as examples of the 12 included in a Bully Free curriculum. Each plan includes discussion questions, an activity,...

Introduce the logic behind a dichotomous key or administer a group performance assessment with a fun and challenging classification lesson. With explicit instructions for the teacher and for collaborative groups, as well as engaging...

A slew of graphic organizers, worksheets, and student activities are packaged here for your world history pupils. From comparing and contrasting the Qur'an and Sunnah, studying cultural diffusion across eastern nations, or examining...

Students study time and how to accurately calculate it.  In this time instructional activity students complete a lab activity in pairs and discuss their findings. 

Students examine scientific inquiry.  In this time and temperature lesson plan students create a template to solve scientific problems and work through a science problem. 

Middle schoolers explore justice issues. In this social activism lesson, students watch "Social Activism in the United States," and then locate newspaper articles from the 1960's and 1970's about events during the era.

Students explore the concept of time both historically and in their own lives. Students count the number of times they refer to a clock and the number of scheduled and unscheduled activities in their lives. Students discuss how the...