Curated OER
Civil Disobedience
In this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive activity.
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Taking a Closer Look at Objects
Take a close look at the world around you with an activity that magnifies everyday objects. Five explorations examine items under intense magnification and pose a series of questions that encourage critical thinking and following...
California Education Partners
John's Trip Disneyland
It all adds up to one. Pupils solve several items that involve finding sums of fractions in relationship to a whole. The assessment task uses fractions with unlike denominators to determine the amount of a tank of gas and the amount of...
Umaine Museum of Art
Bony Fish Anatomy Worksheet
Take time to appreciate the beauty in the anatomy of animals with this cross-curricular art and science activity. After viewing examples of fish-themed artwork, children complete the included worksheet by labeling the...
Noyce Foundation
Mixing Paints
Let's paint the town equal parts yellow and violet, or simply brown. Pupils calculate the amount of blue and red paint needed to make six quarts of brown paint. Individuals then explain how they determined the percentage of the brown...
Inside Mathematics
Graphs (2007)
Challenge the class to utilize their knowledge of linear and quadratic functions to determine the intersection of the parent quadratic graph and linear proportional graphs. Using the pattern for the solutions, individuals develop a...
Messenger Education
Star Power! Discovering the Power of Sunlight
It takes less than 10 minutes for energy from the sun to travel 90 million miles to Earth! In the first installment in a series of four, groups measure the amount of solar radiation that reaches Earth. They then discuss how this is...
K12 Reader
Evaluating Text: Helen Keller's "My Life"
Readers are asked to evaluate Helen Keller's claim, and the evidence she uses to support her argument, that it is more difficult for hearing impaired children to learn to talk with others.
Virginia Department of Education
Rational Functions: Intercepts, Asymptotes, and Discontinuity
Discover different patterns by making connections between a rational function and its graph. An engaging instructional activity asks scholars to explore the behavior of different rational functions. Groups discover a connection...
Curated OER
What is the Time? - Measurements of Time
Telling time can confuse some students. This packet includes a straight forward explanation of how to tell time, a poem about telling time, two practice sheets, and an answer key. Note: The reading passage may be too difficult for 1st...
Curated OER
Electron Structure of the Atom
In this atoms worksheet, students determine the energy difference between levels and draw diagrams of the different types of orbitals. Students determine the ground state electron configuration for given elements. This worksheet has 14...
Curated OER
Bare/Bear
In this bare and bear worksheet, students read about the difference between the words bare and bear. They complete sentences where they choose the correct word. Students complete 9 sentences with either bare or bear.
Curated OER
Using Inequalities to Problem Solve
Young scholars explore inequalities. In this Algebra I lesson plan, students solve and graph linear inequalities involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. Young scholars use inequalities to solve and graph...
Curated OER
Not So Snappy 9
In this order of operations (i.e., addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) instructional activity, middle schoolers solve 4 word problems demonstrating their understanding of the concept.
Curated OER
Recognize Triangles
In this shapes worksheet, students are asked to "colour" all of the triangles they find on the page. There are 10 shapes on the page and 4 are triangles. The second page contains suggestions for teachers on activities with 2-D shapes.
Curated OER
Using Science to Explore
In this science technology worksheet, students will read about how robots have helped scientists explore areas that humans cannot. Students will complete 2 short answer questions based on the reading.
Curated OER
Not So Snappy 4
For this order of operations (i.e., addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) worksheet, learners solve 4 word problems demonstrating their understanding of the concept.
Have Fun Teaching
Compare and Contrast Greek Myths (4)
How are Icarus and Prometheus similar? How are they different? Compare any two Greek myths with a graphic organizer, which provides space for kids to fill in the ways that the myths are like and unlike each other.
K12 Reader
Change Adjectives into Adverbs
What do you need to turn an adjective into an adverb? Sometimes you need an -ly, but there are other endings. Ask your learners to change the endings of 29 adjectives in order to transform them into adverbs and complete the provided...
Curated OER
Max's Math Adventures
In these math riddle worksheets, students read the math word riddle 'Subtraction Square Dance Sing-Along Jubilee' and use the information to help solve the problems. Students make up their own subtraction verse to add to the song....
Curated OER
Spot the Differences
In this spot the difference worksheet, learners analyze pictures of two different wallabies to see if they can find six differences between the two.
Teach Engineering
What's Wrong with the Coordinates at the North Pole?
Here is an activity that merges technology with life skills as individuals use Google Earth to explore the differences between coordinate systems and map projections. The self-guided worksheet is the fourth segment in a nine-part unit....
Teach Engineering
Density Column Lab - Part 1
Mass and density — aren't they the same thing? This activity has groups use balance beams and water displacement to measure several objects. The pupils use the measurements to calculate the density of the objects.
Curated OER
Study Buddies: Elapsed Time
In this math worksheet, young scholars will work with a coach to solve a problem about elapsed time. Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.