Mathematicians can be famous, too! Introduce your class to Eratosthenes with a reading passage. After they complete the passage, learners respond to five questions, some of which require opinions and others reading comprehension skills.

How many people and animals can cram into a single bed? Find out with this cross-curricular math and language arts instructional activity. Following along with a reading of the children's book The Napping House by Audrey Wood, young...

Students experiment with the laws of motion. In this motion lesson, students explore Newton's Laws of Motion. Students work in groups experimenting with different objects and observing different types of motion.

Use this worksheet to help your class identify proper nouns. They circle the proper nouns in 16 sentences. Answer key is provided. 

A lot of secrecy shrouded the creation of the atomic bomb. Readers uncover some of that secrecy using an educator's guide for the novel The Green Glass Sea. Three weeks of lesson plans feature discussion questions and reading...

Pupils access the Internet to locate data regarding their assigned mathematician. They organize their notes on a data form, write a report, create a visual and present their facts to their classmates.

Learners explore a field of knowledge through the life of a leader in that field. They write a high-quality biography of the leader of their choice. In the end, publishing of the biography is completed on the Internet.

Despite the slightly off-putting title, the instructions and activities detailed in these project guidelines for researching a noteworthy figure will serve as a fantastic supplement to your next famous person research...

Students reflect on the uses of mathematics in their daily lives and work in pairs to design brochures that make specific mathematical concepts clear and interesting to a popular audience.

In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Sir Tim Berners-Lee and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches,...

Students examine the life of renowned African American scientists. In this science literacy activity, students explore a website containing profiles and achievements of past and present African American scientists. They prepare a poster...

Practice reading comprehension and teach your English acquisition class about Leonardo da Vinci. This instructional activity provides a short informational text entitled, "Leonardo da Vinci." Learners answer five multiple choice...

Students interview a hero. In this heroes lesson, students read Number the Stars to begin a discussion about heroes and then create mind maps on each character. Students pick a local hero and interview them and then write a personal...