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Long a and short a bingo--check off sheet

For Students 1st
In this language arts worksheet, 1st graders find and match the pictures and words using the game of bingo to increase reading comprehension.
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Verbal Spin-Off

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this making sentences learning exercise, students use spinners to determine sentence patterns and write them with correct verb tense.
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Common Two-Word Verbs Exercise 1

For Students 9th - 11th
In this grammar activity, students change five questions into answers utilizing the two-word verbs call off, hang up, thing over, cut out, start off, look over, bring about, think up and put off.
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Common Two-Word Verbs Exercise 1

For Students 5th - 6th
For this grammar worksheet, learners define and discuss a list of two-word verbs: call off, hang up, think over, cut out, start off, look over, bring about, think up and put off. Students use a variety of these two-word verbs to answer...
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Opportunity Cost

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review the concept of opportunity cost. Using a clip from a money, they identify the people who made a choice and the value of the choice given up. They read various scenarios about opportunity costs and trade-offs and...
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Glitter Germs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss germs and where they come from. They participate in an experiment in which glitter is used to represent germs. They try different ways to get the glitter off, but they discover nothing works expect for washing their...
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"Tarantula Shoes," by Tom Birdseye

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learners read a book and explore spending, saving, opportunity cost, and trade-offs. They keep a diary of expenses to track their spending and examine their opportunity costs.
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Lord of the Flies Survivor

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders read and discuss the story elements and themes of the novel, Lord of the Flies. They simulate survivor groups through quizzes and voting off the group with the lowest scores, and group e-mail discussions.
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Inexpensive Printmaking!

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use large foam plates with the rims cut off to etch a design of their choice using a dull pencil. They use tempera paint to brush on color covering the entire printing area then placing a sheet of paper over the area. Then rub...
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Calculating Discounts and Sales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover that a discount is used by manufacturers and merchants to mean taking off a certain percentage of the price given in a price list. This price is called the list price. The list price less the discount is known as the...
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Making Good Decisions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice reasonable decision making and anticipate the consequences of their choices.  In this consequences lesson students discuss trade offs and how to solve problems.
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TRANSPIRATION IN PLANTS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners define the hydrologic cycle, define transpiration, name the three parts of the hydrologic cycle, and record the amount of moisture given off by several green plants.
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Five Little Pumpkins Rolled Out of Sight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate proper overhand throwing form, tossing their ball towards a cone and trying to knock a mini plastic pumpkin off of the cone.
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What's In It For Me?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze the costs and benefits that are involved with owning a business. They create their own decision making grid and identify their trade-offs. They also identify the opportunity costs involved in owning their own business.
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Scarcity and Opportunity Cost - To Choose Is To Refuse

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students are introduced to scarcity and opportunity costs. They discuss how different societies allocate their resources differently based on their needs. Illustrating trade offs, they create a production possibility frontier. They...
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How Does Light Move?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate how light passes through objects, is blocked, bounces off of things, and bends. They discuss how light moves in different ways, and with a partner walk around the room with a flashlight, shining the light on...
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Stranded Along The Coast

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners reflect and investigate how a seacoast is the dynamic border between two worlds-the terrestrial and the marine. In the realm of life science, we can observe marine animals that inhabit the shoreline and tidepools. In the realm...
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October 14th Rainforest Week Brownie Meeting

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students talk about the destruction of the Rain Forest and learn a Rain Forest Song. They start the meeting off with a tropical forest coloring sheet. They relate to the plight of the Rain Fores and understand the importance of saving...
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Alka-Seltzer Cannons

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine how to conduct a reliable scientific experiment so that the results are valid. They compare and contrast the reaction of Alka-Seltzer tables, one whole and one crushed, and time how long each takes to pop the top...
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Habitat Preservation Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate what happens when nature takes back land after humans have managed it. They find an area in the schoolyard, and mark it off with a boundary. Students build a simple fence with string and stakes. They put up a sign...
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Projectile Motion

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders experiment with a projectile that is launched horizontally after a demonstration and small discussion about two pennies, one dropping from a table top and the other being slide off the top and hitting the ground at about...
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Photocells II: The Photoelectric Effect in Photocells

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the principles of atomic structure that underlie the operation of a photovoltaic cell and explains how they apply to a photovoltaic cell's operation. An area of the classroom is staked off to represent a photovoltaic...
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Flag Grab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice moving safely around their classmates. In groups, they practice evading and dodging others while trying to pull their flags off their belts. To end the instructional activity, they re-enter the game with new flags and...
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Fishing in the Grand Banks

For Students 6th - 12th
In this fishing worksheet, students read about the fishing trends off of Newfoundland, Canada and how fishing has effected fish populations. Students complete 5 short answer questions based on the reading.

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