Students explain dependency exemption and how it affects taxable income, and apply the five dependency tests to determine whether a person can be claimed as a dependent.

Students adopt the persona of an immigrant child to explore the reasons underlying why families left their homelands. They empathize with the emotional plight of immigrants through creative composition.

Young scholars participate in reading activities to discover what a cyclone is and how cyclones affect those parts of the world that they hit. They discuss what kind of shelter would be best to create in anticipation of a cyclone.

Fourth graders examine a bat and determine if it is a pest or pal. They identify three types of bats native to the state of Pennsylvania. They also identify the parts of a bat and write a report on the bat of their choice.

Students develop greater ease with their bodies and their personal environments. They extend body space into its immediate architectural boundaries and draw a simple yet detailed floor plan of a physical space or structure (bedroom,...

Eighth graders investigate future career choices by looking at classified ads in the newspaper. They consider their lifestyle choices when looking at career options. They prepare a written essay which details how they will prepare for...

Fifth graders complete a short unit on slavery and the U.S. Civil War. They read and analyze the book, "Follow the Drinking Gourd," compose their own secret song, complete an Abraham Lincoln crossword puzzle, and dramatize a historical...

Third graders review with the teacher the characteristics for a fable and what it is. They read one paragraph each from the story, "The Fox and the Stork" aloud. They then answer comprehension questions aloud. Next, they listen to four...

Students are introduced to the water cycle. They help draw a picture of a lake ecosystem, adding human impacts that affect water quality. Students help fill in the components of a drawing of a water system. At the end of the lesson...

Students identify by-products from forests used in their everyday lives. They describe several ways in which people depend on forests. Students list everyday products made from trees, then research and categorize less common products...

Students list as many examples as they can of sensors in their homes and/or automobiles, define sensor and discuss what qualifies devices as sensors, explore human eyes as sensors while watching teacher demonstration, recognize that...

Students focus on individuals who discover their own special talents and sense of self-worth through the work they do. Students study accomplishments of famous people who may have had an impact on their lives. Students make connections,...

Students research the ecological principle of symbiosis. Using a microscope, students observe the relationship of mutualism between termites and flagellates. Students examine a live termite and protozoans. They discuss the principles...

Students examine the sound of the letter "P,p" and how to write it using a tongue twister. They examine how their mouths move when the make the letter sound before writing it on primary paper. While listening to a read aloud of William...

Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...

Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...

Young scholars research Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson then utilize their findings to determine what each of the three Presidents contributed to the Civil Rights Movement.  In this U.S. History lesson, students work in small...

Young scholars investigate the residences of presidents found in the state of Ohio. They conduct research in the internet and also looking for buildings dedicated to the memory of presidents. The information is used in order to create...

For this environment worksheet, learners find the solutions to building an environmentally friendly home and they examine the long-terms costs associated with ownership.

In this thermal energy worksheet, students will explore different ways heat is transferred including conduction and convection. Students will look at how insulators work and how room temperature can affect heat transfer. This worksheet...

In this Valentine's Day learning exercise, students color, cut, fold and paste a picture to make a pop-up card for Valentine's Day. Teachers are also given a brief history of the holiday and the tradition of sending valentines.

In this crossword worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by solving clues about Christmas. For example, "In what month is Christmas?"

In this language arts worksheet, the story of the Gingerbread Man is written with the verbs missing. Students provide the proper verb tense of the word in parentheses. This appears to be an ELL page; there are German words at the top. It...

In this language arts instructional activity, students practice using the correct verb tense by filling in the missing verbs in a version of The Gingerbread Man.