Middle schoolers design, build, and test the specifications (water displacement and load line) for a model boat. The lesson focuses especially on integrating design principles with inquiry-based experimental skills.

Focusing on chapters 1-4 from the book, Jump Ship to Freedom, this helpful resource outlines critical thinking questions using evidence from the text to deepen overall reading comprehension. Note: Familiarity with mindwing concepts is...

In this online interactive writing worksheet, students personalize the letters to the words pirate ship and then print off their worksheets. Students trace the letters they chose and then write the words on the line provided.

For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Annie Proulx's The Shipping News. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "ship," write the word independently, and color the picture of a ship.

Give reading comprehension a boost with a two-page worksheet featuring an informational text about ships at sea during stormy weather. After reading, scholars show what they know through four short-answer questions. 

In this dot-to-dot instructional activity, students correctly connect the dots from one to twenty to draw a picture of a ship at sea.

Students extend their understanding of floating, sinking, density, and buoyancy and apply it to the design and testing of ships. students discover that most ships are constructed very similarly-whether they are schooners or destroyers.

In this word recognition learning exercise, students trace the word ship, write it independently, and identify it in a group of other words.

Young scholars discuss the travel of ancient sailors and the use of ships. They complete a Venn diagram, and compare and contrasts the two points of view on ancient ship travel.

Which word included the short /i/ sound: pirate or ship? Work on the short /i/ sound with your class by using the short poem provided here. Class members read the poem and answer three reading comprehension questions.

In this word search worksheet, students solve a word search by locating forty words related to ships. The word list includes sea, sink, and SOS.

Here is an effective, and well-designed presentation on the suffixes _/ship and _/ness. Many examples of words that use these suffixes are given, and learners have ample opportunity to practice using the correct suffix when presented...

In this suffixes worksheet, students read six nouns with a picture illustration. Students make a new word by adding the suffix "-ship". Example: champion(ship).

In this book response crossword, learners solve 8 clues and place their answers in the crossword. There is no word bank, but all words pertain to the book,Viking Ships at Sunrise.

Students, after listening to a selection of Gulliver's Travels, complete a worksheet about basic terms associated with boats, ships, and sailing. They create flag after researching semaphore flagging systems.

Students discover boats by researching 18th century ships.  In this Naval history lesson, students identify and describe the different components of an 18th century naval ship after researching information on the Internet....

Students read the short story "The Most Dangerous Game," and create maps of Ship Trap Island and justify why items are placed on their map in certain locations.

Young scholars facilitate each student's comprehension of the different jobs on a ship and the job's evolutions over time. They compare/contrast certain jobs on a ship from history to today. Students work together in cooperative groups...

What caused the collapse of the environment on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)? Who constructed the Moai? What was their purpose? Class members assume the role of investigators and use evidence drawn from field studies, ships' logs, and...

Scholars look at paragraphs two and three in the "Atlanta Compromise" speech. They analyze how Washington uses a story about a ship lost at sea and rhetorical devices to develop his point of view. After class discussion and completing...

In this pirate ship coloring page worksheet, students color a picture of a pirate ship sailing through a storm. They read a short sentence about the ship which is above the picture.

In this coloring page worksheet, young scholars examine a picture of a pirate ship, pirates and a pirate island surrounded by sharks. Students color the picture which would be suitable even for younger children.

In this Christopher Columbus worksheet, students discuss 3 questions about ships and Christopher Columbus. Students then color the image of the ship.