You don't have to travel far to learn about rocks, just step outside, pick up a stone, and begin investigating. After taking a class walk around the school grounds collecting rocks, young scientists practice their skills of observation...

Students identify, sort, and classify mineral samples that make up a common rock.

First graders follow directions when sorting objects. They illustrate how objects are categorized by drawing at least two of the categories that they sorted the objects into. Students work in small groups at completing the task of...

Students read attached articles and others they can find about dangers at rock concerts and also what bands, venue owners and others have done to increase safety. They conduct interviews and write a feature about concert safety in the...

"Conjunction, junction, what's your function?" The lyrics to the classic Schoolhouse Rock episode "Conjunction Junction" accompany what was once a link to the video. Video has been "removed by the user," but it would be a snap to find...

First graders find the differences in rocks. In this rock lesson, 1st graders look at different rocks and write at least 3 ways that they look or feel different. They discuss how rocks are formed in different ways and how this affects...

Students explore materials and their properties. In this matter lesson, students identify objects and describe their properties. Students test and sort materials using an interactive whiteboard, followed by a group discussion of what was...

Students explore nature by participating in a class lab activity. In this human vs. nature lesson, students examine a group of items in their classroom and discuss whether they were created naturally or have been altered or created by...

In this seasons worksheet, students cut out the picture cards at the bottom of the page, sort the pictures and paste them with the matching season.

In this categorizing spelling patterns instructional activity, learners sort words with their correct endings in groups with ack, ick, ock, and uck patterns. Students write 15 words.

First graders listen to the book The Story of Sand and make predictions about an investigation based on soil, sand, and silt. In this sand lesson, 1st graders work in groups to discuss their observations about sand and answer higher...

Supercharge beginning readers phonics skills with this extensive collection of worksheets. With exercises on long and short vowels, consonant blends, rhyming words, word endings, and much more, this resource is a primary grade teacher's...

Students explore biological impact by completing a worksheet in class. In this animal population instructional activity, students utilize river rocks and jars to conduct a coqui frog population role play activity. Students define a list...

Students read a large variety of myths and discuss the characters and their attributes found in mythology. Then they identify and learn to set up an appropriate spreadsheet program. Students also enter the data to the class spreadsheet...

In this consonant digraph TH worksheet, students help the main character Thad sort ten words into two jars. Students distinguish the difference between a soft TH and a hard TH in ten words.

For this reading worksheet, students answer 10 multiple-choice questions about the book. For example, "Who took Hermione to the Yule Ball?"

In this layer of the earth worksheet, students label and color each layer of the earth. Then students are asked to describe each layer below.

Middle schoolers identify and interpret a variety of solid materials - cloth, wood, metal, plastic, paper, and rubber. After a period of free exploration, they then describe the properties of the objects and develop vocabulary in order...

Pupils work together to complete a research project on Harry Potter. They write a research question and develop a survey to give to their classmates. Using the results, they create a graph and draw conclusions about the data collected.

First graders critically analyze living and nonliving objects, then develop a list of characteristics to classify objects on a science walk. They make a book to close out the lesson.

Students explore statistics by conducting a scientific study. For this data analysis lesson, students conduct a class poll about popular foods of their classmates. Students complete a worksheet and discuss how bias opinions affect the...

Students discover the benefits of writing letters to multigenerational pen pals.  In this pen pal lesson, students identify a need for communication among the generations.  Students begin a pen pal program with the elders in...

Students discover a connection between the genres of popular music and musical theater. They find and discuss musicals written in many different musical styles.

Young scholars classify objects based on their attributes. They explain how archaeologists use classification to help answer research questions.