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Ict Activity 9
Fourth graders experience and study electronic conferencing as a means of communicating with other European schools. They assess various ways of communicating with other students to compare similarities and differences between...
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"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" Activity
In this The Adventures of Tom Sawyer worksheet, students fill in blanks in a set of 2 paragraphs to complete them, words are given to students.
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Reasons for Seasons
Learners track photoperiod (daylight hours) over time and predict how daylight change during different seasons. This helps build their understanding that ever-changing daylight is the driving force for migrations and all other seasonal...
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Yellowstone
As a motivating reading experience, this passage on Yellowstone National Park should appeal to learners of all ages. This 10 question instructional activity has both comprehension and vocabulary activities. It could be used for ESL with...
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Understanding Seasons
Students study the four different seasons: fall, winter, spring, and summer. They match the seasons with pictures that relate to them developing an understanding of the differences. They then complete the worksheet about the seasons.
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Adopt A Twig
Sixth graders explore leafless twigs and identify leaf buds. In this forest resources lesson plan students complete a lab activity that shows them how to identify tree and leaf identification.
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Introduction to Forces and Inertia
Learners explore the basic underlying concepts of Newton's first law of motion. They discuss forces and brainstorm different examples of force and what they act on. Students examine force by observing springs and gravity. They discuss...
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Newton's Third Law of Motion
Students explore Newton's 3rd Law of Motion. In this physics lesson plan, students participate in various experiments that demonstrate the idea of action/reaction, such as a balloon launch, a skateboard activity, and a spring scale...
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Geometry Center Games
First graders review the placement of positional words and shapes. In groups, they travel between eight centers throughout the classroom in which they participate in various activities. They focus on concepts that are related to Geometry.
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The Grouchy Ladybug By Eric Carle
Second graders complete a unit about ladybugs based on Eric Carle's, The Grouchy Ladybug. They complete comprehension questions, categorization activities, Venn diagrams, and choral readings of Susan M. Paprocki', Little Red Bug. As they...
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Chinese New Year
Students identify and participate in three traditional activities used during Chinese New Year celebrations.
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A Seed for All Needs
Students identify uses for plants. In this agricultural lesson, students read the book Spring Gardening and distinguish between food plants and flowers. Students plant flower in cups as a follow-up activity.
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Specific Heat and Insulation
Learners measure the air and soil temperatures at designated times. They graph the temperatures of each on one piece of graph paper with different colors. Students compare the information for the two line plots and analyze their results...
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One Windy Wednesday
Young scholars read and discuss the novel, "One Windy Wednesday." They complete a variety of activity cards and assignments associated with this novel. Each student draws windy day pictures, make a kite and record weather and kite...
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Past/Participle Verb Forms 1: Irregular verb forms
For this past and participle worksheet, students write the past and participle form for each verb in the sentences. Students complete this activity for 25 sentences.
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Bovine Oversteps Boundaries
Seventh graders read a newspaper account of "Grady the Silo Cow" and complete news-writing activities. In this news-writing lesson plan, 7th graders read the newspaper account about the cow. Students examine newspapers and work in groups...
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Todd Hido
Pupils do many activities and study one of Todd Hido's photographs to investigate composition and a sense of place.
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Winter Lights: A Season In Poems & Quilts
Learners read the book Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts and do language arts and math activities that go with the book. In this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include...
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Hop to It!
Third graders demonstrate an understanding of the different physical attributes and abilities of arthropods and people by observing, collecting data, and participating in a movement activity.
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The Seasons of Thanks
First graders explain the Native American cyclical concept of time
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Seasons
Students explore the four seasons. Through observation activities, they explore and discuss the weather changes that occur during each season. Students create a graph of the clothing that is worn during each season.
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Fun Through Fitness Day
Students engage in an entire morning of physical fitness activities called Field Day. Events such as dashes, water relays, hoop pass and obstacle course are some of the ideas.
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Water Quality
Students examine water quality and how to improve it, how to measure it and how it relates to human activities. In this water quality lesson plan students sample water from different sources, and test the samples.
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Season Board
Young scholars help create a classroom display for use throughout the year in this Art-based cooperative-learning lesson. The display can then be modified for different seasons and activities. Ideas for season modifications are given.