In this writing instructional activity, students read a story starter about a brown bear who has just been awakened from hibernation. Students generate the rest of the story and draw a picture.

Students explore the ethics of 'fair' in regards to humans relationship with wildlife. In this wildlife study instructional activity, students read the story starters about wildlife and then discuss how to finish the story. Students...

In this owl cartoon worksheet, students enjoy a wordless cartoon story about an owl mother and her babies. It is somewhat difficult to understand the moral. There are no directions.

In this pith helmet story starter worksheet, students color a large drawing of a pith helmet. Students then write a rain forest adventure story on the provided lines.

For this owl cartoon worksheet, students color and examine a cartoon depicting a mother owl and her two baby owls who are taking a bath. No directions are given.

In this owl coloring cartoon worksheet, students see and color a detailed picture of a cartoon owl and his forest friends. No directions are given.

Students write creative science fiction stories. In this science literacy lesson, students develop their stories from a given set of starters.

Students create original short stories that feature distinctive weather phenomena, such as rainbows, snowstorms, tornadoes, thunder and/or lightning. They use a story map, imbedded in this plane, to help them organize their story.

Good Night, Moon is a classic little ones absolutely love. It's a sweet book that can be used, as in this lesson, to start a conversation about the difference between night and day. After reading the story, the class brainstorms...

Dive into ocean vocabulary with a set of 29 picture word cards. Each card presents a picture of an animal or item from the ocean in vivid color, as well as its name. 

In this animal coloring worksheet, students color a large picture of an adult dog with a collar. No directions are given. This could be used for a story starter in a creative writing setting.

First graders view and sort a display of fruits and vegetables by one characteristic. They listen as the teacher reads the story, "Lunch." Students identify items on the pages as living or nonliving, fruit or vegetable. Using magazines,...

Students study the solar system and our galaxy, then write a science fiction story based on what they discover. They utilize worksheets and access websites imbedded in this plan to gain ideas for their stories.

Pupils use creative writing in order to review the digestive system and other various parts of the human body. They write a creative story about a hamburger and the journey it takes during digestion. The lesson includes key words that...

In this environment worksheet, students are given information and write an environmental story. The information includes the making and reading of a map.

Third graders listen as the teacher reads the book "Roxaboxen" to them. They discuss the main characters and other aspects of the story. They discuss the characteristics and properties of the soil in Roxaboxen. The discussion is applied...

Students use magnifiers to observe the characteristics of ladybugs. From recorded observations and gathered data, they construct patterns and graphs of their favorite ladybugs. Children listen to a book on The Grouchy Ladybug and...

Students listen as the teacher reads "Lucy the Changing Ladybug." Students use construction paper to create a large leaf which they divode and number four sections. Each section will be illustrated to represent one stage of a ladybug's...

In this polar animals writing worksheet, learners complete sentence starters that use polar animals, then write several sentences to continue their "story." A reference website for additional resources is given.

Students explain the classification of planets according to various criteria. They create charts illustrating comparative data.

Young scholars use multicolored soft candies (gumdrops and candy orange slices) and toothpicks to create models of DNA structures. They discuss the fact that DNA must copy itself before splitting into two cells. Students demonstrate this...

Students research thunderstorms using the Internet, science book, or another reference book. Then, they can take a specific aspect of thunderstorms such as lightning, thunder, hail, rain, or something else that occurs during a...

Fourth graders explore changes in water forms. In this water cycle lesson, 4th graders build a water cycle model and monitor it for 2 weeks in order to understand that water changes state as it moves through the cycle.

Learners construct a small greenhouse and plant lima beans. They read books about plants, tend the lima bean seedlings, observe and record plant growth, taste a variety of plants and maintain plant journals.