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Mammals: Mammals and Their Ways
Students study the difference between innate and learned behaviors. They observe the adaptations and behaviors of mammals in this series of lessons.
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U.S. Quiz Questions
In this ESL United States worksheet, students answer a set of 25 questions about the United States. The answers to each question are written beneath each.
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A Closer Look at Voting Patterns
Students examine the importance of voting. They analyze voter turnout graphs, conduct research, list the benefits and costs of voting, and write a paper that describes ways to increase voter participation.
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Participating in the Political Process
Students explain why it is important to participate in government, and name at least three ways citizens can participate.
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Greek Origins and Character Development
Seventh graders examine words of Greek origin and discuss character development in fiction. They read a list of Greek word parts and create words on a worksheet. Students then read and discuss an informational handout about character...
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Creating the Pamphlet
Young scholars create philanthropic brochures. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students make promotional pamphlets and offer theirs products to philanthropic organizations.
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Ethics in Congress
High schoolers, using Online sources, research and discuss modern ethics rules and general behavioral guidelines used in Congress.
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An Introduction to Sequences
Fourth graders are introduced to arithmetic and geometric sequences. For this mathematics lesson, 4th graders produce a variety of sequences by varying the starting number, multiplier, and the add-on number.
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Length, Perimeter and Area
Learners analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationship
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Project Jukebox
Students analyze an interview with the Climate Change Project Jukebox in order to help them undertand how to use a concept map. In this writing and climate change lesson, pairs of students log onto the Internet site for Climate...
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Threatened Species and Public Policy
Students discuss the Endangered Species Act and its impact on people and the environment. They read the act and watch video footage. They examine why sea turtles are endangered and efforts to protect them. They analyze numerical results...
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In and Out Function
Third graders examine how to solve in and out function problems, or mystery numbers. They analyze a variety of mystery number problems together and extend the patterns. Students then independently complete a Mystery Number activity...
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How Should Congress Allocate Money?
Students discover and examine how the government spends money and then determine what they this are priorities for national spending by illustrating their ideas on a pie chart. They research the national spending allocations on the...
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Supplies
Fifth graders determine what supplies they will take with them in order to survive their trip through the Amazon. The use estimation and basic math skills to determine how much they can carry and what they can use to survive in the Amazon.
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Where in Russia?
In this problem solving worksheet, 5th graders read a short passage and use the given information. Students solve for three problems showing all work and explaining the reasoning for how the problem was solved.
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Oil Market Basics
In this natural resources instructional activity, students take a ten question quiz based on their knowledge of the oil market. This a multiple choice quiz.
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Everybody Needs a Rock
Students, after making quantitative and qualitative observations of their rocks, construct a Venn diagram or dichotomous key to classify their rocks.
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Medical Marijuana - Legitimate Use Or Legalized Abuse?
Students, in groups, discuss opinions about medical marijuana use. They form their own opinion about the U.S Supreme Court case involving this issue.
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Hands On : Positive and Negative Numbers
In this number sense worksheet, 5th graders work with positive and negative numbers as they answer 6 word problems. They work with temperature, golf scores, football yards, and writing the opposite integers.
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Environment: Inupiat Weather Expertise
Students investigate methods of weather prediction prior to modern communication sources. A local elder lectures the class on weather prediction and safety. They document the experience by creating posters. Applying methods given by the...
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An Iñupiat Weather Report
Learners communicate in the Inupiat language using weather related vocabulary, numbers, and days of the week. They prepare a weather forecast and present it as if they were on a television news program. The forecast must be entirely...
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Penny, Nickel, Dime
For this money worksheet, students play a game with a pair of dice involving the arithmetic operations of addition and subtraction. Students interact with pennies, nickels and dimes.
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Election Day
In this election day worksheet, learners watch TV reports on election day and record the electoral votes at a given time. Students then predict who the winner will be.
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Vocabulary Review #10
In this vocabulary review #10 instructional activity, students interactively complete 10 sentences by selecting the correct word or phrase with immediate online feedback.