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Ocean Zones
Students create a mural showing ocean zones and the diversity of ocean life. They use reference books to create a list of plants and animals that would live in each zone.
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Homophones Word List
In this homophones worksheet, students analyze 100 pairs of common homophones. This list may be used in many ways: spelling, sorting, word games or sentence writing.
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Manatee Facts
In this math and science worksheet, students learn facts about the manatee by reading information on one page. Students answer 5 math word problems using the data they have read.
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Time - Space - Measurement
In this time, space, and measurement worksheet, students use their math knowledge to respond to 17 short answer questions pertaining to time, space, and measurement.
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Washington: Crossword Puzzle
For this United States history worksheet, students use the 15 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers pertaining to Washington.
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In Arctic Waters
For this reading comprehension and following directions worksheet, students read facts about Arctic waters, the Inuit, Arctic animal adaptations, polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhal, Beluga whales and create a mix-and-match animal...
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Linnaeus' Latin Lingo
Students use Latin and Greek words to figure out species names for whales.
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Letter from San Diego - Proofreading for Missing Commas and Capital Letters
In this language arts worksheet, students read a letter that is missing commas and capital letters. They write in the missing commas, and circle all of the letters that should be capitalized. They see graphics on the page that illustrate...
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Measuring Angles
For this measuring angles worksheet, students solve 10 problems in which angles are measured with a protractor and labeled with: acute, obtuse, right.
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Impersonal Pronouns: It and There
In this impersonal pronouns activity, students complete the text by typing "there is", "there are", "it is" or "it's" in the paragraph.
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Social Studies: Treaty Comparisons of Indigenous People
Learners assess the Treaty of Waitangi and compare it to various Native American treaties. After discussing the legal issues of the treaties, they role-play as groups representing a nation-state and indigenous people who negotiate a...
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Echo Location
Students participate in a role-playing activity that demonstrates how whales use sound as an adaptation to their environment.
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Teach and Learn: Journalism
Students read and discuss keypoints of the article, "Iceland to start hunting whales." They write in the style of newspaper reporters and order the information so that it tells the story from beginning to end with relevant detail
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Lesson Plan on Migration
Fourth graders diagram written and oral directions of a Native American, European Viking, Right Whale or Humpback Whale migration route, the student diagram all directions only in the sequence given, with arrows indicating direction of...
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What's Your Adaptation?
Second graders gather information about the physical traits an animal has which help it survive in its environment. Using collected data, 2nd graders draw illustrations with adaptation features labeled.
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Website Scavenger Hunt
Students use the internet to complete a species scavenger hunt. In groups, they answer questions given to them about sea lions, rockfish and killer whales. As a class, they identify any questions they have and discuss the role...
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Ocean Animals vs. Humans
Students use critical thinking skills to solve word problems using ratios that allow them to compare humans to ocean animals.
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Adventure To the Unknown----Shark Beneath the Reef
Students use the internet to access background information for their slide presentation based on the story- Shark Beneath the Reef.
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Vocabulary Building - Brainstorming
Students learn new vocabulary words in ways that are fun and enriching. They brainstorm lists of words to be used in sentences, stories, or conversations.
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Dolphin Documentary
Students use their knowledge of dolphin natural history to create a "movie."
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Introduction to the Dictionary
First graders explore how to use a dictionary. They discuss how the dictionary is organized and how to locate words in the dictionary and students use the dictionary to locate words.
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J. Paul Getty Museum Education Staff
Students will examine a manuscript page from a Flemish bestiary and discuss how it was used to teach ideas about Christianity. In this Christianity lesson plan students study the given manuscript and then compare the stories from the...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Sorting
Pupils explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book Sorting and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Pupils define selected vocabulary terms and utilize...
