Students discover the ocean life of the San Francisco Bay. In this ocean lesson, students take a Discovery Voyage of the Bay ecosystem through the Marine Science Institute. Also available are inland voyages, ocean labs, and tidepool...

Students analyze Greek vase painting and create their own vase art. In this vase painting instructional activity, students analyze the design element shape and the relationship between figure and ground. Students design a figure/ground...

Young scholars read and analyze the clay sculpture art of Robert Arneson and create their own clay sculpture. In this clay sculpture activity, students create a three-dimensional relief sculpture of a face and experiment with creating...

Eighth graders use a web-site to examine the economic factors involving colonial ship- building.  In this shipbuilding lesson, 8th graders will build a set of tables that demonstrate how they have chosen to analyze cost, processing...

In this vain, vein, and vane worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Students choose either vain, vein, or vein to complete 18 sentences.

In this color quiz learning exercise, students answer 12 online questions about color. The color questions are related to history, art, culture and mineral dyes.

Students investigate the natural disasters known as tsunamis by researching the Internet.  In this nature lesson plan, students define the word tsunami and discuss how they are created.  Students complete an online activity...

In this scientific notation worksheet, students solve a total of 10 problems, writing numbers given in problems using scientific notation, then numbers given in scientific notation in standard form.

In thsi scienfic notation instructional activity, students answer 10 questions converting back and forth between scientific notation and standard form.  Students write very big and very small numbers using scientific notation.

Pupils investigate the different regions of our oceans by researching the Internet.  In this oceanography lesson, students discover the different jobs related to ocean research and examine their roles by reading related...

In this science project worksheet, students view a sheet of numerous science projects including weather, animals, flowers, and more. Students choose 1 project to do out of 22 projects total.

Students create a presentation on one of seven diseases common to sea going ships.  In this diseases on ships lesson plan, students research diseases commonly found on ships of the late 16th and early 18th centuries. ...

Middle schoolers investigate deep sea explorations and the challenges that can occur.  In this deep-sea exploration lesson plan students work in groups and create a deep sea exploration mural. 

Third graders review the concepts of compare and contrast, drawing conclusions, and cause and effect. For this literary elements lesson, 3rd graders write a paragraph that compares and contrasts the past to the present. They show cause...

In this ESL commonly confused words worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, selecting the appropriate word from choices given. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.

Ninth graders discuss the conflict about oil between Britain and Argentina. For this Political conflict lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students write an email to their teacher about Black Gold in...

In this primary source analysis worksheet, students examine 4 documents from World War II and then respond to the essay questions that accompany each of them.

In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, double with -ing, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.

In this math and language worksheet, middle schoolers complete word problems and match vocabulary based on the story The Night Harry Stopped Smoking. Students complete 16 problems total.

This A Boy At War PowerPoint introduces the historical context of the novel and information about the novel's author. Facts and trivia about Pearl Harbor that are relevant to the novel's plot are reviewed. Historical photos and a map of...

Students study the basic operation of a water rocket.  In this propulsioninstructional activity students complete several experiments on constructing a bottle rocket launcher.

Students examine seven spiders and put them into two or three groups based on their structural similarities. In groups, they create a cladogram proposing possible ancestral relationships. Students design an experiment related to their...

In this ship wreck worksheet, students read the information beneath each famous wrecked ship. Students then draw a line from the picture of the ship to the point on the map where it currently rests under the sea..