Learners draw Santa's face on white paper, add color construction paper for his hat, and use the beard section for a "countdown calender" until the end of the month in this creative December activity. Each day another cotton ball is...

Learners create "SUNSET SILHOUETTES" using primary colors, black construction paper, and glue in this elementary-level Art lesson plan. The lesson plan extension included with this lesson plan involves creating a nativity scene and...

Eighth graders work in small groups to design and build a snow remover while looking at a snow design brief. They combine 2 or more simple machines to form a compound machine following the design brief in order to meet the required...

Marine biology learners examine right whale sighting data from the WhaleNet website. They plot the data on a map and write down the number of adults and calves spotted. Questions accompany the data analysis activity, making this a...

Students identify heartwood, sapwood, and a tree's annual rings, infer from a tree's rings what damage or stress might have occurred in its life, and make a time-line of human history that coincides with a tree's rings.

Learners play the role of migrating birds. As a class, they simulate a migration of birds to one place and back again. They relate their habitat size and changes to their current population numbers. They discover the many dangers of...

For this bar graph worksheet, students learn how to read bar graphs by using the information in each word problem and making bar graphs with the information to help solve the problems.

A website looks at how we know so much about Mars—telescopes, robots, and spacecraft—and the search for martian life. Following the informational text are three questions that quiz pupils about possible life on Mars. 

Atmosphere aces investigate the microclimates that exist within a larger area. They use a thermometer to record temperature variations and identify microclimates on a map they have drawn. This exercise helps them to understand that...

Ninth graders study how cities affect the environment and design an ecologically-sound city. They focus their study on the benefits and constraints of life on the Northern Great Plains.

Examine the women who contributed to the Civil Rights movement. In groups, children read excerpts of writings from Eloise Greenfield and research the women she mentions using the internet. To end the instructional activity, they create a...

Students practice grouping skills by sorting footwear of the class as a whole group. Activity can be extended by having individual students sort a variety of colored items using a sorting mat.

Learners create an art project to be made into a laminated placemat to use during a classroom Thanksgiving feast. The lesson involves choosing at least three cutouts of elements of nature to glue onto a background page, drawing one...

In this present simple verb tense worksheet, learners read a passage about a man's daily habits and routines. Students fill in the blanks to create 20 questions about the passage. Learners then answer 20 questions about their own lives...

Students investigate plant roots. In this plant lesson, students discover the function and structure of plant roots. Students plant a plant in a milk carton with a clear section cut out in order to observe the roots of the plant. 

Build your students scientific vocabulary with this slide show on land habitats. Each slide provides a vocabulary word, image, and definition of a term common to habitats and the environment. Great for science class or as comprehensible...

Nouns are the focus of this language arts PowerPoint. Pupils will see that there are five categories of nouns: person, place, thing, idea, quality. The last two are not usually taught, but they are legitimate categories. When to...

On, at, in, since, for, during, within... what do all of these words have in common? They are prepositions and they are all prepositions that are included on this hand-out. This handout breaks down prepositions used when talking about...

Introduce your class to the beauty, population, architecture, and special places of Japan. They'll learn about the currency, the weather, and how Japan is different or similar to New Zealand. Note: While this presentation makes...

Students complete a research project. In this climate lesson, students learn about the climate "tropical wet and dry" found in Australia. Students work in groups to research aspects of this climate and then create a class presentation.

In this taiga learning exercise, students read a short article describing what a taiga is and then answer 10 multiple choice, true or false or short answer questions relating to the article.

For this Groundhog Day worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions about Groundhog Day. Worksheet has no information about Groundhog Day, questions only. 

Students investigate the climate of their region. Students research statistics and conduct interviews. Students take a virtual tour of Ghana and discuss its climate. Students consider water conservation and the role it plays in both...