Alabama Learning Exchange
The Earth Has Many Layers
Students conduct an experiment. In this Earth's layers lesson, students learn about soil, sand and rock. They complete their own Jell-O Mountain and investigate the Earth's layers on-line.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Edible Cell
Students identify cell parts and their function. In this animal cell lesson, students view a video clip and discuss cell components. Students create an edible replica of an animal cell using food items.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Men and Women of Space Exploration
Fourth graders research famous astronauts. In this space science instructional activity, 4th graders list famous astronauts and use reference materials and the Internet to write a report on them.
Savvas Learning
Prentice Hall: Proofreader's Marks
One of the more complete lists of proofreader's marks. Includes meanings and examples of their use. Divides marks into seven categories: style of type, position, spacing, insertion and deletion, paragraphing, punctuation, and...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing With Scientists
After students investigate a topic through research, hypothesizing, observing, and experimentating, teachers can use this lesson to help their students prepare short science reports and publish them online. The Writing with Scientists...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Pingus Penguins: Writing Good Instructions
Students use the free computer game Pingus to learn how engineers, specifically environmental engineers, use their technical writing skills to give instructions and follow the instructions of others. Students learn to write instructions...
Other
Grammar: English Basics Worksheets
Excellent and comprehensive collection of worksheets for students' grammar skills. Includes exercises on complete sentences, analogies, synonyms/antonyms, and more.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quiz on Sentence Types
This 10 question quiz asks students to read sentences and label them as to type by selecting from options given. There are review links given to study before taking the quiz if desired; it is scored and feedback is provided when...
Quia
Quia: To / Two / Too
In this practice, students read a statement and, using the pop-up menu, select the correct spelling of the word to fit in the statement. Java is required.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Exercise in Writing Concise Sentences
Practice rewriting each of these twelve sentences in a more clear and concise manner. Check each sentence against the answer provided to see how well they match up.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Diagramming Sentences Power Point
This handy PowerPoint presentation introduces the concept of sentence diagramming. It includes a number of examples.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Multimedia Grammar Glossary
Designed as a complement to Harcourt's Trophies Reading series, this handy grammar glossary allows you to look up grammar terms typically covered in grades 1-5. For each term, you will see a definition, sample sentence (sometimes...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Fragments and Types of Sentences
Ten questions asking students to identify the difference between complete sentences and sentence fragments.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Commas With Coordinating Conjunctions
An exercise with ten compound sentences. Students are asked to type the commas where they belongs in compound sentences with a coordinating conjunctions. Then students can check their answers to see how they did.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: In This Together
Students are asked to explain how a crane's parts work together to achieve the end result.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Parts of Speech / Grammar
This is a list of links to exercises/quizzes covering the parts of speech and grammar.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Fragments Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on recognizing and correcting fragments.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Fragments Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on recognizing and correcting fragments.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Fragments Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on recognizing and correcting fragments.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Fragments Exercise 4
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on recognizing and correcting fragments.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Fragments Exercise 5
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on recognizing and correcting fragments.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky Classroom Calendar
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 2: Finding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Recognize comma splices and fused sentences by clicking on the error in 20 sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 3: Finding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Recognize comma splices and fused sentences by clicking on the error in 20 sentences.