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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 13
In this confused words worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences by choosing the correct confusing word. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Ghosts Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Ibsen's Ghosts. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Urban Complaints Guided Conversation
In this urban complaints worksheet, students fill out a chart about places around town about what they want and don't want to find there and create a short conversation about it. Students complete the chart for 4 places.
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Life as An Early Orange Grower
Students explore the early settlers of Florida. In this social studies lesson, students research the lives of early settlers and write a journal from the perspective of a young person whose family has an orange grove during the 1880s.
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How Do You Move Along the Earth?
Students determine their own walking and running velocity. In this physics lesson, students calculate velocity using distance and time information. They compare human and animal speeds.
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Marble Madness
Students determine the velocity of a marble rolling down the incline. In this physics lesson plan, students identify the independent and dependent variables in the experiment. They construct and analyze a graph.
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Students sing the song The Itsy Bitsy Spider and complete movements with the song. In this song lesson plan, students are assessed on if they sing the song in the correct order or not.
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Breaking News English: Londoners Offered BLT for SAD
In this English instructional activity, students read "Londoners Offered BLT for SAD," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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The Story Tree
Students create dialogue that relates to a Florida Archives silent film clip. They research the Florida Memory Project and view a film clip. They record their dialogue on index cards and review and revise the dialogue as needed. They...
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Inside the Warsaw Ghetto
Middle schoolers describe the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and identify Jewish fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. They describe other forms of resistance during the Holocaust. They evaluate the significance of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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Effects of the Spanish Conquest
Fifth graders read and research the effects of the Spanish Conquistadors on the New World. Then they break into small groups and play a game of Jeopardy, using the facts that they have learned.
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Investigating Human Behavior
Pupils explore the Holocaust and themes such as prejudice and discrimination.
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Lesson Plan on Social Studies Research
Fourth graders listen to nonfiction stories, read fact sheets about historical characters and events, and record facts in groups. They write a paper based on six facts from their research.
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There Was Always Sun
Young scholars investigate the chronicles of history about the Negro Leagues baseball by using rare historical footage and interviews with Black baseball greats. Students also examine how to work in groups to use online resources to...
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Art, Art, Everywhere
Students create a PowerPoint presentation documenting the art of a chosen artist. After a brief presentation by the instructor, students use the internet to research and document the works and life of their chosen artist. They...
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You're The Chef
First graders view an animated picture book at a web site. The book provides step-by-step instructions on how to prepare a hamburger. After exploring the book, groups of children will create cookbook recipes by drawing a picture and...
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Water Sources: Sprinkles (Newsletter)
For this science worksheet, learners investigate water sources and the environment. Students complete a rebus, a home water survey, a game about the journey of water, an activity on waste water, a water cleansing experiment and a water...
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Tocobaga Indians of Tampa Bay
Young scholars identify characteristics of the Tocobaga Indian tribe, compare and contrast this tribe to other Florida tribes, and explain why the Tocobaga tribe became extinct.
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Pánfilo de Narváez, Nuñez de Cabeza de Vaca
Students identify the route that Narváez and de Vaca sailed, and the mishaps that occurred during their exploration of Florida. They illustrate each of the vocabulary words or create mini barges using sticks and cloth.
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Florida During World War II
Second graders list reasons why Florida was ideal for building military bases, then explain why America entered World War II. They list reasons why Florida was ideal for building military bases.
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Cape Canaveral: Launchpad to the Stars
Students identify the geographic and climatic characteristics of Florida that made it the best location for the space program. They describe how the space program affected the economy and growth of the eastern coast of Florida.
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Using Active Learning to Reinforce Mathematics
Students predict, then measure how far a bug can travel on a "course" over a specified amount of time, then construct graphs based on the data they acquire.
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The Shadow Knows - Measuring A Telephone Pole
Third graders attempt to determine the height of a telephone pole or tree without climbing to the top.
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Geo-Town
Second graders use a checklist to construct a Geo-Town map including a compass rose, a map key, and a paragraph about a walk around Geo-Town, using appropriate geometric and directional vocabulary to identify the two-dimensional figures...