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Panther Scavenger Hunt
Students research a website to learn about the Florida panther. In this animal research lesson, students use the scavenger hunt directions to search a website about Florida panthers. Students also solve word puzzles within the activity.
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Panther Scavenger Hunt
Students examine the Florida Panthers through a Web-quest. In this web-based lesson, students find clues that will help them to identify the habitat of the Florida Panther and the history of human activity which threatens these wild cats.
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Literary Devices Paper
Fourth graders write a character analysis of someone they know describing them through similes, metaphors, and hyperboles. They may include themselves and how their person relates to him or her.
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ESL Lesson Idea: Body Parts
Students study common terminology for body parts. They point the body parts and label work sheets using the appropriate vocabulary.
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ABC Brainstorm
Students practice a variety of strategies for mastering ABC brainstorming about a major topic. They take a topic and try to think of a word or phrase associated with that topic that begins with each letter of the alphabet and match them...
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Justifying Answers
Students demonstrate how to solve word problems. In this problem solving lesson, students use strategies such as drawing pictures, using counters, and making a table to justify how they solved the word problem.
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Life Long Learning
Twelfth graders complete a research activity to learn about post-secondary education and possible career paths. In this college and career search lesson, 12th graders locate colleges of interest on a map and explore information in a...
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Excited About Flight!
Students create flying objects by using materials given in 3 different flight centers. In this flight lesson plan, students go to each center and have a discussion about each one.
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Lesson Plan for "The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear
Students find rhyming words in poem, get information from the pictures, explain the elements of a poem, and extend the poem.
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Rock Around the Clock
First graders use a Judy Clock to learn time to the hour and half hour. They practice by ringing a bell and telling the time. They complete an activity sheet after practicing for several days.
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Reading Like Wild Animals!
Students read orally a number of times to increase oral reading speed and fluency. The teacher models fluent oral reading, and the students practice on sample sentences. They then read with a partner working to increase their oral...
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Extra Word Worksheet 13
In this proofing/editing worksheet, 5th graders practice their editing skills by reading eight sentences to find the one extra word that is not needed in each sentence.
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Present Time and Past Time
In this present and past tense verbs worksheet, students respond to 30 multiple choice questions that require them to use the appropriate verbs.
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Present Time and Past Time
In this present and past tense worksheet, learners practice their grammar skills as they respond to 30 multiple choice questions.
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Pet Overpopulation
Students explore the concept of pet overpopulation. In this animal welfare lesson, students complete and discuss handouts regarding the spaying and neutering of pets to reduce pet overpopulation.
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Olympic Sprint Training
High schoolers observe and analyze their partner while they run fast, and teach each other up to eight cues to improve speed and technique.
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All Mixed Up
Students identify and sort words into the basic categories of color and number. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice sorting number words.
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Space, The Funky Frontier Internet Research Worksheet
In this solar system worksheet, students explore a web site called The Nine Planets, to refresh their knowledge of the solar system, and to research new facts about Uranus. They answer three questions about Uranus, write an essay about...
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Fossil Imprints
Third graders discover fossil imprints. In this fossil lesson, 3rd graders get a piece of clay and create their own fossil imprints using animals provided by the teacher. They share their fossils with their partner and complete a data...
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Stellar Spectroscopy
Students investigate white light. In this science lesson, students participate in a variety of experiments in which they study light. Students use spectroscopes to view the components of light.
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Electricity
Students experiment with a series of circuits. For this chemistry lesson, students discuss voltage, resistance and current as they flow through an electrical circuit. They work in pairs to solve the questions.
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Are We There Yet?
Students discover how to use maps and why they are important when using a map. They calculate distance using a map scale and time using travel speed and a map scale.
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A "Real" Picuture of a Scientist
Middle schoolers share their own stereotypes when they talk about scientists. In groups, they draw a picture of a scientist where they are working and the tools they most commonly used. Using the internet, they discover how archeolgists...
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Measuring Mass
Third graders engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the estimate and approximation of different masses. They weigh different objects and compare the different measurements and then use a balance to compare them....