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Internet Quest: Bottled Light
Students conduct research. In this lighting lesson, students define bottled lights. Students research and answer questions about buying bottled light, create a poster to increase the sales of bottled light, write a sales pitch for...
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Striving for Success
Students explore their own talents and create interview questions for a peer involved in a particular extracurricular activity. They write newspaper articles based on the interviews.
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The Environment and You
First graders examine the human environmental impact and discover ways to lessen effects. They create a pollution damage flow chart and write down what they think Mother Earth might say. They create inventions from recyclable materials.
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Dealing With Death
Students watch and analyze a video dealing with the topic of death. They answer discussion questions, identify examples of how death is represented in popular media, write a poem, create a memory book, and write a letter to someone who...
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What's the Fizz Factor
Students as a class create a fountain using both coke soda, and mentos candy. In this science activity, students test which combination of coke and mentos products produce the tallest fountain. Students use the scientific method to track...
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Operation Iraqi Democracy
In this lesson, students consider various forms of government and examine the idea of political sovereignty, then prepare outlines for oral presentations on international models of government. For homework, they write response papers...
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World Religions
Ninth graders investigate the symbols and historical figures of the five main religions of the world. They participate in a class discussion, listen to a lecture and take notes, and write five Haikus, one about each major religion of...
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Weird Genetics Problems
In this genetics worksheet, learners will solve genetic problems using the genetic cross or a Punnett square. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions.
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Interpreting a Pictogram
In this pictogram worksheet, students read and analyze a pictogram about dogs, hedgehogs, birds and butterflies and then answer 6 short answer questions. Students conduct a similar survey on pets owned by their friends and put their...
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More Quadrilaterals
In this quadrilaterals worksheet, students identify shapes and their properties. In this problem solving worksheet, students answer fourteen questions.
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Tunisia to Egypt & Beyond: Freedom & Democracy?
Students examine democratic values. In this current events lesson, students watch video clips about rebellions on Tunisia and Egypt. Students respond to the provided discussion questions and participate in a critical thinking activity on...
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A Look at Virginians During Reconstruction
Fourth graders examine slavery and Reconstruction in Virginia. In this Virginians during Reconstruction instructional activity, 4th graders research primary sources for the story of William Jasper and other slaves. Students hypothesize...
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Multiply Fractions with Fractions
For this Math worksheet, students multiply fractions and write their answer in simplest form. Students are given 9 problems to practice the skill.
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Cartoons in the Classroom: Drawn to Freedom
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons that feature the free exchange of ideas and government criticism. Students then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Why the Whales Came
In this Why the Whales Came worksheet, students answer questions about each chapter in the story for twelve chapters. Students answer five to ten questions about plot per chapter and complete a writing assignment for each chapter.
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Gators at the Gate!
In this endangered species learning exercise, students will read 10 statements about alligators and determine if the statement is a fact or an opinion. Then students answer 1 short answer question.
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Language Review Quiz
In this grammar activity, 3rd graders answer a variety of grammar questions. Questions consist of correcting sentences, filling in the sentence with the best word, writing contractions, and choosing words with the same meaning.
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What Do You Think About . . .?
In this recognizing opinions worksheet, students write sentences giving opinions, asking for opinions, agreeing, and disagreeing. Students write fifteen sentences.
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Frederick Douglass: If There Is No Stuggle, There Is No Progress
Learners explore Frederick Douglass's method of resisting slavery. In this Frederick Douglas lesson, students read a speech given by Douglas regarding his theories of resistance. Learners discuss the speech and then write their own...
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Digital Codes
In this Algebra II/Pre-Calculus worksheet, students convert numbers into binary, octal, and hexadecimal code and examine different uses for writing numbers in other bases. The four page worksheet contains twelve multi-part questions. ...
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4-H Leadership Skills- Intermediate Activity Page
In this 4-H leadership skill worksheet set, students design a Leadership Coat-of-Arms using the given questions. They examine eight important qualities that leaders need to have and complete a checklist of the leadership qualities that...
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Leadership (Intermediate)
In order to be a good leader, student need to evaluate their own personality traits. Using this 30 question activity, learners can get a grasp on their strengths and areas that they can improve on to be a better leader.
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Creating a Universally Designed Lesson Plan
Students investigate plant cells. In this multiple intelligences lesson, students engage in a variety of activities to foster an understanding of plant cells and how they work. Students read, write, observe, and role-play parts and...
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Does One Tree a Forest Make?
Students take a walk around the schoolyard looking at and identifying the trees. One leaf for each tree is collected. A chart is developed that represents the population of trees on the school ground. They keep journals and write an essay.