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Poe's Poetry and Prosody
Motivate your class with this lesson plan! Learners use passages from Edgar Allan Poe's poetry to practice reading fluency. They read "The Raven" as a rap song to better understand the rhyming patterns and pauses.
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Basic Skills: Unit Rates
In this unit rates worksheet, students determine the unit rate of given data. This three-page worksheet contains 20 problems. Answers are provided on the last page of the worksheet.
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What Time Is It?
In this clocks worksheet, students first read a one page text about different kinds of clocks. Using a word bank, students label the parts of four different kinds of clocks: grandfather, wristwatch, digital and analog. Students write the...
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Time Problems and Dimensional Analysis
In this time problems and dimensional analysis learning exercise, students convert 10 problems from one unit of measurement to another using the process of dimensional analysis. They use conversion factors to solve for the unknown units.
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Speed, Distance and Time
In this speed and distance learning exercise, students calculate the average speed of various items. They determine the speed of cars, trains, worms, and children running. Students also determine the amount traveled in a given period of...
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TE Activity: Yeast Cells Respire, Too (But Not Like Me and You)
Student observe and quantify the respiration that occurs in yeast-molasses cultures. They complete an effective experiment in order to examine how to think critically about the results.
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Bubble Gum Physics
In this scientific method worksheet, learners perform an experiment to determine the speed at which they can chew a piece of gum. They record data, calculate speed and answer reflection questions.
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A Problem in Satellite Synchrony
In this satellite synchrony worksheet, students use a spreadsheet or Least Common Multiples to solve 4 problems related to the satellite orbits, orbital periods and their synchronicity. Students determine when the satellites launched in...
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What Can We Measure about Chemicals?
In this measurement and converting worksheet, students solve ten problems using dimensional analysis to convert from one unit of measurement to another.
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Where Did That Curly Hair Come From?
Students pronounce (as best as they can) the scientific term used in explaining heredity. They study the meaning and/or significance of these genetic terms and use these words in sentences relating to the information taught in the unit.
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Temperature Affects The Heart Rate
Students relate heart rate and development to environmental conditions through experiment. In cooperative groups, students record the heart rate in developing zebra fish. Groups create a standard curve to predict the temperature at...
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Weather Fun Facts
In this science worksheet, students investigate fun facts about weather by reading 25 short paragraphs about weather, storms, climate and geography. Students complete a crossword puzzle about weather.
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Mining Simulation
Eighth graders put their knowledge of rocks and minerals into perspective by seeing how minerals can be mined and the difficulties and costs of mining. They explore the environmental impacts of mining.
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"Pennsylvania Watersheds, Many Ways to the Sea"
Learners trace a molecule of water through the water cycle including each of its three loops. They describe why evapotranspiration demands the largest portion of total precipitation falling on a forested watershed.
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Telling Time Timeline
Use the Internet and library resources to compose a telling time timeline -- a visual history of time. Young scholars will develop research skills and gain perspective about telling time by discovering the history of clocks and time.
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Story vs. Plot
Students, after reading and discussing the two texts by Flannery O'Connor, "Good Country People" and "Greenleaf," analyze the plot, tone, characters, themes and setting in each story. They write their own short stories dealing with a...
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Odd or Even (Sums and Differences)
In this math worksheet, students examine 14 problems inside geometric shapes. Students solve the simple addition or subtraction problems and color the shape blue if the answer is even and red if it is odd.
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Beach Life: Spanish Banks Field Trip
Learners discover beach life. In this beach life instructional activity, students visit a beach to find plant and animal species that live there. They discuss the life cycle and needs of some of these animals through a variety of...
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Equivalent Fractions
Young scholars complete a worksheet. In this fractions lesson, students review their knowledge of fractions, define equivalent fractions, see examples of equivalent fractions and practice making equivalent fractions.
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Making Time Real for Students
By using some real life examples students can better understand the concept of time.
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The Effects of Ultraviolet Light on Lumbriculus
Young scholars explore the effects of ultraviolet light on Lumbriculus. They expose ultraviolet light to Lumbriculus (worm) and determine the lethal exposure time. They examine the worm and record their observations.
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Sequencing: Smallest to Largest
In this sequencing learning exercise, learners read the groups of words and put each group in order from the smallest to the largest. Students complete 10 problems.
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How to Calculate Time
Students complete a worksheet. In this calculations lesson, students learn factual information about computing time with clocks, calendars and eras. Students show their knowledge by completing a worksheet.
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Outdoor Survival
Students are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...