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Cone Baseball
Students participate in a game to improve fielding and hitting skills. In this physical education lesson, students play t-ball and practice the correct form for catching and hitting the ball.
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Mass
Students participate in a qualitative discussion of the distinction between weight and mass, followed by a description of astronaut mass measurements in a zero-g environment.
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Tracking Down Meaning in Great Expectations
Fourth graders are assigned an unique theme, symbol, or character in Great Expectations. They becomes the class expert on that facet of the novel while learning the basic skills needed to write a research paper.
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Mexican and American Views of Texas
Students study the territorial status of Texas in 1830, 1840, and 1846 and interpret an historical timeline. They develop a general statement of Mexican and American views of Texas.
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Turning the Tables: A Guide to Devising Your Own Story
Students observe and demonstrate how to decipher and organize the information in a math word problem and apply mathematical concepts to different story problems. They discuss the parts of a story problem, and write their own original...
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Slavery and the Underground Railroad
Fourth graders study slavery escape routes of the Underground Railroad on maps, read an account of an escape and then write narrative essays about a fictional slave's escape.
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Poetry Voices
Students investigate the performance aspect of poetry by reading, writing and discussing poetry pieces.
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SOS!
Students examine natural and man-made threats to sea turtles. They create sea turtle mobiles while studying the range, environment, predators of and threats to sea turtles.
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Thinking About Newton's 1st Law
Students discuss the lives of both Aristotle and Newton in order to bring important differences between the two to the forefront. They evaluate two statements about motion and use the ideas from the discussion to determine which...
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Having Fun: Leisure and Entertainment at the Turn of the 20th Century
Students inquire about the history of enterntainment and flim. The development of the modern industry of entertainment is done from reflecting upon its roots and background. The discussion is leading to answering how Americans have...
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Adult ESOL: Obtaining Employment
Students study how to complete a job application. They identify personal information, employment history, education, and references. They work in pairs to complete an activity sheet and participate in a speaking exercise to ask and...
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Establishing Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Students study how Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium was established and what assumptions and conditions are necessary to reach Equilibrium. They record class data on their charts. Frequencies are calculated.
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Finding Comfort in an Unfamiliar Landscape
Students recognize the writings of a prominent American writer. They analyze written text making connections to personal prior experience. Students discuss in small and large groups their findings. They organize ideas in writing using...
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Subject Verb Agreement
Seventh graders engage in a lesson plan that investigates the concept of identifying prepositions and their coinciding phrases. They also develop the skill of connecting the right form of a verb with its subject. Then students take a...
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Similar And Different
Students take part in a lesson that is composed of team building activities. They work in small groups in order to interview others to find information to point out similarities or differences. Students then take part in class discussion...
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Writing Practice: Name the Pictures
In this picture naming instructional activity, students study 7 pictures and, using a picture name, answer the question. Example: What is this item of clothing? (It is a sock.) This is intended for ESL students.
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Transports
In this transportation worksheet, students will analyze different modes of transport. Students will study 8 pictures and choose the correct form of transportation depicted in each.
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Family
For this family worksheet, students will learn words of family relationships. Students will study 6 pictures and match each picture to the name of the correct family member.
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Body
In this body worksheet, students will practice labeling the different parts of the body. Students will study ten photographs and match each picture with the correctly named body part.
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Activities
In this French learning exercise, students will focus on various activities. Students will study ten pictures and draw a line to the corresponding words shown in each photo.
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My Worksheet 1
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students will use visual cues to match words to the correct picture. Students will study ten photos and match each picture with the correct phrase or terminology.
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Place Prepositions
In this ESL preposition instructional activity, students will master words of location. Students will study ten pictures and match each picture with the appropriate preposition from the opposite column.
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Feelings
In this ESL feelings worksheet, students will gain an understanding of human emotions. Students will study 7 pictures and match each picture to the correct vocabulary word in the opposite column.
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I'm Sick Match
In this ESL ailments worksheet, students will use common vocabulary to describe illnesses. Students will study 8 pictures and match each sickness with the correct terminology from the opposite column.