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Our Universe: Always Moving, Always Changing
Students explore the main concepts of astronomy through the eleven lessons of this unit. The past, present, and future methods of studying the science are examined in this unit.
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Spring Egg
First graders create a spring egg out of pastels, construction paper and glue, create and continue a pattern, and experience a different type of art media.
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Oscar Grammar
Students practice listening, grammar skills and reading comprehension as they complete an "Oscar (the dog) Grammar" worksheet.
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Shakespeare's Words
Students explore monologues of Shakespeare and the structure of the Globe Theatre. They participate in a Shakespeare phrase guessing game, examine a diagram of the Globe Theatre, and read and discuss monologues from Shakespeare.
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The Artist As Storyteller
Pupils practice the art of storytelling by examining scroll writing techniques of Asia and applying them to a monthly story of their own classroom. This lesson is in two parts (Part II continues throughout the school year).
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Earth and Seasons
Sixth graders comprehend that the path Earth takes as it revolves around the sun is called its orbit. They also comprehend that the axis is an imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and its North and South Poles. Students...
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Verbs: Mixed Past Tense Exercise-1
In this foreign language worksheet, pupils fill in the blanks on ten sentences. Each sentence is missing the past tense verb, and students select one of the three given choices.
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Basic Cause/Effect Intro
In this cause and effect worksheet, students answer 8 questions about cause and effect adverb clauses. They identify the cause and effect in sentences and then combine them using "because" and "now that" where appropriate.
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Advanced Short Stories - "A Birthday Surprise"
In these short stories worksheets, students read the basic and advanced version of the story 'A Birthday Surprise.' Students answer 3 comprehension questions and 4 vocabulary questions.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion 7
In this sentence completion learning exercise, students read the sentences and choose the best word to complete the sentence. Students complete 12 sentences.
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December Holidays Vocabulary Decoder Activity
In this December holiday worksheet, students match letters of words to definitions, decoding December holiday words. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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British Traditions
In this British traditions worksheet, students read and answer the 10 discussion questions.
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Kindergarten Kids-Language Exercise 1
In this language learning exercise, learners look an a picture of "silly animals" and answer questions, then fill in blanks, naming animals shown.
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Breaking News English: McDonald's Pulls Out of Iceland
In this English learning exercise, students read "McDonald's Pulls Out of Iceland," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the selection.
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Lets Think About...Plants
Students bring in various vegetables and make friendship soup. They plant seeds and discuss the things plants need to grow and thrive.
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Come to Mommy
Fourth graders participate in a simple experiment to illustrate the concept of mother bats identifying their young. They sniff stickers in order to imitate the behavior of mother bats in the wild.
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The Movement of Ideas
Twelfth graders read and analyze the literary elements of Alphonse Daudet's "The Last Lesson" and Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. They compare the two works and write an essay describing the reasons they feel the authors...
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Great River Bend Adventure
Young scholars use their imagination. They discuss the 4 C's of teamwork: Concentration, Communications, Coomperation, and Consideration. Students discuss the safety guidelines of the project. They complete a rope maze. The group walks...
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The Peerless Tunes of Busted
In this cryptic clues worksheet, students solve the cryptic clues to lead them to song titles by the band Busted. Students solve 15 cryptic clues.
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Portfolio Open House Celebration
Seventh graders present their Great Depression portfolio to parents. In this social studies activity, 7th graders evaluate their own work using the self-evaluation form. They watch a movie and discuss its relevance to the unit of study.
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The Mystery Constellation
Learners decipher two teacher chosen mystery constellations a month. They listen to stories, explain what they know about constellations and name the mystery constellation.
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The Ottoman Empire
High schoolers compare the basic religious beliefs/and value systems of the three major religions that developed in the Middle East. Each group focuses on one of the religions, then reports to the rest of the class.
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The U.S. Recognition of the State of Israel
Pupils research the political aspects of the U.S. position in the Middle East, considering, for example, Truman's position in view of the 1948 presidential election. They examine a telegram sent by the Secretary of State, George C....
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Regional Songs in the Southern American Experience
Students write a song about transportation in 100 years after comparing and discussing "Proud Mary" and "The Midnight Special".