LESSON PLANS
In this lesson, students are introduced to using metaphors in writing and daily conversations, and discuss the meanings…
Will your students make the next great antibiotics discovery? Teach your students about the history of mold and its…
Learn why colonial Americans were upset with British tax laws, such as the Stamp Act.
Students learn about the history of segregation in the United States by reading about the Little Rock Nine, a courageous…
Week 11: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.
Find tips for writing an essay, from scheduling and time-management to outlining to revision.
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Students learn about the history of the Labor Day holiday and write a newspaper about the various people and…
Teach students that learning begins right away in your classroom with a daily opening learning activity.
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Students create a scaled-down model of the solar system by calculating the planets' diameters and distances from the sun…
Use the Internet to teach your students about self-portraits and review the use of similes. Then, have students type…
WORKSHEETS
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Focus on regular and irregular plurals, common and proper nouns, possessives, and pronouns.
Hands-on look at the "basics" of acids and alkalis Introduce pupils to botany and the basics of acids and bases with…
ACTIVITIES
Teach students about acetic acid with this hands-on science project. Students make bounceable eggs using vinegar, water,…
Answer Key
In this conflict-resolution lesson, students discuss the use of violence, the reasons people fight, and the consequences…
Through simple addition, subtraction, and multiplication, convert Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit (and vice versa).
During the lesson, students build their vocabulary by using word webs to help them learn the meanings of different Greek…
Explore an activity that is appropriate for more advanced students who are learning about research and ways to analyze…
Choose one of Taylor Mali's poems to use in this poetry lesson plan. You will discuss how the poem changes in perceived…
In this printable computer activity, students research the planets on the Internet and use PowerPoint or AppleWorks to…
For this printable PowerPoint project, students create slides of Halloween word problems for their peers to solve. They…
Students will explore creating moods with music, analyze a story, and the create a musical composition that reflects and…
