Genotypes & Phenotypes: Middle School Science Lesson
Ever wonder just how alike you and your best friend are? Let’s see what common genetic traits you may share with your friends and other classmates!
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Teaching Middle School: Grades 6-8
Showing guides and explainers filed under Teaching Middle School: Grades 6-8.
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Reinforce Map Skills by Teaching Westward Expansion
Have your students work on their geography skills during a unit on Westward Expansion. This lesson has students examining primary sources as well as …
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Teaching Westward Expansion with the Donner Party
Can you imagine what it would be like to leave your home and everything familiar to you in order to travel west to places you could have never …
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John Henry: Steel Driving Man - Using a Railroad Legend to Teach Westward Expansion
Head west with your classroom with lessons that engage their sense of adventure. This first lesson in the series is on the myth and history of John …
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Vigilantes and Rebels in the West: Using Primary Source Excerpts to Teach Westward Expansion
In western towns away from the hands of the law, settlers often took legal matters into their own hands. Teach on two examples of vigilante justice in …
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A Lesson on Scientific Notation for Grade 8: Studying Large Numbers in Space
To a theme of an astronomer studying asteroids in space, students will use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of …
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Building Cube Towers & Finding Their Roots: 8th Grade Math
Students will solve problems involving perfect cubes and cube roots of small perfect cubes.
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Building Square Patios and Their Roots: 8th Grade Math Lesson on Perfect Squares
Students will solve problems involving perfect squares and square roots of small perfect squares.
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Converting & Comparing Numbers Written in Scientific Notation: Grade 8 Math Lesson
To the theme of a biologist researching microorganisms living in pond water, students will use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times …
Continue ReadingExploring Positive and Negative Integer Exponents: Grade 8 Math Lesson
Students will use positive and negative integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions for very large and very small numbers.
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