Samples: Kids

Keep kids involved with fun, fresh materials. All the samples below except the history book were written to meet specific academic standards.

For lesson plans, see my samples for adults.

Story problems: Two math problems

Animations: Interactive Flash cartoons that introduce basic science. If you have trouble viewing these, you might need to get Flash Player.

You've got a job at a diner--and your customers are animals. How can you tell what each animal wants to eat?

Illustration: Dan Cooper
Flash: David Oldham

Earthquake! Earthquake! Stan's model for Magma Show and Tell really works!

Illustration: Dan Cooper and David Oldham
Flash: David Oldham

Learn the basics of the solar system as an alien grandma shows her vacation slides.

Illustration: Dan Cooper and David Oldham
Flash: David Oldham

Professor Evil wants to rule the world! Will you help him grow poison ivy?

Illustration: Dan Cooper and David Oldham
Flash: David Oldham

Plant petunias with gardening show hostess Miss Clora Fill, and learn the basic parts of plants.

Illustration and Flash: Kim Kurdelak

Come down to Stan's basement for his super sky show, and learn about the Sun, Moon, and stars.

Illustration: Dan Cooper and David Oldham
Flash: David Oldham

Online lesson: The beginning of a lesson on Ponce de León.

History book: Part of a nonfiction book about a woman who escaped slavery by disguising herself as a white man.

Online lesson: The beginning of a lesson on the raid at Harpers Ferry.

Online lesson: An excerpt from a lesson on Daoism.

Formatting practice file: A business letter for students to format using word processing features.

Worksheet: Practice recognizing and forming infinitives and participials.

Worksheet: Practice using commas and quotation marks.

Worksheet: Practice using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to make simple sentences more complex.

CD-ROM storyboard: Part of the script for a math CD-ROM intended for junior high and older learners.