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Shop projects Summer Smile Program
Students explore the list of products available to make and choose at least 2. For this project lesson students pick and choose their own projects to create in a shop class.
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Yemen Cargo Bombs Foiled
Students explore an international terror alert originating in Yemen. In this activity, students read an article that explains a terror alert in Britain, then complete several activities that reinforce the reading, including a vocabulary...
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Electricity: Will It Conduct?
Students build conductivity testers and investigate which solids and solutions conduct electricity. Working in groups, they predict which items will conduct electricity and record their answers on worksheets.
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Electricity: A Friend, a Foe
Students study what electricity can do and what some of the associated dangers are.
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TE Lesson: Navigating at the Speed of Satellites
Students study the basic concepts of the Global Positioning System and how it increases the accuracy of navigation. They examine trilateration and how the speed of light is used to calculate distances.
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Insulators and Conductors
Fourth graders experiment to discover which items are conductors and which items are insulators. In this insulators and conductors lesson, 4th graders experiment and create a T-Chart. Students are assessed on the correctness of the...
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Swamp Thing
Students create a build-it-yourself boat that runs on two small electric motors. Swamp Thing has an electronic brain that can be controlled and steered with a flashlight.
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We're Recording
Young scholars record their experiments or lessons using a video camera. In this technology lesson, students explain to the camera what they have learned. They watch these together to help reinforce a lesson.
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Cocaine in the Brain
Learners examine the effects of cocaine and heroin and withdrawal symptoms. For this drug lesson students participate in an activity that illustrates cocaine's actions.
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The Word Root "Circ"
In this word root instructional activity, students complete 5 sentences, filling in blanks with "circ" words from a word box, then complete a challenge activity, creating a similar activity with 3 additional words.
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Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Bowls
Students listen to the teacher who explains the layering of the bowl; demonstrating marking and freehand cutting and fusing. They use satin stitch to practice on scraps. Teacher talks about finishing the edge. Students mimic.
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Arkansas Counties
Students discuss what counties are and state facts about the county students live in. They research and report on one of the counties of Arkansas.