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Energy in the Home
In this energy use worksheet, students read about kilowatts and solve 2 problems. They find the costs to run certain electrical items for a given amount of time and they determine the electricity consumption of an accelerator that runs...
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The Pressure of a Solar Storm
In this solar storm worksheet, students are given three equations and they calculate the magnetic pressure and the particle pressure of a solar storm. They also determine the distance to the magnetopause of the solar storm and determine...
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Charles Lindberghs's Flight to Paris
Students practice map skills. In this map skills lesson, students locate the cities of New York and Paris on a map. Students read about the flight made by Charles Lindbergh in May 1927 from New York to Paris. Students answer 8 questions...
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Newton's Law Vocabulary
In this Isaac Newton worksheet, students analyze ten words in a word box that pertain to Newton's Law. Students match these words to their definitions.
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Good Microbes in Food Processing
Students participate in a bread making experiment to understand the good microbes in bread. In this bread making lesson, students prepare bread in a bag with varied recipes and note results.
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What is Work?
Students investigate the connection between work, potential energy, kinetic energy, and heat. In this physics instructional activity, students use pulleys to produce mechanical advantages and incline planes to demonstrate energy conversion.
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Surface Area to Volume Ratio
Students examine the surface area to volume ratio and how they relate. In this surface area lesson students complete several activities.
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Read a Transportation Story
Sixth graders read a story about intercontinental truck drivers and their journeys. For this transportation lesson, 6th graders read the novel Kamyonistan by Robert Hackford and discuss the travels of the truck driver through the Middle...
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Ready, Set, Drift!
Learners define data, recover data from the Internet, and use information they obtain to solve problems. In this investigative lesson students answer questions on a worksheet and demonstrate the use of a maneuvering board in solving...
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Death of the Dinosaurs
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 6-paragraph article regarding dinosaur extinction and respond to 5 short answer questions. Vocabulary words and definitions are included.
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Why Do Geese Fly South For the Winter?
Fifth graders examine migration by tracing animal migration routes on a map. In this animal life lesson, 5th graders observe a map of North America and read about the migration patterns of geese. Students trace the path most geese take...
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Floods
Students investigate how hurricanes impact a stream flow. In this floods lesson plan students predict the impact of storms on animals and interpret data.
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Tornadoes
In this tornadoes learning exercise, students answer multiple choice questions about tornadoes. Students answer 6 questions about tornadoes.
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Humanities in Colonial and Revolutionary America
Students demonstrate dances of colonial America. In this colonial American lesson plan, students learn forms of colonial social dancing including the Juba and Virginia Reel. Students examine the history of the 2 dances as well.
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Force and Motion - Part 2
Pupils test different objects such as dominoes, marshmallows, slides, and more to test their force, motion, gravity, friction, and the concept of matter. In this force and motion lesson plan, students understand that the force an object...
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As Populations Age, a Chance for Younger Nations
In this geography skills worksheet, students read a 4-page article titled "As Populations Age, a Chance for Younger Nations." Students then respond to 4 short answer questions based on the content of the article.
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Introduction to the Early Origins of the Cold War
In this Cold War worksheet, learners read a 4-paragraph selection about post World War II diplomacy and then list key dates and events noted in the selection.
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Sectors of Pizza
Students identify the properties of a circle. For this geometry lesson, students relate properties of diameter to sections of a pizza. They calculate the measure of an arc and missing angles.
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A Sphere and Its Net
Students identify and sketch the nets for sphere. In this geometry instructional activity, students differentiate between two and three dimensional shapes. They find the surface area of each sphere.
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Transportation Systems
Students examine transportation systems and explore problems created by modern transportation. In this transportation systems lesson, students discuss various forms of transportation as it relates to depletion of our natural oil...
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Horse Quiz
Students test what they know about horses. This worksheet contains 10 multiple choice general knowledge questions about horses and an answer key.
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Impulse and Momentum
Learners are introduced to the concepts of impulse and momentum and problem solving strategies for these types of problems. In groups, they discover the law of conservation of momentum and share their answers with the class.
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Water Cycle
Students answer short answer questions about the water cycle and other cycles. In this water cycle lesson plan, students explore clouds, rain, evaporation, and more.
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Let's Go to Nagano!
Students, individually and in groups, utilize Internet sites to access maps, scales, and information to assist them in calculating distances. They research modes of travel from their homes to Nagano, Japan, and write a travel agenda for