Home sweet home. Humans, birds, beavers, ants, we all need a place place to rest and keep us safe. In the ninth activity of this series, the importance of shelter is discussed as the teacher reads aloud the book Tillena Lou's Day in the...

What better way to learn about plant life than by creating a class garden? Young botanists start with a brief discussion about radishes before planting seeds and watching them grow. To determine the importance of water,...

Immediately capture the attention of your class with the smell of freshly popped popcorn in the sixth lesson plan of this series on the needs of living things. Young scientists first use their senses to make and record observations of...

With 90 percent of its land area covered in forests, Suriname, a country in South America, contains the largest percentage of forests throughout the world. Here is an activity that brings classmates together to learn about the...

Searching for a way to integrate multiple concepts of energy conversion while captivating a middle school audience? This lesson presents topics related to potential and kinetic energy and offers the ability to allow...