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A Pill with a View
Learners brainstorm a list of potential uses for micro-video technologies. After reading an article, they analyze the development of a new pill-sized camera. In groups, they create a children's book that shows them the various systems of...
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Exploring Parts and Wholes
Students explore the concept of parts making up a whole. In this parts and whole lesson, students come to understand that parts of a system must come together in order for the system to work properly. Students investigate items indoors...
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Systems, UP, Up and Away!
Young scholars discuss rockets and how they work. Students research basic information about the Space Shuttle. Young scholars work in collaborative groups creating "rockets" with empty film canisters. Students launch their "rockets" and...
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Body Parts, Systems & Functions
For this body parts worksheet, students match words to definitions, categorize organs into systems, name functions of organs, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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Considering Systems and Controls
In this systems and controls worksheet, students write the major function, identify three controls, and give examples of each system. Students do this for highways, school, desert ecosystem, and communication.
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Graphing Systems at the Races
Learners investigate systems of equations as they use the Ti-Navigator to explore scenarios about dog races and NASCAR races. Pupils determine the winner of the race and when opponents pass each other given a speed and distance.
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Solving Systems: Inequalities
In this solving systems worksheet, students solve and sketch 13 systems of inequalities with a calculator and/or graph paper. Students then write 2 systems of inequalities for two graphs
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Using and Creating a Dichotomous Key
Students assess what a dichotomous key is and how it identifies objects in a group through a process of answering yes/no-type questions about certain objects. They examine an interactive graphic key on sea turtles and then create their...
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Ready, Set, Let's Dough! It's a Matter of System
Learners will look at a complex system when they create their own play dough by taking several parts and creating a whole. The students will construct understanding that individual parts are used to make a whole.
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Algebraic Solution of a Quadratic, Linear System
In this algebra learning exercise, students solve systems of equations using linear and quadratics. They graph their solutions on a coordinate plane. There are 5 questions with an answer key.
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Toward a Sustainable Agriculture
Students examine how to use ecological analysis to animal production systems. In this sustainable agriculture lesson students examine where the nutrients flow in a system and complete several activities.
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Cracking the Code
Students explore encoding systems and decoding technology. In this barcoding activity students examine how coding impacts society including distribution, and inventory.
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Chapter 5 Solving Problems
Learners explore the concept of algebra topics. For this algebra topics lesson, students solve linear and quadratic equations. Learners solve systems and factor equations. Students practice problems involving perfect square trinomials...
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Systems
In this systems worksheet, students read a selection about systems in science and graphic organizer about the forest system. Finally, they answer 4 short answer questions.
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Graphing Systems of Inequalities
In this systems worksheet, high schoolers solve 6 systems of inequalities by graphing. Students then write 1 systems of inequalities for a given graph.
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Bingo
Students practice determining the most appropriate units for a given situation while measuring attributes of objects, systems and processes of measurement. They review the concepts of angles, perimeter, area, surface area and volume.
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Human Body Corporation
Students communicate about the human body. They write letters to simulate the Human Body Corporation. They select an organ and explain its importance in the human body including its name, systems, functions, and how the functions are...
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Seeing the Cell as a System
Learners explain how the components of a cell operate as a system. Students examine a bicycle and find out if parts were arranged differently, could the system still be carried out. They look at cells as well and see what function they...
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Systems Working Together
Third graders listen as the teacher reads the book "Roxaboxen" to them. They discuss the main characters and other aspects of the story. They discuss the characteristics and properties of the soil in Roxaboxen. The discussion is applied...
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Using Sea Urchins as a Bioassay
Students observe how to spawn male and female pencil sea urchins. They mix together the sperm and ova from the live sea urchin to observe and record the events occurring in the control and experimental groups for fertilization. Thus,...
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Systems: Up, Up and Away
Students design and test rockets to determine what variables are necessary in order to optimize the system to make it function best.
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Tracking the Weather
Students use satellite imagery and forecasting maps as a storm moves through the United States. In this weather instructional activity students track storm systems and chart the systems on a map.
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The Human Organism
Seventh graders examine the basic functions of the human body and see how changing demands affect our bodies. In this human organism lesson students participate in several activities that are about the human body and our digestion,...