Students record hourly reading for water height for 24 hours and determine whether a location experiences diurnal, semi-diurnal or mixed tides. Links are present for the information. Students predict high and low tide, and answer a set...

Hop a flight to Africa in this presentation, which includes brilliant and appealing photographs of the continent as well as maps and graphs about its geography, topography, and climate. Those who are researching Africa for a project or...

High schoolers conduct an experiment in order to observe the typical downward growth of a maize root. They become familiar with the root's growth patterns to use as a control for comparison in other experiments.

Hydrology hopefuls learn about their local watershed. Through discussion and online interactives, they see that their habits affect the water supply. The lesson concludes with a pledge to filter out bad water usage habits. It makes a...

Students conduct an experiment to determine if a plant's response to gravity is affected by different angles of plant orientation.

Students conduct an experiment and use different measurements of a single root to illustrate the mechanism of plant movement.

Students conduct an experiment to observe the response of maize roots when rotated 90 degrees.

Students conduct an experiment to determine how the absence of a root cap affects a plant's ability to sense gravity. They make comparisons between capped and decapped roots.

Students use the Internet to research current and past snowpack levels and river gauging station readings. They determine the relationship between snowpack and river flow. They predict future river flow.

Students, after watching Gone West, discuss and make some of the decisions people faced in travelling westward.

Students measure the amount of surface tension using a balance scale after a classroom demonstration students diagram the appearance of several liquids and label them.

Get your ocean explorers online, reading articles about submarine volcanoes. They answer a series of questions and take a geometery challenge in which they calculate how much of a volcano has been blown away. Make sure to explore several...

Read through the extensive background information and then lead your geology or physical oceanography class through an investigation of actual temperature anomaly data from the Juan de Fuca ridge. They translate the data onto a plot,...

Students are introduced to the Art Museum's Ahambra Vase. They explore the difference between throwing on the pottery wheel and hand building. Students create a functional vessel using two of the three hand-building techniques. They find...

Students work together to identify and describe the various types of mussels. Using a color-coded system, they plot the arrival date of zebra mussels in North American waters. They discuss the increase in their population with the class.

Pupils examine the most common characteristics of clay and sand, and to understand how the properties of these materials affect the erosion of the landscape and the formation of the many landforms. They explore clay and sand through...

Tenth graders investigate that measurement is often an inact science. They explore ways utilize available information to form hypotheses. Students investigate how to test hypotheses using the HACH test kits.

In this environmental awareness and math worksheet, students calculate their total water use in a week. Students first read a chart which lists the amount of water (in litres) used for 15 activities. Students write the number of litres...

In this vocabulary worksheet, students decipher the best word choice to complete the sentence. All words begin with the letter "E."

In this alphabetizing words about Arkansas worksheet, students write names of people and places in alphabetical order to the first letter. Students write 10 answers.

In this Arkansas worksheet, learners search for famous people and places that are in Arkansas in a word search. Students search for 10 people and places.

Learners attempt to see the world from someone else's perspective. In this Peace Corps lesson plan, students read "Sharing in Africa." The piece challenges readers to consider how show respect for the cultural values of others while not...

Students examine the meaning of generosity and how sharing can be a cultural trait. In this cultural trait lesson, students read a text about the culture of generosity in Africa. Students complete a discussion activity and journal activity.

Young scholars interpret historical evidence presented in primary resources. In this civil rights lesson, students examine the civil rights struggle from a Native American perspective. Young scholars analyze documents and write journal...