Come and discover ways to see in the dark! Students will conduct an investigation on light and dark. The investigation will allow students to gather evidence on how items illuminate. Using cause and effect, the students will demonstrate...

In this four-part activity, students will conduct a simulation of the coal formation process and will show the ability to do scientific inquiry. For the final project, they will use their findings they have recorded on their "Coal Fossil...

Lessons to show thermal energy transfer. Students will "apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer".

A lesson plan developed for in-class screenings of the PBS documentary "Affluenza," but which could easily be adapted to support any lesson on understanding personal consumption choices. Students will compare and contrast the affluence...

Students will extend their understanding of probability by continuing to conduct experiments, this time with four-colored spinners. They will compare experimental results to expected results by first conducting an experiment, then...

Do plants need sunlight? What happens to plants if they do not get sunlight? Students will act like scientists in order to answer these questions. A scientist takes questions like this and then conducts an experiment to see what really...

Rousseau imagined Tropical Forest with Monkeys from trips to botanical gardens, zoos, and illustrations in books. Students will conduct research and imagine themselves in a place other than where they live. They also will investigate the...

The teacher will conduct the whoosh bottle demonstration to engage students. The class will then begin discussion of endothermic and exothermic physical and chemical changes. The students will then conduct the Science in Motion lab...

A instructional activity in how to conduct historical research using family photos and doing interviews, and newspaper stories from the past. The second part of the instructional activity is a photo analysis exercise using a photo of...