Students study types of transportation. In this transportation lesson, students survey several classes to gather data on how they get to school. Students create a transportation graph.

Students watch a video and play a game. In this simple machines lesson, students watch a video on simple machines. They play an interactive game on the Edheads web site and share what they have learned. Throughout the day students...

Students reinforce striking with a short-handled implement using an overhand, underhand, or sidearm motion.

Students conduct an experiment. In this water instructional activity, students watch the instructional activity "Float and Sink" on an interactive website. Students learn how to test items in water and then work in groups to test their...

Young consumers explore money identification and counting. In this cross-curricular money instructional activity, they participate in comprehension and writing activities prior to and after reading the book Money Trouble by Bill Cosby....

Students listen to the book Five Little Monkeys Sitting In a Tree, identify written numbers 0-9 and the symbol for subtraction; students subtract two single digit numbers using manipulatives, and recite the corresponding number sentence.

Fifth graders study environmental changes by examining the annual rings of a cross-section of a tree trunk. They access websites to complete a worksheet on the parts of a tree. They count the annual rings on a tree slice while observing...

Students classify foods as "healthy" or "unhealthy" and sort foods into appropriate food groups. For this nutrition/physical education lesson, students play a game in which throwing skills are practiced. Pictures of food are sorted into...

Students trace shadows. In this light and shadows instructional activity, students conduct an experiment to determine what a shadow is and what is necessary to make a shadow. Students observe how shadows change as well as write and draw...

Students, in groups, construct a catapult. Then they conduct a series of experiments by catapulting a marshmallow, using different lengths of spoons, across the room. They predict, measure, and record the measured distance on a worksheet.

Pupils will analyze scales as related to models and real life in this geometry lesson. They work together to compare the dimensions on a model as compared to the real building.

Learners gain an understanding of the concept of accuracy and power as it relates to the length of striking implements used.

Students explore counting, sorting, and graphing skills. In this data analysis instructional activity, students sort jelly beans by color, count the jelly beans, and create a bar graph of the jelly beans according to color.

Students explore the solar system. In this planets activity, students learn about the other planets in the solar system. They watch a video clip from National Geographic on the solar system, compare and contrast the planets and create a...

Students practice throwing and catching in a game situation and learn the skills of good defense and the ("ready" position, stay between goal and offense).

Students improve their ability to underhand or overhand throw using cues appropriate for each of the skills.

Students compare the differences in catching four different pieces of equipment. They, in groups, practice catching the items, and discuss which one was the easiest and hardest to catch, and graph their results.

Students participate in a game called Dynamite Dimes.

Students experience problem-based learning as they use prior knowledge of the states of matter to keep a frozen juice bar from melting.

Second graders analyze the effects of sunlight on a glass of water by using the thermometer to measure its temperature. They predict and measure the difference between water outside in the sun and shade and inside. They role-play a game...

Fifth graders perform a simulated experiment where they use simple genetic coding to crreate a personl.

Students examine a variety of textures, one of the seven elements of design. They experiment with various media and techniques to produce different textures. Then they produce two works of art, one using actual textured material and one...

Students observe projectile motion and calculate the speed of a baseball based on the time and distance traveled. They record the time, measure the distance, and draw the path of the ball's travel on a data table.

Students construct aluminum foil boats that float while holding the greatest number of pennies. They investigate the concept of water displacement, record their results, and watch a Bill Nye video on buoyancy.