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Thermoset Polymers

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students complete a lab activity with polymers to allow them to better understand how to make "observations".  In this science instructional activity students make measurements and collect data.
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Making a Pinhole Camera #1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make a pinhole camera and see the effects of light travelling in straight lines have on images.
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Iron Oxide Lab: Incorporating Math and Science

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment in small groups, draw conclusions about the amount heat of a compound achieves and practice their data analysis skills.
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The Egg and I

For Teachers K - 12th
Students collect as much information as possible about their egg and record the information in a systematic way. They prepare a description of the egg your team was given that enable you to distinguish your egg from everyone else's egg.
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Throw Everything

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners throw objects overhand into containers in the center of the playing area.
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Kick Far

For Teachers K
Students practice the skill of kicking a ball.
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Toy Making and Resourcefulness

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars demonstrate their understanding of resourcefulness by making a toy and describing how they were resourceful. They find Malawi on a map and tell the interesting things about the book Galimoto.
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Cambodian New Year

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students compare and contrast the New Year celebration in Cambodia to the celebration in the United States. They mathematically determine the amount of beans added to the "mountain" during the three day celebration.
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How to Survive the Common Cold

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The way people handle the aggravating, but potentially dangerous, common cold has produced many home remedies and approaches. In this activity, students will identify symptoms in the stages of a common cold and then create a booklet...
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Balancing Act: Olympics, Winter Sports, Ice Skating, Gravity, Physics, Science

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, by way of the Olympic Games event of ice skating, are introduced to the concepts of gravity. They try some hands-on gravity experiments and explore the concept of gravity through art.
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Rice is Nice

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore Japanese foods through fairy tales, fiction and nonfiction books, cooking meals and eating with chopsticks. After all of the creative ideas have been utilized, the class holds a tea party for parents in the classroom.
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Testing Water for Hardness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the nature, cause and effect of hard water. Each student conducts a soap test on a sample of hard water where the hardness is known measuring the height of the bubbles produced.
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To Smell or Not to Smell, That is the Ester

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the basic concepts of polymerization. Students participate in a lab to create a crude preparation of carboxyl esterase and test its effectiveness in reducing the residual monomer in an emulsion such as paint.
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Is There A Fungus Among Us?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students experiment with fungi and yeast in order to determine their role in nature. Students study terms associated with fungi and yeast through this series of lessons.
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Now Hear This!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students observe the differences between low- and high-frequency sounds. They research and compare the characteristics of various animals that rely on infrasonic sounds to communicate.
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Aerodynamics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the basic principles of aerodynamics, including the roles and identity of natural forces involved. They examine how the force of gravity is overcome by the curved shape of an airplane wing and air pressure.
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Simplifying Equations of the Form ax+b=cx+d

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students solve equations of the form ax+b=cx+d and visualize the concept of "balancing" an equation.
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Musical Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in the game Musical Money. The game Musical Money is fashioned after the game Musical Chairs, but students count money using a time limit.
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From Peanuts To Peanut Butter

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to the accomplishments of scientist and inventor George Washington Carver. They get to experience a variety of products created from peanuts and make a collage of the way we use peanuts today.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 3, Lesson 11: Poly Doodles All Day

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore geometric vocabulary through creation of shapes on a geoboard. They present design attributes, transfer of design, and color-coding components mix to create a fun and exciting lesson plan that stretches student thinking.
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What Is Your Point?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify the x and y axes in a coordinate plane and identifies the coordinates of a given point in the first quadrant. They plot specific points in the first quadrant of the Cartesian coordinate system.
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Linoleum Block Printmaking

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create linoleum prints.
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African Drum

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore Africa and create their own African drum, either a Conga drum or a Dumbek drum.
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Forms of Water

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students experiment to show the three forms of water. They watch a "hand" made of ice as it melts observing and drawing what they see.

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