Fourth graders identify variables that influence rates of change. They, through group consensus and using the assigned materials, design and build what they believe to be the strongest mountain possible.

Students discover how toys often illustrate fundamental physical principles. The toy drinking bird is an example. The challenge for you in the lab is to discover why the drinking bird functions.

Pupils explore how a surface can be described without seeing it.

Students explain the functions of a telescope. They name the parts of the telescope. After previously learning the planets and constellations, students identify and view them during a star party.

Students grasp how underwater animals can "see" using sound waves. They practice making inferences, and build a conceptual understanding of sonar radar.

Students participate in hands-on activities to explore their natural surroundings. They recognize that ponds and woods are ecosystems and compare differences between the two. They identify trees by their bark and leaves.

Students work in groups and observe chemical reactions inside zip-lock bags. They use all of their senses, except taste, to observe the reactions.

Learners use a book or magazine to research the use of letters. They complete a worksheet and compare their results.

Learners investigate positive and negative numbers using lima beans as a concrete model.

Learners demonstrate basic construction skills by building a free standing structure, using predetermined materials. They compute cost of structure by using multiplication skills or calculator.

Students create a variety of graphs. They count, sort, and classify M&M's by color and record data on a chart. They use data from the chart to create pictographs, bar graphs and circle graphs. They analyze data and determine...

Students construct the tangram pieces from a square paper by following directions to fold and cut. They make observations on the pieces formed and compare how they are related to each other. They explore patterns and shapes with the...

Young scholars create their own plot-choice story after reading and discussing a commercially published plot-choice book.

Students discover the right brain-left brain differences and then think about how to break down some of their self-criticism to try writing.

Students review a book by choosing one word to describe each element and then combining it into one sentence.

Students design and make their own bumper sticker with an environmental statement.

Students write questions from a text or resource. They play in teams and ask questions of the other team. If a team answers correctly, they may "shoot" for an additional point by answering another question.

Students follow oral instructions in order to make a pattern with wooden blocks.

Students research various "mysterious" elements of literature, math, science, technology and life itself.

Students see how radio began the modern consumer society, shaped societal views on peoples and cultures and changed family home life forever. Radio shrank the world by bringing far-away places, events, and individuals into peoples living...

Become familiar with the constitution and amendments with an in depth opportunity to utilize media center resources. Groups of students focus on an amendment then make a presentation to the class.

Eleventh graders recognize the interaction between early settlers and indigenous people in the U.S. They recognize the impact of the Indian Removal Act on displaced Natives in the early West and the impact on Native attitudes today.

Students list many, different and unusual items that could be constructed out of refuse and found objects.

Students read the newspaper to become aware of what is happening in their city, state, nation, and world. They summarize, find locations on a map and ask thought-provoking questions.