Students read this article to discover the secret to making a generator. They understand that there has been lots of projects for making a simple electric motor, but not for a generator.

Students investigate the competing aims of businesses in the private and public sector. They examine the difference between a public sector organization and a private sector organization, along with the major objectives of business...

Students use a microscope in a series of activities that are designed to help them explore the "invisible world" and make meaningful microscopic discoveries and learn the importance of the microscope as a tool in science and research.

Students review several articles on same current event, and then cover news issues themselves while assuming secret identities of various individuals who have vested interests in issue. Students write newspaper articles from these...

Through an informative WebQuest and group work, learners explore the human body and cell structure. They create a cell diagram, research a disease, write a letter explaining the causes of human disease, and work in small groups to create...

Students read The House on Mango Street and analyze why the author chose to tell this story and how the characters are affected by immigration, poverty, and discrimination. Students compare this story to others about immigration to...

Students are able to construct a candy model of DNA. They are able to list all of the parts of DNA that they investigated earlier. Students are able to describe what each part of DNA does. They create an edible model of DNA strands.

Students examine the benefits and the challenges Alaska has presented to the United States. They research what the government and the people of the United States considered at the time of the purchase of Alaska in order to debate the...

Students study the Fourteen Points. They examine motives behind Wilson's Fourteen Points and why most of them were rejected by France. They answers questions concerning primary resources (casualty list and before and after...

Students examine the lines of latitude and longitude on a map, and explain why these lines might be useful. In this lesson students also explore websites that provide information to improve their understanding of how and why latitude and...

Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning instructional activity, students recognize family, school, and local community leaders who have contributed to the common good. Students also study community...

Students learn about discrimination and the Jim Crow laws. For this discrimination lesson, students are presented with new classroom rules that discriminate against certain types of clothing. Students discuss the effects of the new rules...

Students utilize dichotomous keys to identify trees in their schools.  In this ecological identification lesson, students practice creating dichotomous keys based on simple subjects such as hair color or sex of a person....

Students read, listen to and analyze the poem The Hyena by Edward Morgan.  In this poetry techniques lesson, students explore the visual images of animals and their unpleasant traits. Students answer questions about the animal...

For this hole worksheet, students decide whether it is possible to cut a hole in a note card big enough for someone to walk through it, and if so how.  The solution in provided.

In this algebra learning exercise, 4th graders play a game of scrabble using equations. They use the rules for scrabble when solving the equations.

Students analyze the correct use of technology as it relates to math and science. In this science lesson, students investigate force and weight as it relates to building an object. They build a bridge and draw conclusion based on the...

Learners analyze the amount of space required to pack round objects. In this geometry instructional activity, students practice using space economically by practicing packing spheres into beakers. They then translate this concept to...

Learners write a proposal to save energy resources. In this energy lesson, students research nuclear energy, coal power, petroleum, natural gas, hydroelectric power, and renewable energy. Learners then debate energy issues and share...

Students discuss soil understanding that is is often overlooked as a natural resource. In this science instructional activity, students recognize that we depend on it for energy in the form of foods. Students experiment with six boxes of...

Middle schoolers showcase their community. In this multimedia lesson, students discuss what makes their community special and then create videos that highlight the features of the community.

Students take a field trip to Lynn Canyon. In this Temperate Forest lesson, students visit the Lynn Canyon. Students collect samples of leaves and water to take with them to study. Students view the samples under a microscope.

Second graders discuss worm composting. In this decomposition lesson, 2nd graders look at the anatomy of the worm and how it eats food. They have their own worm bin and review what foods can and can not be given to the worms for...

In this online interactive literature worksheet, learners respond to 20 short answer and essay questions about Edwidge Danticat's "Breath, Eyes, Memory." Students may check some of their answers online.