Students explore using recycled materials. In this ecology/art lesson, students use recycled materials to create a Halloween mask. Students view folk art made of natural and available resources, and discuss possible cultural uses for...

Students recognize preventitive measures that can be taken to reduce the risks associated with exposure to solar radiation. They explain why solar radiation can be harmful. They utilize beads that turn color when exposed to UV rays. Good...

How can December 21 be the shortest day of the year when all days are 24 hours long? Pupils see how to build a model showing the differences between winter and summer solstices and equinoxes. Using this model, classes can then discuss...

Junior archaeologists examine types of artifacts from the Bronze Age on the internet. In collaborative groups, they create a story about a ship from this period and then construct a model of the ocean floor after their ship has sunk....

Sixth graders explore process of drying food using solar energy. They cook and/or dry food such as pumpkins, watermelon, corn, and deer meat, explain how solar energy changes foods, and compare and contrast solar energy with other forms...

Students discover archaeology by investigating the history of Native Americans in Georgia.  For this U.S. history lesson, students participate in a mock archaeological excavation in their classroom by recovering artifacts and...

Learners explore DNA recombination. In this biology lesson, students observe the growth of microscopic species. They predict the phenotype of the transformed colonies.

Pupils determine the amount of water loss due the transpiration.

Graves of the Hongshan culture (about 3800-2700 B.C.E.) might have held as many as 20 jade artifacts while those of the Liangzhu culture (about 3000--2000 B.C.E.) had as many as 300. These included bead necklaces and other decorative...