High schoolers watch a video and discuss the research on the intelligence of apes. In this primate lesson, students view a NOVA video about ape intelligence. They work in groups to take notes on the observations and conclusions of...

Students investigate ways to improve their bone strength. In this bone strength lesson, students explore the link between exercise and bone growth. Students study the effects of proper nutrition and exercise.

Learners explore how to make their language gender neutral.

Students use the Internet to examine insects and their relatives. They participate in online games and discover insect recipes.

Eleventh graders work in groups to choose a project/presentation from a list of approved activities to develop. They select and use appropriate software for organizing and refining their product. Groups produce a short...

Fifth graders observe and demonstrate basic volleyball skills by participating in a volleyball clinic. In small groups, they rotate around to different volleyball stations, observing and demonstrating setting, forearm pass, overhand...

Eleventh graders study the different ways students handle discrepancies.  In this Physics lesson, 11th graders perform a laboratory experiment with resistors.  Students discuss the ethical issues it raises. 

Twelfth graders study the issues between male and females.  In this current events lesson, 12th graders read an article and answer questions.  Students watch a video and write an essay. 

For this internet against insomnia worksheet, students read a passage about the internet, answer true and false questions, and find vocabulary words. Students complete 22 problems total.

Students enter information and compare relationships that they are measuring.

High schoolers examine the poem To Walt Whitman by Angela de Hoyos. They divide into groups. Each group creates a poem written from one of two perspectives: to Walt Whitman or to de Hoyos from Whitman.

Students compare and contrast world maps and globes. They convert a 3-dimensional globe to a 2-dimensional map. They are introduced to the Mercator map projection. They observe map distortions of shape, area, distance, directions and angle.

Students gain an understanding of necessary components required within a healthy, sustainable environment and ways human actions can impact that balance while discovering how to recognize and analyze explanations and models used in...

Pupils graph data on fetal and infant mortality rates collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They identify trends in the data and propose potential causes for the trends.

Young scholars define probability, and predict, record, and discuss outcomes from a random drawing, then identify most likely and least likely outcomes. They conduct a random drawing, record the data on a data chart, analyze the data,...

Students predict, measure, collect, and analyze data to investigate heat loss in water and in air.

Students pick an ecosystem (forest, desert, coral reef, open ocean, grassland, mountain, savanna, etc.) and design an interaction web for their chosen ecosystem. Each group shares their ecosystem's web of life with the class.

Students explain the basics of the tropical rain forest ecosystem. They list the four general layers of vegetation found in the tropical rain forest.

Students examine the metamorphosis of frogs and how it adapts to its environment. They research how world pollutants are effecting the amphibian population.

High schoolers determine the vertex, y-intercept and direction of a parabola and write an explanation of how to graph a parabola. They collect and graph data using a calculator.

Students examine what it might feel like to test positive for HIV. They listen to a guest speaker, conduct a role-play activity, identify positive actions to take, and design a panel for the AIDS quilt project.

Students investigate air quality. They analyze Air Quality Index data tables, interpret the graphs, complete a worksheet, and discuss trends in air quality.

Working in teams of two, students conduct interviews by playing the role of a reporter and Hemingway. They research their parts, write the interviews, and perform them for the rest of the class.

Sixth graders explore the various forms of ocean life. They research a creature that lives in the ocean. Students use their research information to create a series of HyperStudio stacks about their sea creature.