Pupils participate in a lab showing the effects of pesticides on Lumbriculus variegatus. Several extensions and variations are also included in this instructional activity including one which relates the experiment to how pesticides...

In this season worksheet, students read facts about winter and find 20 homophones. Students also correct the errors in the sentences.

Young scholars compare animal adaptations to human behavior. In this science lesson, students discuss animal instincts vs. learned behavior. Options for student writing, drawing and research are incorporated into this lesson plan

High schoolers examine the cycle of nutrients in a forest. They research the concepts of decomposing and recycling within a forest.

Young scholars examine ecosystems that covered Illinois 200 years ago, investigate some living and non-living components of ecosystems, identify components of prairie system, create food webs, and observe human effects on environment....

Students discuss what they have heard about pollution. They explore the purposes and limitations of political boundaries and borders and identify some of the causes and effects of pollution.

Young scholars 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 what animals need in order to survive.  In this investigative lesson students play a "role" of an animal in winter.

Learners, in groups, discuss clue phrases from a poem.

Students use critical thinking skills to solve word problems using ratios that allow them to compare humans to ocean animals.