Ice cores provide scientists with knowledge of historic melt layers, air temperatures, greenhouse gases, and climate stability. Scholars work in groups to build layers representing snow and ice over thousands of years. Then, groups...

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

Pupils engage in a lesson that uses applied mathematics to find the solution to the design of a pool for a home. They design the pool based upon scale measurements that include perimeter and area of the pool area, water volume, and...

Students examine the three primary structural forms of architecture. They view photos, take a walking tour of their community, conduct strength tests of post, beam, and arch construction, and analyze the test results.

Students build a kite while integrating math and science. In this kite building activity, students construct a blueprint and apply mathematical formulas while constructing a kite. They use appropriate flight and kite terminology to...

Students recognize and state the type of buidings found in their community. They name and illustrate the process of the architect. They match tools and equipment used to develop the initial phase of construction.

Students work together in groups of 5 to build a model rocket from a rocket kit. In this rocket lesson, students launch the rocket when it is constructed. The students will use simple materials to build and launch their own model rocket.

Learners go to a traditional style desert home and then build their own model of a home to scale. In this desert home lesson plan, students conduct their research in New Mexico.

Students construct a nest out of mud, string, sticks, and grass using only two fingers or two popsicle sticks to simulate a bird building a nest. They compare/contrast pictures of various bird nests and draw the differences between the...

Eleventh graders study the Gold Rush in relation to "To Build a Fire." They research a website and view a Power Point presentation on the Alaskan Gold Rush. They write notes on a graphic organizer and write a sentence supporting their...

Students observe two-dimensional shapes and work on the challenge that what is observed is as important as what is not observed. Students determine constructions, rules and connections. Full references listed for further reading and...

Students explore bridge construction. In this bridge building activity, students view bridge websites and discuss how bridges are designed and built. Students design and construct their own bridge using the directions provided.

Learners read about and view a real bridge that collapsed. They examine the fundamentals of building a solid and safe bridge and then construct their own bridge model using rolled newspaper and tape.

Fourth graders explore geographical features through the creation and construction of an original island. In small groups they write a description and draw a blueprint of their island using a draw/paint computer program, and using...

Students create building and models using scale factors. In this geometry instructional activity, students apply the properties of ratio and proportion to solve problems. They identify the means and extremes property of cross...

Students investigate the concepts related to the practice of designing and building large scale buildings. They conduct research using the internet and other resources in order to apply mathematics and architectural design principals in...

Students investigate how buildings are able to support a great amount of weight and stand on their own. They participate in a class discussion about engineering, and in small groups construct a free standing tower that is one meter...

Students examine tunnels that have been constructed over time and explore the technology that is involved in constructing them.  In this investigative lesson plan students use the Internet to research a given category and come up...

Second graders read the book Gingerbread Baby, identify local features and cardinal directions on a map, and then construct their own map. In this mapping lesson plan, 2nd graders construct their own map in groups based on where the baby...

Students use materials like marshmallows, spaghetti, and chocolate to build structures. In this building structures lesson plan, students use these materials to construct a building and compare different structures. Students see which...

In this social studies worksheet looking at the past, students identify, list, and explain the materials that were used to build schools in the past as compared to their school today. Then they look at a photo of boys playing marbles and...

Students explore the forces of tension and compression by manipulating a variety of objects, and apply what they learned in the construction of a model bridge.

Students study Rube Goldberg machines. In this architecture instructional activity, students build a Rube Goldberg machine.

Students investigate technology used by Native Americans by examining their creations.  In this Native American math lesson, students examine the overall area of Mississippian Indian mounds that were built hundreds of years ago....