Students investigate the development of plastics in the twentieth century. In this plastics lesson, students complete image based discussion activities for the pictures and methods of polymers. Students create an object timeline...

Students fill out worksheets and create a poster based on items in their classroom that came from agriculture. In this agriculture lesson plan, students discuss different classroom items and how they were or were not made from agriculture.

Students experiment with weight and balance of a glider.  In this flight instructional activity students construct their own flying glider and record their experiment with it. 

Students investigate white light. In this science activity, students participate in a variety of experiments in which they study light. Students use spectroscopes to view the components of light.

Learners research on the history of adhesives. In this science lesson, students select one test to use in finding the stickiness of adhesives. They collect data and formulate a conclusion.

Students, by exploring a simple investigation system, see how technology can allow people to extend their senses and "see" beyond the world of their natural vision.

Students display knowledge of line of symmetry by designing a geometric stained glass window pattern.

Students using a glass prism filled with water are able to see all of the visible colors found the sunlight.

Students explore the night sky and make illustrations which are shared in class the next day. Distinctions are made between the stars and the planets and views of the constellations for the season are made available. The work of early...

Students trace their feet and them compare the different sizes of classmates. They construct a bar graph showing the results of their classmates' feet size. They discuss what kinds of conclusions can be drawn from their observations.

Eighth graders study the basic facts of polarization.  In this light waves lesson plan students demonstrate some activities illustrating interference patterns. 

Students examine a common household food and see how accurate the content information is.

Middle schoolers perform a series of tasks that integrate hands-on inquiry-based activities with the Internet to explore sound and acoustics. They develop an acoustics Web page to show what they have learned.

Students, in teams, design and create a logo/trademark, packaging box, and poster for advertising their new product/invention. They present their new product/invention, and information about the target audience, to the class.

Learners use the six step scientific method to experiment with the differences in adhesives. Students test for tack, shear, and peel in these activities.

Learners brainstorm new technological devices that apply cutting-edge 3-D computer modeling software to benefit different professions.

Fourth graders study the stained glass produced for the Gothic cathedrals, needlework, castles, and tapestry of the Middle Ages.

Fourth graders are introduced to the vocabulary needed to identify the attributes of two and three-dimensional figures. They work together to create a word wall, which contains the geometric terminology being learned.

Students discuss their perceptions of magnetism and explore the background ideas of magnetism.

Students classify the visual opacity of various materials, what is needed to create shadows, and classify clouds by the types of shadows that they produce.

Students estimate the extent of particulate air pollution present in their neighborhoods.

Students make a pinhole viewer to demonstrate how it inverts light passing through it which produces inverted images.

Students cut out and trace a Flying Wing pattern on the bottom of the foam tray. They test flight it and observe the flight of the wing.

Young scholars design and create pins advertising Youth Art Month and incorporating mini versions of famous prints.