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Crayon Rubbing Flip Book
Students use their hands to bend and reshape a floral wire (line). They record this experience using crayon rubbings which become the frames for their flip book.
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Price Elasticity of Demand (PED)
In this economics learning exercise, students respond to 18 short answer and problem solving questions regarding the concept of elasticity.
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Microeconomics Study Guide, Section II: Elasticities
In this economics activity, students define elasticity, calculate ranges of elasticity, and label diagrams pertaining to the concept of elasticity.
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Worksheet 25
In this math worksheet, students state the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Then they evaluate the functions and test them against the theorem.
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Design Team Challenge
Pupils work in groups to build a robot. For this robotics lesson, students create an electronic robot and program it to follow directions. They create an obstacle course for the robot to follow and test its performance.
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Floor Paths
Young scholars explore the use of floor paths on the stage. In this floor paths lesson, students evaluate choreography for use of the floor space on the stage. Young scholars design a short choreography piece that exhibits an...
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Magnus Effect
Students examine the Magnus effect and its history. In this forces lesson students investigate the lift of a rotating cylinder.
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Comparison of Two Different Gender Sports Teams - Part 3 of 3 Scatter Plots and Lines of Best Fit
Students create a scatter plot for bivariate data and find the trend line to describe the correlation for the sports teams. In this scatter plot lesson, students analyze data, make predictions,and use observations about sports data...
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Shine On, Moon
Students explore space science by conducting an experiment in class. In this Moon lesson, students define a list of space science vocabulary and read the book The Moon. Students utilize shoeboxes and string to conduct a sunlight...
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Pattern and Shading
Young scholars dentify patterns in their everyday environment. They create several types of pattern, including hatching, crosshatching, and stippling and discover that hatching lines may be drawn horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
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Graphing Systems of Equations
In this Algebra II activity, 11th graders use graphing to determine the solution to a system of linear equations. The two page activity contains explanation and three guided problems. Answers are not included.
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Throw to the Cone
Students practice throwing to a moving target and increase their facility with accurate throwing by playing this game.
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Fantasy Faces: Gargoyles
Students create gargoyles out of paper mache. Instructions for making paper mache pulp are included.
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Adaptations of the Beak
Students examine the principles of adaptation using mouth structure of animals as an example. Students look specifically at the various shapes of beaks of birds and the bill of the platypus.
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Shape Makers
Classify and explore shapes by giving learners opportunities to handle, describe and classify 2D and 3D shapes. Primary learners will sort objects such as triangles, squares, oblongs, circles, ovals, pentagons, hexagons, diamonds, boxes,...
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X Marks the Spot
Fourth graders use games and puzzles to explore co-ordinate systems and their uses. Students are given the opportunity to invent their own systems by locating counters on a sheet of paper and by finding the dead center of a set of objects.
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Pattern Matching
First graders examine how to determine the lines of symmetry in pictures, shapes, and patterns by completing the lessons in this unit. They make patterns that show a line of symmetry and describe it using their own language.
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Star Gazers
Students research stars, constellations, planets and galaxies including names, shapes, sizes, colors, patterns and ages. They suspend the stars and planets from the ceiling and change monthy to display the various constellations. As a...
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Worksheet 19
In this math worksheet, students try to fit a line to a set of data. Then they use the least squares method is based on minimizing the sum of the squares of the errors.
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Writing As Criminal Evidence
Students research 2 famous forgery cases. In this forensics instructional activity, students are introduced to the methods of handwriting and paper analysis. They then use the Internet to study the cases of the Lindbergh baby and Howard...
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Parts of a Circle
Sixth graders use yarn, paper plate, and other materials to identify parts of a circle. In this parts of a circle lesson plan, 6th graders identify the circumference, radius, diameter, and other parts of a circle.
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Identifying and Describing Polygons
Students identify the different properties of polygons. In this geometry lesson, students differentiate between polygons and non-polygons. They review important vocabulary to help them understand the properties of polygons.
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Planetary Orbits
Middle schoolers explore space science by completing a solar system identification worksheet. In this planets lesson, students discuss the different planets in our star system and identify their traits. Middle schoolers complete an...
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The Baby is Crying
Students identify the short /a/ sound in written and spoken words. They say a tongue twister which contains words emphasizing the short /a/ sound. They then listen to "A Cat Nap" and raise their hand every time they hear a word...