Students study taking care of themselves and their possessions. They develop a positive approach to life and a mature sense of self-worth and value. They discuss the importance of confidentiality in a class when sharing personal...

Students investigate various chemical reactions when creating mixtures in ziplock baggies. For this chemistry lesson, students will recognize various chemical reactions and cite evidence. Safety and assessment strategies are included in...

Students determine which of the following parameters, slope, ice, temperature or basal condition affects the glacier speed the most. They create their own experiment to test what influences glacier speed and temperature of the ice.

In this tessellations instructional activity, students name 3 items that have tessellating patterns. Students then use the interactive tessellating program found at www.shodor.org to draw and answer 5 questions about their tessellations.

Students practice creating mixtures out of colored beads.

Students explore the properties of water. In this cross curriculum art and physical science instructional activity, students experiment with a variety of materials to demonstrate the cohesive forces and adhesion of water. Students create...

Students differentiate objects based on contrast in physical characteristics such as color, texture, size and shape. They also recognize and sort objects by color families.

In this compounds worksheet, students are given a bag of colored gumdrops that represent specific atoms. They construct ionic and covalent bonds with gumdrops using the key provided and the compounds to build. They fill in a chart with...

Students recognize elements of art such as texture, shape line and color.  In this elements of art activity, students create a still life picture with oil pastel or crayons.  Students define elements of art vocabulary....

  Learners collect several 'diversity beans' and sort them into piles based on the color of the beans and if they believe they will enjoy the flavor concluded from the outside appearance.  In this diversity lesson, students...

Students view Elmer Holtzrichter's work Mystery Planet and discuss basic shapes and patterns. They create their own collage. and discuss the patterning they created. Students demonstrate how this pattern would sound with clapping and...

Eighth graders take their own "core sample" with clay and/or play-dough and correlate the layers of the earth.

Students conduct a series of experiments to observe factors that impact molecular movement. In this molecular chemistry lesson, students drop food coloring in water with different properties (hot, with ice, with alcohol) and observe how...

Students explore sorting and graphing. In this math lesson, students create and analyze a class bar graph about their birthday months. They then estimate and sort candies to make and analyze their own bar graph.

Young scholars investigate molecules through 2 demonstrations and writing formulas for molecules given the oxidation states of the atoms. In this molecules lesson plan, students observe iron filings being separated from salt and pepper...

Third graders explore the artwork of Henri Matisse. In this Matisse lesson, 3rd graders recognize the characteristics of Henri Matisse. Students create a pastel collage self portrait in the style of Henri Matisse.

Students prepare for a Mexican fiesta.  In this Mexican fiesta lesson, students listen to Too Many Tamales and plan a Mexican Fiesta. Students will divide the jobs of making decorations,and preparing food and drinks. Students will...

Students listen to The Archer and the Sun and participate in interdisciplinary activities related to the book. In this Archer and the Sun lesson, students discuss sun and weather and create a graph of the weather they like best- sunny or...

Students discuss the drilling process. In this engineering instructional activity, students get into small groups and drill their own core samples in a sandwich using a plastic tubing, a jumbo straw, a slim straw and a offee stirrer...

Students examine color perception and how it relates to metamerism.  For this color lesson students complete a lab activity that shows them the three basic components of color perception. 

Students act as predators searching for prey (beans) in two different settings to demonstrate the processes of adaptation and selection.

Learners, after taking a field trip to a museum, use paint to try to restore old objects.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one paragraph story about coloring Easter eggs. Students then answer 10 short-response questions. Finally, students solve 3 logical reasoning queries related to the reading.

Students utilize different methods of applying textile media to a canvas bag, which can be used to carry all their necessary art "stuff".