Twelfth graders solve problems involving linear and angular speed. Using information about a compact disc, they solve the problem using multiple rates and conversion factors. Students also solve additional problems involving bicycle...

Students explore the concepts of energy transformation and conversion. They engage in Internet and hands-on activities. Students visit the Atoms Family Website and complete a Building a Better Pyramid activity by adding insulation to...

Students engage in an experiment that tests how much air we breathe in and out during the respiration process. In this respiration lesson, students blow a typical breath's amount of air into a balloon. They use a ruler to measure the...

Fourth graders convert measurements in the metric system. In this metric instructional activity, 4th graders convert units up to kilometers and down to millimeters. They answer word problems with conversions. 

Students differentiate between similar and congruent triangles. In this geometry lesson, students identify the angles of triangles using the similarity theorem. They apply concepts of triangles to the real world.

Seventh graders research on energy conversion. After they have researched several types of energy resources, teams of two to four create posters which depict how these resources can be conserved.

Fifth graders discuss ways to move large rocks. They relate this to building a rock garden, and the ways people might load boulders into a truck. Students discuss the use of a ramp vs. lifting the boulder straight up onto the bed of the...

Students research the Internet or create surveys to find graphable data. They collect, organize, analyze and interpret the data. Finally, they choose the appropriate type of graph to display the data and find the measures of central...

In this metric units worksheet, learners complete problems asking which kind of metric unit is appropriate to use for certain situations. Students complete 12 multiple choice questions and 8 conversion problems.

Students construct ratios using the hand as data. They use examples of cortical and trabecular bone found in the long bones to measure circumference, diameter, length, and weight of long bones. They perform computations using growth...

Middle schoolers practice estimating and graphing by utilizing Skittles.  In this statistics instructional activity, students complete worksheets based on the likelihood of a certain color of skittle coming out of the bag....

Students explain that heat energy in a material consists of the disordered motions of its atoms or molecules. They know and explain that transformations of energy usually transform some energy into the form of heat, which dissipates by...

Seventh graders convert fractions and decimals to percents. Using measuring cups, 7th graders model fraction/percent equivalents. They discuss how to change a decimal to a percent. Using the white boards, students review the different...

In this diagnostic test worksheet, students solve problems involving angles, parallel lines, and perpendicular lines. They identify alternate interior angles, alternate exterior angles, and corresponding angles. Students find the...

Students explore the idea of scientific observation and the use of a journal to record their observations. They examine the proper vocabulary used when describing scientific inquiry. Students observe a science experiment and they discuss...

In this chemistry worksheet, students examine the concept of thermodynamic equilibrium constants with intense detail. The application of the knowledge is practiced with problem solving.

Pupils study the weather on other planets in our solar system.  In this planetary weather lesson students create a display of the different weather conditions on the other planets. 

Students find math concepts in every day items. In this math concept lesson, students take ten photographs of things they find interesting. They analyze the photographs to find hidden math concepts such as counting, lines, angles,...

Students study the sun and how it moves throughout the day.  In this tracking the sun instructional activity students create a model of the celestial sphere. 

Students redesign the classroom space. In this geometry lesson, students part take in making classroom rules and assigning value to the space in the classroom. They investigate measuring and problem solving in this lesson.

Students explore mean, median and mode. In this math lesson plan, students analyze temperature data and figure the mean, median, and mode of the data. Students graph the data in a bar graph.

Students write a journal entry about where there food comes from. In this Civil War lesson, students discuss journals, the crops grown within the U.S., the import/export process and what food preparation must have been like on a...

Students explore U.S. history by participating in a scavenger hunt. In this Civil War lesson, students read assigned text discussing the many battles of the Civil War and the importance of a fort to the fighting parties. Students...

Students design, construct and interpret a model of geologic time and investigate change through geologic time.