Students examine Library organization. In this logic lesson plan, students watch a Between the Lions episode and consider how the library has been organized. Students each list their 3 favorite book titles and how they would classify...

Students create a cookbook.  In this recipe and writing lesson, students brainstorm the skills necessary to follow a recipe, watch a cooking show and write down a recipe used.  Students use a word processing program to write a...

Students study water conservation. In this water conservation lesson, students participate in a water conservation experiment. Students discover how to conserve water while washing their hands.

Students identify and classify soil ypes according to data on the soil triangle. Given examples, students identify soil conservation practices, using criterion assessment instrument. When giving a case situation involving soil...

Students investigate work and power. In this energy lesson, students use the scientific method process to explore how much work and power it takes for a person to climb a stair case.

Students research and chart the shortest course to circumnavigate the globe.

In this motion worksheet, students complete motion word problems where they explain and define issues having to do with motion. Students complete 32 problems.

Learners read, write about, and cook with rice in this home economics lesson. They reflect on the experience eating rice at home or in other ethnic foods.

Pupils explore different ways heat can be added to water.

Learners investigate how Global Positioning Systems work and how and why GPS receivers make errors. They graph data points and apply estimation and prediction to real-life GPS situations, discuss time delay, and complete a worksheet.

For this saliva worksheet, students conduct an experiment to test how saliva breaks down starches. Students complete 6 short answer questions.

Students make a thermometer and write a paragraph about how they did it.

Students use three tracks marked on the floor, one in yards, one in feet and one in inches. As they start and stop a robot specific distances on a "runway," they can easily determine the equivalent measurements in other units by looking...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students will describe the International System of Units (SI) and be able to convert units between International and English systems.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will begin to identify the seven base units of the International System of Units. They will understand the commonly used metric...

This presentation explains conversion of units in the metric system, and gives some examples for understanding.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the International System of Units (SI) and converting units.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] International System of Units (SI) and converting units.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] International System of Units (SI) and converting units.

This lesson will describe how to convert from unit to another in the Metric System. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Converting Units."

This lesson will describe how to convert from unit to another in the Metric System. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Converting Units."

Practice converting English units of measurement to metric units using this tool.

Students are introduced to the nano-size length scale as they make measurements and calculate unit conversions. They measure common objects and convert their units to nanometers, giving them a simple reference frame for understanding the...