High schoolers calculate the water usage for irrigation of school grounds. They use maps in determining which areas are irrigated.

Students work together to build an earthquake city. They simulate the shaking during an earthquake to discover if their structure is built well enough. They discover how engineers complete these types of tests to develop better...

Pupils research genetic disease and mutation causing traits in family pedigrees simulated in a class activity. Students are each assigned a genetic trait and a "spouse" and must conduct research on their traits and the probability of...

Fourth graders develop problem solving skills while learning to measure an athletic track. The focus upon logic and reasoning is helpful for all types of science and math calculations.

High schoolers investigate how environmental surprises and endocrine disruptors influence perceptions of benefits and costs. The decisions of science are under these type of influences and must be thought out with a definite method.

Students evaluate the effects of drug use on behavior, appearance and the ability to contribute to society.  In this drug education lesson students analyze the relationship between drug use and injury, violence and criminal...

In this US citizens worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by answering 19 clues. They use words from a word bank at the bottom of the puzzle, which includes ancestor, citizen, government, president, and immigrant.

Students analyze the purpose of a social entrepreneur. In this entrepreneurship lesson, students create a "help wanted" advertisement and graphic organizer to provide information on how a social entrepreneur seeks long-term change by...

Students explore the work of social entrepreneurs. In this entrepreneurship instructional activity, students research a specific entrepreneur and create a presentation introducing him or her to the class. Students design a seminar on...

Students examine the extreme conditions of unemployment during the Great Depression.  For this multiple perspectives lesson, students analyze photographs of coal mining, research and adopt the perspective of a person affected by...

Students study how organisms that live in cold seep communities get energy from methane.  For this organism lesson students write a brief report and identify oxidation reduction reactions and explain if these are dependent of...

Young scholars examine the state of the British housing market. For this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to study Gordon Brown's plan for eco-towns, how to borrow money to buy homes, and what the home prices are...

Students role play a power grid set up to show how increased load affects the grid. In this physics lesson, students explain the importance of electricity in their daily lives. They identify the key components of the power grid.

In this grammar worksheet, students write the word that the who, which or that relates to in each sentence and then circle the correct verb in parentheses that makes each sentence grammatically correct.

In this grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate verb in parentheses in twenty-five sentences that makes each one grammatically correct.

For this complete the essay worksheet, students identify adverbs, articles, and subject/verb agreements. In this fill in the blank and short answers worksheet, students write thirty-nine answers.

Students research coral reefs and identify their benefits to humans, threats to the reef, how to reduce and eliminate threats, and more. In this coral reef lesson plan, students research the reefs, and take a field trip to an aquarium.

Students explore the careers available in the field of oceanography. They discover the difference between a job and a career and the need for a good education. They work together to create a presentation about oceanography.

In this social studies worksheet, 4th graders complete multiple choice questions about the colonies, The Boston Tea Party, Native Americans, and more. Students complete 15 questions.

In this vocabulary worksheet, students read a sentence, then circle the letter of the sentence beneath out of 3 that means the same as the first.

Young scholars are placed in the position of the person who orders supplies for the ship. They calculate quantities required for a variety of items, and then to convert such quantities into dollars.

Students read a story about a family living in a shelter. They explore different places to save their money and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Students access the Internet to search for housing prices in Houston, Texas,(the location can be changed to accommodate any location) and compare the prices to the number of square feet found in the living area of a house.

Fourth graders discover how to budget in order to live in today's world. Allocating their resources is of prime importance in the monthly budget. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to figure out their monthly budget.