Students examine the concepts of porosity and permeability. They conduct experiments to determine the porosity and permeability of gravel, sand, and clay. After performing the experiments they collect and graph data, comparing the...

Pupils construct polygons. They identify attributes of three-dimensional shapes. Students name common three-dimensional shapes. They draw three-dimensional shapes, and sort three-dimensional shapes. Pupils use K'NEX materials sets to...

Students examine the problem of groundwater pollution. In groups, they develop a solution to solve the problem of a local polluted water source. They also practice measuring the space between sediment particles and the rate of water flow.

Students evaluate mathematical problems using the formulas for volume. They recognize "perspective" in different shapes including cubes, pyramids and cylinders. Students practice on brainstorming all the different shapes and how they can...

Students watch and discuss observations of condensation on the plastic "sky" of the container. They draw a sketch of what they see and record their observations on the Its a Small World mini booklet. Sudents investigate evaporation...

Eighth graders investigate concepts related to the finding of the area of prisms. They use boxes as models of calculating the area while getting ready for the next level. The instructors are given sovereignty over the assessments and the...

In this lesson plan, students explore shapes and forms in architecture. Students understand that the function of architecture influences its form as well as construst a simple architectural model. As an assessment, have students with a...

Students apply the ideal gas law and Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure to develop an experiment which determine the molar mass of butane from disposable lighters. In small groups, they develop a procedure and have it approved before...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a three-paragraph fictional passage about the first engine car, They answer four short-essay questions about this passage. Road Trip, Part 2 contains a six-paragraph story, eight...

In this literacy worksheet, students find the vocabulary terms that describe welding and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

In this Men in Black worksheet, pupils answer seven questions about the Men in Black movie relating to UFOs, time capsules, characters, vocabulary, and themes. Students answer questions in short answer format.

In this word search worksheet, students locate words related to the metric system. The word list includes deci, relative, meters, thousandth, and liquid.

In this word search worksheet, students locate words related to the metric system. The word list includes milli-, deka-, hecto-, balance, and centi-.

In this math worksheet, students sketch the regions that give rise to the integrals. Then rewrite them as double integrals with the integration order reversed.

In this math instructional activity, students describe how to define surface area given a variety of situations from word problems. They solve for the volume using calculus.

In this math worksheet, students sketch the graphs labeling the point of intersection in the first quadrant. Then they find the area of Ω.

In this gas instructional activity, students practice using the gas laws to calculate volume, pressure, or temperature of gases in 12 different word problems.

In this solids instructional activity, 10th graders solve and complete 10 different word problems that include determining the volume and surface area of various solids. First, they determine the surface area of a cube as described....

In this liquid measurement worksheet, students identify the amount of milliliters depicted in each model. This one-page worksheet contains 20 measurement problems.

In this shapes and lines instructional activity, students review a table of 20 basic shapes, all of which are labeled. The instructional activity explains that shapes are made up of lines, which can be straight or curved.

In this color and geometric shapes worksheet, students examine a chart with 16 figures with their color words printed underneath each one. Students answer the 6 questions using the information on the chart.

In this shapes worksheet, students match the shapes on the page to the correct descriptions. They then solve the 2 shape riddles at the bottom of the worksheet.

In this plants instructional activity, students name and locate the major organs of flowering plants. Then students color, cut and paste a flower model by following the directions given.

In this maximum and minimum problems activity, students solve and complete 9 various types of problems. First, they find two numbers with a given sum. Then, students find the maximum and minimum value of each equation. They also find the...