Students investigate soap bubbles. For this soap bubble chemistry lesson, students observe a demonstration using pop-it beads to represent a soap molecule. Students produce soap bubbles in the lab by making bubbles with a large bubble...

Sixth graders explore how torque and work are different. In this torque lesson, 6th graders will understand the relationship between torque and work as it applies to force and distance. Students will be assessed on their conclusions of...

Learners discuss the importance of trees and work together to plant a living snowfence. In this tree importance instructional activity, students discuss why trees are important in rural areas. They use mathematics and team work to plant...

Students make connections between their daily lives and the usage of natural resources as they relate to the importance of environmental quality.  In this ecology lesson plan, students listen to the story The Lorax by Dr....

Fourth graders examine and identify chemical and physical changes in a variety of substances. They observe a vinegar and baking soda demonstration, and a water, laundry detergent, and Epsom salt mixture demonstration. They discuss the...

Students observe solar energy at work. In this science lesson, students watch two bottles, painted black and white, sit in the heat with balloons on the mouth of the bottles. They observe and discuss why the balloon of the black bottle...

Students discuss the value of sampling in science. They, in groups, map cricket movement in response to various stimuli and graph their results.

Pupils identify the properties of a metamorphic rock. They make delicious pancakes on a hot griddle at school to simulate how metamorphic rocks are made.

Fifth graders create imaginative creatures are called Alebrijes.

Students use a grayscale digital photo of self and draw the texture of their hair in a linear fashion. They create a background which relates to the PTA Reflections contest using the internet as a resource.

Students gather around the three selected paintings. The teacher guide students in looking at different elements of the paintings and help students make the connections between the visual art and movement skills.

Students see simulated lava flow down a simulated volcano. They examine how lava cools fastest on the surface.

Second graders gain a basic knowledge of mining and reclamation and see that mining is an important industry. They discover that mining ores and coal provides resources we need in everyday life.

Students classify rocks by properties.

Second graders design Egyptian style portraits. They use the correct proportions while drawing and painting the facial features.

Students graphically show how metamorphic rock is formed by pressure and heat using bread.

Learners represent and describe relationships between two quantities using words, symbols, pictures and/or manipulatives.

Students use the worksheet from the first website listed below to collect data on the penguin heights on the Penguin Page.

Students look at two or three different penguins and where they live.

Students look at the pictures of penguins on the Penguin page and select one they would like to write a legend about.

Students select one of the penguins from the Penguin page and collect enough information to give a good description of the penguin. They should write a descriptive piece without actually identifying the penguin until the last sentence.

Students visit the second website listing to learn about endangered penguins (African penguins are the most endangered) and what the threats are to the habitats. Students could then create a save the penguins poster.

Young scholars use the penguin research pages to locate the areas that our penguin species live in. Then have them create simple Venn diagrams to illustrate where penguins live.

Fourth graders explore the planets by researching and writing a report about one of the nine planets.