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Number Scrolls

For Teachers K
Students write the number line. For this numbers lesson, students write numbers in numeric order on a number scroll. They find patterns within this number line. 
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Photometry of Stars and Clusters

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students apply an algorithm to measure the distance to stars in the night sky. In this photometry lesson, students observe stars in the night sky as they measure the distance to them and to the cluster, The Milky Way. They apply the...
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First Grade Mathematics Quiz

For Students 1st
In this grade 1 math quiz, 1st graders complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 1 concepts. 
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Plane and Solid Figures

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students define a plane and a solid shape. In this geometry lesson, students compare and contrast different geometric shapes as they relate to solids. They name the geometric solids based on their sides and edges.
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Contraction Baseball

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this grammar worksheet, students use cards to say and spell contractions and move around a baseball mound if they are correct. Each team goes up to bat 3 times.
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Introduction to Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils define experiment, outcome, event, and probability, and explain the formula for finding the probability of an event.
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The Soviet Choice For Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine five major events in Soviet History to introduce the concept of opportunity cost. They identify considered alternatives at the time of decision and examine benefits and cost. They apply these ideas to a typical school day.
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What is zero? What is infinity? Where they come from? (Senior, Mathematics)

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss and determine what is zero, what is infinity, and where do these numbers come from?
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Taste (Gustation)

For Teachers K - 12th
Students conduct various experiments to see if different parts of the tongue are more sensitive to different characteristics of food.
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Area

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the mathematical concept of area. These activities and discussions may be used to develop students' understanding of this mathematical concept and will enable students to calculate the area of a random shape on a grid.
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Weightlessness

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students use a coffee cup to demonstrate weightlessness. After a lecture/demo, students read an article on free-fall. They perform a simple experiment which helps them explain the concept of weightlessness.
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Virtual Visits

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students rate a variety of kid-friendly museum Web sites for both their educational and entertainment value. They reflect in writing about the overall success of each site to pique their interest in art, science, history or culture.
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Mapping Data Made Manageable

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore how to select unbiased random samples as they choose report data to include on maps. They propose methods for choosing random numbers and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. They consider bias in science.
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Diet and Nutrition

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students figure out the nutritional values of foods to explain the nature of a healthy diet by looking at fast food nutrition pamphlets and calculating the values of foods then comparing them to the food pyramid.
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Weights in Pounds

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders define "pound," estimate and compare weights, and classify objects as weighing more or less than a pound.
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The West in Brochures

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the daily life of the American Cowboy in the 1800's and compare it to the life of the Native Americans.
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Magnificent Marsupials

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners have the opportunity to explore the life cycle of a kangaroo, and the differences and similarities between mother and baby as growth occurs from birth to adulthood. They draw pictures of the mother and the joey and compare them.
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Octopus Legs

For Teachers K
Students have oceans of fun transforming a wienie into an octopus they can eat! After counting, cutting halves and fourths, observing steam and the effects of heat, they mix colors as they create a yummy dipping sauce from mustard and...
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Multiplication Illustration

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use literature and art to apply the principals of multiplication with three or more factors. They write and illustrate their own books following criteria outlined in a checklist imbedded in this plan.
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It's Oobleck

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to the story, "Bartholomew and the Oobleck," and list the information they learned about Oobleck in order to construct a meaning for Oobleck.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars read the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and explain public attitudes towards slavery in 19th century America.
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How Do Organisms Vary?

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners study variation of organisms. They determine this variation arises from genetic and environmental causes.
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P.O.W.: Products of War

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders are introduced to concepts of war through musical lyrics. They demonstrate and understanding of the role of segregation in US military policy and practice.
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Frisbee Physics

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explain how a Frisbee flies, why it's shaped he way it is and how fast and how far the Frisbee can go.

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