Sixth graders explore various web sites to find information about rainforest animals. They research basic concepts such as animal diet, habitat, adaptations, and endangered species, and complete assigned questions.

Students read 'They Called Her Moses," create a wanted poster for Tub man, compose a journal entry imagining they are William Still, and in groups, create a newspaper depicting the incident of the runaway slaves and events from the time...

Third graders examine the relationships between rhythm and math, tone color and science, form and geography, melody and art, and harmony and social studies. Why, they are like cousins! Students, in groups, present projects demonstrating...

Third graders create paper mache globes, paint them and label the oceans and the continents. In groups, they research a biome, write about it and create an artistic visual representation of the biome and present it to the class.

Eleventh graders examine the history and development of the periodic table and properties of elements. They complete worksheets, take notes during a teacher-led discussion, and produce their own periodic table.

Fifth graders compare and contrast adaptations of brown pelicans and examine how they survive in different environments. They also make predictions of some adaptations that could be needed in certain types of ecosystems.

Students become familiar with oceanography terms by writing an oceanography horror story.

Students investigate genetics as the study of inherited traits. They complete a worksheet.

Students complete a variety of activities as they study the historical story of Rosalind Franklin not receiving credit for her contributions in discovering the structure of DNA.

In this health worksheet, students are led through lessons to become familiar with the dietary recommendations of the government.

Fourth graders realize the significance in the Negro spirituals concerning the Underground Railroad. They choose a position, either for helping slaves or ignoring the slaves. They describe, in a paragraph, their position.

In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students respond to 47 identification questions about Muslim cities. Students have 4 minutes to complete the quiz.

Fourth graders create an electronic story showing the interrelationship of species within the marine environment. They utilize the educational software, 'Destination Ocean' during this engaging lesson.

Students will have the opportunity to do research on a weather topic in which they are interested. This lesson will teach the students how to use dictionaries, encyclopedias, resource books and the Internet to find facts about the...

Using light as our measuring stick in space, science site provides all types of fun facts using light years and seconds as a reference.

The writer will assume the role of a living creature (like an arthropod) or an abstraction (like a fraction). Writers will do research on what they have chosen as their roles, and learn new facts about these roles. The writer will...

A collection of facts and links on the field of zoology. The facts cover what zoology is, the diversity of vertebrate and invertebrate animals studied in zoology, scientific names for animals, where zoologists work, zoos around the...

Facts and images of the swallowtail butterfly are reference for young researchers.

Science Talent Search winner Marina Prajmovsky (Meyers) (1924-1974) used her scholarship to attend Radcliffe College, where she majored in biology. She then received her M.D. at Yale University, conducted research on eye diseases, and...