Through this lesson plan, students demonstrate their understanding of the importance of following directions.

In this lesson, students practice active listening by paraphrasing what they hear. Students will practice listening to one another and repeating what they heard. Various listening activities are included in this lesson.

This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides an interesting activity on making asteroids. "Create your own odd-shaped asteroids out of plain old mashed potatoes. Bake them in the oven to turn them asteroid...

Make discs hover on the table and play air hockey or other games. Just gather materials including balloons, Cds or DVDs, straws, foam packing, and barbeque skewers and follow the directions.

Follow these instructions to make pop-up greeting cards for your friends.

At this site students can improve their handwriting skills. It provides printable worksheets, lesson ideas, and interactive activities.

In this chemistry lab, students investigate how oil and water don't mix. They will work on their observation skills and their ability to follow directions to ensure they get the correct results. Students can then develop a new, testable...

This challenge is to design and build a sturdy emergency shelter that can fit one person and easy to build. Are you up to the challenge?

Can you make a balloon hover in one spot and move without you touching it when you create air currents? Give it a try!

Can you build a rubber band-powered, paddle boat that paddles across the water? Give this a try and have a paddle race with a friend.

This challenge requires you to modify a paper cup so it can zip down a line and drop a marble onto a target.

Can you design and build a device that will let you grab and drop objects from at least two feet away? Give it a try!

This challenge is to design and build a crane and determine how heavy a load it can lift.

Can you design and build a watercraft that will keep 25 pennies afloat for at least 10 seconds? Give it a try!

Design a way to launch ping pong balls high into the air, test it, and make changes if needed.

Use your creativity to design and build a paper table, at least 8 inches tall, that is strong enough to hold a heavy book. Challenge your friends to see whose table can hold the most weight.

Use a balloon to build an air-powered rocket and launch it to see if you can hit a target.

Create your own 4-wheel balloon cars with simple household items and race them across the floor.

Make your own 2-wheel, air-power cars and race them or play games with them. Balloons and straws are them main components.

Design and build a small alarm that is easily hidden. Think of places you would like to hide an alarm.

Are you up to the task of making a mini robot? It requires a small motor, a button battery, wires, and a toothbrush.

In this lesson learners will do a variety of learning activities while they meet many math, science, and language arts objectives. Students will measure items, analyze and record data, listen to instructions, and follow directions. They...

This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a fun project on stars and cookies. "Make these yummy star cookies with genuine star-colored centers you can see through." Plus, learn interesting facts about...

Resource provides a fun project on El Nino. "You have probably heard people blame "El Nino" for everything from bad weather to lost homework. Now we are going to "blame El Nino" for inspiring a delicious and colorful dessert."