Students read and interpret nutrition fact labels ("food labels") from food products, a task that involves the use of various mathematics skills (e.g., number concepts and number sense).

First graders are introduced to the accomplishments of scientist and inventor George Washington Carver. They get to experience a variety of products created from peanuts and make a collage of the way we use peanuts today.

Students accurately measure several common objects using the industrial ruler. They work individually to analyze whether given objects would meet the correct specifications required for a particular manufactured product.

Fourth graders research a product and participate in an integrated simulation of a free market economy where students will create, buy and sell a good or service. In completing this activity, 4th graders understand the concepts and...

Pupils discuss the characteristics of wetlands and how to make them more productive. Using a map, they locate the major wetlands in the United States and color them using a key. They read an article and in groups answer discussion...

Students explore several themes relevant to the life of Paul Robeson and the social, artistic, & political realities of the first half of the 20th century, identify and interview heroes in their communities, and publish profiles on...

Students play a PowerPoint activity to be used as a review of basic skills for order of operations, and the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division for whole numbers, some fractional numbers and integers....

In this math instructional activity, students solve the problems while using the operation of multiplication with fractions to find the products.

Students work with the concept of equivalent fractions. For this equivalent fraction worksheet, students double a recipe, triple a recipe, and reduce a recipe for Tiger BITES by one-half and one-quarter. They apply multiplication and...

Learners explore the concept of trade. In this trade lesson, students simulate a trade store. Learners are divided into two groups. Half the class runs the store, half the class are customers. Students try to trade goods and services in...

Learners investigate energy by researching how oil reservoirs work. In this fossil fuels lesson, students conduct an experiment using a half full bottle of water, corn oil and oxygen, recording their data as the elements are mixed...

Students read a New York Times article as part of their investigation as to what happens when an item is thrown away or recycled. They analyze the relationship between a product's ingredients and its effect on the Earth and healthful...

Students show that energy is conserved in the laboratory. They calculate the work done by a force on an object as the product of the force and a displacement of the object from a reference point.

Students identify and interpret how milk is processed and learn important concepts in food safety and quality assurance. They identify how milk is processed, the importance of food safety, and the quality assurance process. Students also...

Students discover that plants provide food products to humans. In this baking instructional activity, students grind wheat seeds into flour and then use the flour to make pretzels. Students participate in a variety of activities that...

In this making an octopus instructional activity, students follow 5 steps to make an octopus. Extra materials are needed to complete the product. Students may use the finished product for various classroom activities.

Students study what phytochemicals are, how they work and where you can find them. In this food chemicals instructional activity students complete and activity and study products that contain phytochemicals. 

Pupils dramatize the process by which a bill becomes a law. They design a product that explains the function of the Legislative Branch in government and present their work to the class.

Students prioritize and match possible careers with their interests, skills, and values based on self assessments. After completing a series of checklists and evaluations on interests and abilities, students research their top choice of...

Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of cooking a new recipe. The book "Cook-a-Doodle-Doo" is used to create the context for the lesson. They use the ingredients and recipe in the lesson and work in groups in...

In this exponent worksheet, students add, subtract, multiply and divide exponents. They solve problems containing negative exponents, fractional exponents, and polynomials. This two-page worksheet contains eight problems.

In this mixed numbers multiplication worksheet, students review three steps to multiply mixed numbers. Students then multiply the equations and write the product in simplest form. Students finish with one word problem.

Students explore creative ways to reuse materials. In this ecology/art lesson, students create artwork using trash. Students view examples of folk art from around the world that used waste products as a main component.

In this multiplying fractions worksheet, students complete multiplication of fraction problems containing one and two digit numbers. Students complete 9 problems.