Students review and reinforce multiplication facts using a bingo game.

Students explore the types of machinery used in harvesting timber and create a new environmentally friendly harvesting machine. They draw a picture of their machine and write about what it does. They share work with classmates.

Fifth graders brainstorm answers to the question why compasses point north. In groups, they use introduce the needle to the different ends of the magnet. They place the needles in a styroform disk and record their results in their...

High schoolers conduct research to determine the structural formula for Allicin, a component of garlic. They participate in a lab to extract Allicin from garlic and complete a set of questions about their work.

Young scholars research facts about dinosaurs and practice effective speaking strategies by creating a Keynote or PowerPoint presentation in this Science and Language Arts lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. It includes one...

In this energy conservation worksheet, students answer questions about energy sources and energy use. The worksheet includes both true/false and multiple choice questions. There are 22 questions with answers.

Students recycle old paper into new. In this sustainability lesson, students take old newspaper and recycle it into new paper.

Explore the African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create a "sole" painting.

Fifth graders review adding, subtracting, multiplication and division of fractions and decimals through a variety of activities and exercises.

Students explore the process of harvesting and canning prunes. They discover the benefits of prunes to the Santa Clara Valley. Students investigate prunes at designated websites.

The student will practice writing ratios as fractions, using poultry-related illustrations as visual representations of the problems.1. Review the definition of a ratio and how to write ratios as fractions. If possible, use groups of...

Students complete a creative project. They create a collage of 40's fashions. Provide a key for each picture and a brief description of the fashion or fad that includes some background on the group(s) who wore these styles.This is one of...

Third graders investigate ratios and rates.  In this third grade mathematics lesson, 3rd graders identify equal ratios and rate and test for proportionality.  This lesson is created to be use in conjunctions with a particular...

In this English instructional activity, students read "The Mystery of America's Vanishing Bees," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

In this Algebra II learning exercise, 11th graders simplify rational algebraic expressions by factoring and cancelling the common factors.  The two page learning exercise contains instruction, worked examples, and three practice...

Students work with dominoes to recognize the number of spots on each side as they relate to addition facts. In this seeing doubles instructional activity, students make triangle shaped flash cards for the double facts. Students represent...

Middle schoolers view "The Danger Zone" to learn about food poisoning and the bacterial causes and prevention. Students look at slides, use a worksheet, "Microbial Bugs"and the internet to identify and learn about each bacterium.

Students participate in making a pie. They are to discuss the nutritional value and the different types of pies. They also answer questions from the teacher about fat and they complete a pie evaluation form.

Students create a mini-version of a landfill. They examine the materials they use everyday and determine if they decompose or not. They identify the materials as renewable or nonrenewable as well.

Students identify the scope of hunger throughout the world. Using United States data, they discover why hunger is important to the United States and its agriculture. They identify goals of sustainable development and food security. ...

Students analyze the understanding of what a producer is. Students distinguish between producers and consumers. Students produce a hat of his/her own. Students will share creations with each other.

Sixth graders watch a demonstration on how talking cans produce sounds. In groups, they compare and contrast the sounds from different sized cans. They participate in a variety of activities to discover how sounds are made and how...

Young scholars utilize a trajectory formula in order to discover the physics of a thrown ball.  In this physics lesson plan, students videotape the trajectory of a thrown ball or basketball shot and analyze the action by breaking...

Students construct a barrel or other curvy container and then estimate and gauge its volume.