Fifth graders use nutritional knowledge to plan balanced meals and use grocery store flyers to calculate costs of the meals. They create word problems using these flyers.

Pupils determine the average vehicle occupancy in their community.  For this transportation lesson students develop and analyze a survey to determine attitudes towards air pollution and transportation. 

Students focus on the role played by a nation's institutions in generating creativity, invention and innovation, and analyzes how innovation promotes the economic growth that raises standards of living and alleviates poverty.

In this advertisements instructional activity, learners read a list of 25 specific forms of advertising. Students then answer 2 essay questions. This instructional activity directs learners to read an article not provided here.

Students work in teams to map the scientific method as applied in a present day medical situation. Their collaboration of data and findings should lead to a mutual conclusion. Students watch a variety of video's concerning these situations.

Fifth graders create and modify a database using information from cereal labels.

Students explore issues surrounding lead poisoning. They investigate how and why government agencies and laws were established to protect the public. Students examine the national EPA Elimination Plan. Students design a campaign to...

In this English worksheet, students read "Cigarette Packets to Carry Gory Pictures," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Students explore methods of preserving Hawaii's ocean ecosystem. Using underwater cameras, students take pictures of the underwater reef. They perform activities to determine the history and degradation of the coal reef. While...

In this dictation text worksheet, learners listen to an article containing vocabulary pertaining to fashion.

Pupils examine NASA's SeaWiFS Project Web site to explore how the SeaWiFS Project monitors environmental and climatic changes in the oceans and atmosphere. They answer questions and write a summary in support of continued funding for...

Students demonstrate how descriptive epidemiological clues can be used to make educated guesses as to what might be the cause of a disease. They utilize handouts imbedded in this lesson plan.

Students interview both smokers and nonsmokers to get their point of view on the topic. They prepare bar graphs based on the data accumulated by the class during the interviews.

Pupils, testing various foods for fat content by rubbing food samples on paper. Students identify what and who the US Food and Drug Administration is in reference to the Food Pyramid. Pupils write the name of each food brought in to...

Ninth graders explore the human body and how disease affects man. After using the internet and other reference materials to complete research, 9th graders write a paper on the cause and effect of a selected disease. In preparation for...

Fourth graders create a brief video presentation documenting their research of an impactful African American or woman from history. Students research and identify their accomplishments and create a 2-5 minute iMovie documenting their...