An engaging interview allows scholars to get to know Proto Andy, a protoceratops fossil. Following along with the transcript, learners delve into six questions, including how he became a fossil, what he was like when he was alive, and...

A Reading Adventure Pack focuses on rocks. Scholars participate in three activities after reading a fiction and nonfiction text—The Jade Stone, a Chinese folktale adapted by Caryn Yacowitz, and Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst....

A Reading Adventure Pack showcases a fiction and nonfiction book followed by a series of hands-on activities. First, learners widdle sticks to build a tiny raft, conduct sensory experiments, and create a rap or folk song about rivers and...

Students take a virtual field trip to Memphis, Tennessee in their study of the blues, its characterisitics, founding fathers, and histororical influence on modern music. They compose blues lyrics that reflect present-day attitudes and...

Challenge your classes to complete an experiment from beginning to end. Learners make their own hypotheses, collect and analyze their own data, and make their own conclusions. They are on their way to becoming statisticians! 

How does a bank make money? That is the question at the based of a lesson that explores the methods banks use to calculate interest. Groups compare the linear simple interest pattern with the exponential compound interest pattern. 

Learners explore the life of Giovanni Palatucci and other "Righteous Among the Nations". They consider whether the motivation to be an ally is within the reach of every human being. They create a memorial to a hero in their lives.

In this acids and bases worksheet, learners list the differences between and acid and a base. Students list strong and weak acids and strong and weak bases. Learners determine the properties of acids and bases. This worksheet has 1...

In this alkane reactions worksheet, students define combustion and write the balanced equations for the combustion reactions. Students write the structural formulas of the products including all possible isomers and their percent...

In this isomers learning exercise, students write and label the cis-trans isomer for the given compounds. Students name the compounds shown in the bow-tie structures. This learning exercise has 2 problems to solve.

In this reactions worksheet, students use Hess's Law to calculate the heat gained or lost by different reactions. Students determine if the reaction would occur spontaneously at a given temperature. This worksheet has 9 problems to solve.

In this entropy activity, students define entropy and determine if reactions are exothermic or would occur spontaneously. This activity has 10 problems to solve.

In this reactions activity, students define enthalpy, heat of formation, and Hess's Law. Students determine how many kilojoules are released during specific reactions. This activity has 6 short answer questions and 11 problems to solve.

For this Cartesian diver lab, students explain using text and diagrams how the Cartesian diver works. Students evaluate ways in making their lab design better. Students make predictions of how changing the variable would change the...

In this kinetics and equilibrium worksheet, students use the diagram to answer the questions as it relates to endothermic or exothermic reactions. Students indicate the result in the reaction rate as speeding up or slowing down.

In this redox worksheet, students determine the oxidation numbers of each element for the given chemical formulas. Students write out the reactions for each example given. Students identify what part of the chemical equation is oxidized,...

In this heat of combustion lab, students measure the heat of combustion for paraffin wax, butane, and cheetos. Students will apply the 1st law of thermodynamics to calculate the heat lost by the fuel and the heat gained by the water to...

In this heat of formation worksheet, students determine the heat of formation for magnesium by combining 3 given reactions and using Hess's Law. Students then complete a data calculations chart for each reaction.

In this organic compounds worksheet, students write the structural formula and IUPAC names for given compounds. Students draw the line formula for the given cycloalkanes and haloalkanes. This worksheet has 4 problems to solve.

Young scholars determine how long it takes to bring a specific amount of water to a rolling boil. Students conduct this experiment at home with their parent or guardian. Young scholars write down observations as the water begins to boil....

In this calorimetry lab, students apply the information read about a calorimeter to conduct a scientific investigation. Students record their data in a chart. Students use the information from the chart to calculate specific heat of...

In this organic compounds worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing the complete structural formula, line formula, and molecular formula for the given compounds.

In this compounds worksheet, students write the structural formula for a given compound. Students draw all line isomers for a given compound. Students name the compounds from their structural formula. This worksheet has 8 problems to solve.

In this Enlightenment lesson, students respond to 34 short answer questions about John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Baron de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, and Mary Wollstonecraft.