Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Metrics in the Home and in the Store

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan site, students will compare SI unit (metric) measurements of common household items and their English equivalents.
Activity
Other

Homemade Instruments

For Students 3rd - 5th
Do you want to make an egg shaker? Come to this website and find out how. Homemade instruments can be made from different household items. Don't miss out on all of the music that can be made at home or school.
Interactive
Road to Grammar

Road to Grammar: Things Around the House

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
Put the letters in the correct order to spell the household item that matches each picture.
Activity
Education.com

Education.com: Alicia Danyali: Break the Tension: A Water Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Investigate one of water's most important traits, surface tension with this simple experiment that only requires 6 basic household items.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: P H Concept

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Arrange the household items so that their pH corresponds to the scale.
Activity
Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments: Sound Experiments

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This group of...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Density Column Lab Part 2

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Concluding a two-part lab activity, students use triple balance beams and graduated cylinders to take measurements and calculate densities of several household liquids and compare them to the densities of irregularly shaped objects (as...
Graphic
Curated OER

Highly Magnified View of a Ice Crystal (Snowflake)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Using household items, one can demonstrate "the forces of pressure and how it can affect other objects."
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Dyula

For Students 9th - 10th
"Dyula" is a Manding word typically referring to "traders" as a socio-professional category, particularly to Muslim long-distance traders who speak one or another dialect of Manding. The name is used as an ethnic label by...
Interactive
Other

Reciprocal Net: Crystals and Chemicals in Everyday Life

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive students will understand crystals and chemicals in everyday life. The animation takes you through a household and explains various crystallogrophy we use all the time. Objects include light bulbs, items in a bathroom...

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