Learners create an astrolabe and locate the North Star in the night sky. They determine the latitude of the North Star, and calculate an average latitude based on class results.

Students participate in activities in which they find the Big Dipper and locate the North Star in the night sky, examine the relationship between the angle to Polaris and latitude, and determine latitude by using an astrolabe.

Learners observe how substances are held together by bonds. In this physics instructional activity, students demonstrate how a substance is held together by ripping newspapers and stretching marshmallows. Learners complete a data sheet.

Middle schoolers, when given the name of a community, identify a food, a craft, a custom, language and music, unique to that community 100% of the time. They find similarities and differences between this community and their own in four...

Third graders pracdtice telling time with a demonstration clock.

Fourth graders practice estimating temperatures. They practice in Celsius and Fahrenheit.

Students demonstrate basic procedures for archeological excavations. They explore an archeological site, students using various archeological methods and techniques to determine some of the aspects of past life and culture.

Fourth graders use a map, ruler and calculato to determine the distance the pioneers traveled from Nauvoo, Ill. to the Salt Lake Valley.

Young scholars identify the unique parts of the body of skates and their egg cases.

Students gain understanding of structure, characteristics, and basic needs of living things and their role in world, identify parts of skate, observe details of skate's body and skate egg case, and identify unique characteristics of skates.

Students gain experience in asking questions and conducting inquiry by exploring the separation of colors in water and other solvents; to communicate and share findings of student investigations.

Eighth graders use the scientific method to discover why a balloon is not inflated.

Students hypothesize the location of the sun in the sky at diferent times of day and at different latitudes. They perform several experiments to provide evidence for their hypothesis. Experiments including observing the sun's position at...

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...

Students construct a calorimeter. In this calorimetry lesson, students solve problems associated with calorimetry by constructing a calorimeter with a pop can.

Students explain uses and reasons for leftovers. They compare similarities and differences between present day food and what the cowboys ate.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch and show the data by making a line plot. This lesson includes an...

Decide whether you want to measure in Standard or metric and at what level (i.e. inch, half inch or centimeter, millimeter) and begin practice. Computer will generate a line above the ruler and the player enters the length and checks for...

This video lesson [2:15] will walk you through using a ruler to measure the distance between endpoints. It is 2 of 10 in the series titled "Measuring a Line Segment." Students can take a short review quiz when finished....

This video lesson [1:04] will walk you through using a ruler to measure the distance between endpoints. It is 3 of 10 in the series titled "Measuring a Line Segment." Students can answer review questions when finished....

This video lesson [1:15] will walk you through using a ruler to measure the distance between endpoints. It is 5 of 10 in the series titled "Measuring a Line Segment." CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.4 Generate measurement data by measuring...

The purpose of this task is for students to measure lengths to the nearest eighth and quarter-inch and to record that information in a line plot. Aligns with 4.MD.B.4 and CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.B.4 Generate measurement data by measuring...

Practice reading and interpreting data that is graphed on line plots. The data graphed includes fractions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints....

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use this flip chart to measure to the nearest eighth of an inch. The ruler has been enlarged to focus on the half, fourth, eighth, and sixteenth increments.