Students research fiber and consider its sources, functions and importance to overall health. They sample high-fiber items, complete worksheets and take a quiz on their fiber research.

Second graders discover volcanoes that occur around the world. They identifying volcano parts.

First graders draw an erupting volcano. They learn the components of an erupting volcano.

Eighth graders, in groups, explain the difference between physical and chemical changes.

Third graders write descriptions of food items in order to create a restaurant menu. They use adjectives to describe mouth-watering and vivid food and compare it to a boring adjective-lacking menu. They design and share their menus with...

Learners explore matter. They use a formula to measure the volume of matter.

Students measure the clarity of a body of water and identify possible environmental complications that can be attributed to clarity and turbidity.

Students examine the states of matter; solids, liquids and gases. They explain how the states of matter change from one to another.

Eighth graders examine the development of the different temperature scales. They experiment with hot and cold temperatures.

Fourth graders discover that scientists examine evidence from around the world in order to explain global climate change. They see that records of climate change exist, and describe photographs interpreting changes in glaciers over time.

Students read Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin and discuss the similarities and differences between electric blankets and regular blankets. They brainstorm a list of reasons why the farm animals wanted electric blankets.

Students discuss the many cultures of the people of Utah. They create a database of the family backgrounds of students in the class. They record the major contributions of each ethnic group and display them on a quilt.

Students explain why and how grizzlies hibernate. They make a den using cardboard boxes. They write a story told from a new-born grizzly.

Students use the Internet to discover more information about Sofie Hall in Vienna. They examine the building's history and photographs. They also analyze the role of Johann Strass and his importance for the city of Vienna.

Students observe and describe the properties of rocks and their significance relationship in the environment. They explain the implications of destroying habitats and the importance of rebuilding them.

First graders discover plate tectonics. They observe the forces of erosion. They observe the forces of weathering. They state three ways the earth changes. They record observations and make conclusions about their observations.

Students are introduced to the concept of glaciers. They discover how glaciers move and what types of landforms are formed by glaciers.

Fifth graders examine the basic structure of corals and the concept of symbiosis. They watch a Powerpoint Presentation, develop an original pair of organisms living symbiotically, and create an edible model of a coral polyp.

Students perform a play that presents the causes and effects on people and the environment of the eight major air pollutants.

Students create a web connecting global warming, the Arctic, and wold climate. They write a paragraph explaining the role of the Arctic in world climate.

Students identify and describe three states of water. They predict how water will change states.

Students study ways in which to identify rocks. They complete a number of activities that introduce them to various ways of identifying minerals in rocks.

Students participate in an exercise/experiment designed to show how environmental pollution can affect the quality of drinking water.

Learners demonstrate how ocean currents are influenced by changes in density. They discover that temperature and salintiy affect density as well. They participate in a short experiment to end the lesson.