Sixth graders compare corn-based shipping peanuts to Styrofoam shipping peanuts. In this hands-on environmental awareness lesson, 6th graders try dissolving two different types of packing peanuts in water.

Learners investigate the biodegrading process of packing peanuts. For this biological process lesson, students conduct an experiment to see how quickly packing peanuts biodegrade. Learners check the process each day and record their...

Students increase eye-hand coordination as they create decorative snowflakes out of recycled packing peanuts.

Students compare shipping peanuts made from corn and made from Styrofoam. In this corn based peanuts lesson, students understand why to use eco-friendly materials for packing. Students participate in an experiment to compare the...

Students discover that air takes up space by watching the teacher demonstrate a simple activity using a glass jar, styrofoam packing peanut, and a clear bowl of water.

Students define bioplastics and identify its uses.  In this bioplastics lesson, students compare and contrast styrofoam to starch peanuts after careful examination.  Students understand what biodegradeable means.

Students explore different types of food allergies. In this food allergy lesson, students look at what foods people with peanut, seafood, milk, egg, soy or wheat allergies have to avoid. They create a button for a student with an allergy...

Middle schoolers explore plastics and what plastics students use to pack a lunch. In this plastics lesson plan, middle schoolers observe each other pack lunches and take note of all the plastics used in packing the lunch. They discuss...

Students design and build a snowplow using LEGO materials. They compete in an Engineer's Challenge to clear a path through Styrofoam peanuts.

Examine the nature of landfills through experimentation. Scholars build miniature landfills and monitor changes over a six-week period. Observations allow individuals to draw conclusions about the different types of trash and their...

Students are challenged to come up with a good estimate of the amount of air in foamed polystyrene products. They use this gas evolution experiment and as such have students measure the gas generated when foamed polystyrene is degassed...

Students explore the different arrangement of air molecules in high and low air pressure masses. They compare the temperature of high and low pressure masses and discover how a barometer works.

Give the actors in your class a chance to shine as they act out skip-counting. In their roles, they take turns shouting out different number patterns and jumping when reaching the given goals set for each number family. A fun and...

Students study water molecules, cohesion and surface tension.  In this molecule cohesion lesson students create chemical reactions that cause a balloon to inflate and another one that results in soap suds.

Young scholars work in cooperative learning groups to discover how Gauss's law applies to conductors and dielectric materials. They use an electroscope to detect electrostatic charge and determine location of charges during static charge.

Students design water filtration systems. They draw sketches and write paragraphs about their systems. After presenting their systems to the class, each group then builds their system and determines its effectiveness for purifying...

Students explore animal and plant adaptation.  In this ecosystems science lesson, students view websites to gain information about plankton and its  interdependence within ecosystems. Students identify ways in which plankton...

Students problem-solve a technique to pass pass a one gallon water container around a circle without using any hands or arms and making sure that everyone in the circle has touched the container. After several attempts, they reflect of...

Students work with given formulas to solve for specific variables. The calculation of the volume of a cylinder and the change in volume when there is a constant surface area is analyzed in this lesson.

Students investigate honeybees and the importance of honeybees to humans. They identify the various parts of a bee's body using velcro parts, role-play a hive, and answer review questions.

Students study why dams are built and what is affected by them. They build model dams and explain how dams can be a detriment to paddlefish population.

Students define the term static electricity and how to it.  In this electricity instructional activity students design and implement an experiment to show how static electricity affects their daily lives. 

Pupils describe the characteristics of polymers and rubbers and how they improve human lives.  In this shock lesson students build a shock absorbing structure using different polymer materials. 

Students research and build model penguins. In this penguin lesson, students examine the anatomy of penguins by creating models and completing coloring pages.