[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a teacher's resource that prepares students for a trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum's "Theatre and Performance" galleries to explore the process of performance including creating,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This downloadable module contains a PowerPoint lesson plan about how to read and perform the poem "Touch" by Hugh Lewin. A worksheet is provided that will guide learners to help them reflect on the...

Instructions for performing prayer, or Salat, with diagrams to show positions for praying and English translations of the daily prayers. Includes six Real Player movies showing how to perform the prayers.

For this Grade Two performance task, students observe the contents of a terrarium and explain the purpose of the water, rocks and soil inside it.

Take a one-minute tour through the history of sculpture. View a variety of sculpture techniques and be a sculpture critic. Visit the sculpture studio and learn about carving, casting and modeling. Meet artists, and see them at work....

This is an excellent guide about oboe reeds. The article covers the subjects of tone quality and stability of the reed. The author describes the "performance of a reed by using four basic criteria: response, resistance, tone quality and...

A performance task where learners fill in the missing values on a table, plot the corresponding points in the coordinate plane, and find the two unit rates that are associated with this proportional relationship.

A series of practical pointers as to how a singer can effectively memorize music. Written by a university vocal performing artist.

This script of a play was created by 4th grade students at the Genesee Community Charter School in Rochester, New York, as part of a learning expedition on the Revolutionary War and the birth of the United States. Students wrote,...

Graphical methods of data presentation are a key feature of scientific communication. This project asks the question, "What's the best way to compare the land area of states: a map or a bar graph?" You'll be measuring performance on two...

Make a paper airplane and experiment with adding winglets to it to test its performance. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by a section on terms,...

In the mid-20th century, people thought of robots as futuristic tools. But in the 21st century, robots are not a figment of our imaginations, but are a part of our reality. Robots even perform tasks that humans can't do. In this...

A script for Richard Swallow's version of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel, is provided in this reader's theater performance. Nine character roles are needed in this activity. A glossary accompanies the text of this script.

This article looks at applying the Big6 process to issues raised by No Child Left Behind legislation. The goal of the Big6 process is to improve performance by improving thinking through application of information technology skills. This...

Choosing music for TV production is always a difficult task for students to perform. Questionable lyrics and copyright laws are always an issue. SchoolTV will shed some light on these problems in this "Music for Video Production" article.

A titration is a method of analysis that will allow you to determine the precise endpoint of a reaction and therefore the precise quantity of reactant in the titration flask. This site demonstrates how to correctly perform this analysis.

After learning about Fernand Leger's sculpture, students will learn basic concepts of modern dance, create their own movements, select sounds or music, and combine all of these in a modern dance performance.

What is a hysterectomy? How common are hysterectomies? How is a hysterectomy performed? These and other questions are answered on this page.

A description of engineering research that is currently being performed through NSF funding. Students can learn how engineers improve health, strengthen the economy and many more topics.

A learning module on the significance of a declaration of independence by a country. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will...

A comprehensive learning module on Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include economic...

A comprehensive learning module on rules that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students examine who makes rules, what following rules looks...

By watching and performing several simple experiments, students develop an understanding of the properties of air: it has mass, it takes up space, it can move, it exerts pressure, it can do work.

Students generally do not know the complexity that goes into building and programming a robotic arm. In actuality, creating such an arm comes from a design that involves mechanical, electrical, and computer science engineers. This...