In this science worksheet, students answer 13 multiple-choice questions about mitosis and meiosis. For example, "Interphase is defined as..."

In this combined gas law activity, high schoolers use the relationship between temperature, pressure and volume to complete a table using the combined gas law. They find volumes, pressure and temperature of substances given two of the...

Explore communication techniques by using the latest video technology.  In this special education activity, students create a video discussing their own social goals for the future.  Students utilize Flip Video cameras to...

Students create a podcast. In this environment lesson, students learn what a podcast is and why it is used. Students make a podcast about making the world a greener place.

In this biology instructional activity, learners label 9 diagrams with the correct names. They also write short answers to 6 questions that follow.

Students compare a stepper motor from a traditional motor. In this physics instructional activity, students summarize how it works. They build their own stepper motor and explore its uses.

Demonstrate the lunar cycle to youngsters using flashlights and lollipops. The procedure is somewhat vague, so it will need to be modeled for them before turning them loose to try it. The questions that follow the activity are not...

The comparison and ordering of positive and negative fractions is the focus of this math instructional activity. Sixth graders are given one card each that has a fraction written on it, and they must put themselves into the proper order...

Learners build a model to simulate parts of the water cycle. They recognize and explain the essential elements of the water cycle.

Sixth graders role play the parts of the sun, the moon and the Earth as they simulate the concepts of revolution and rotation. They act out the parts in small groups and discuss the concepts as a class.

Fifth graders compare physical and chemical changes. They perform a simulation experiment/activity that replicates what happens in the stomach as food is digested by stomach acids.

Students conduct and observe experiments in Newtonian mechanics, kinematics, and projectile motion. They analyze the motion of a ball rolling off a table, falling, and then bouncing. Students answer a series of questions analyzing the...

Students, working individually and in teams, research life in their community during the civil rights era. They take part in a role-playing discussion about civil rights issues based on their research, and create individual and group...

Students roleplay to review nerve communication and the parts of the neuron. Each student represents a different part of a neuron and as parts become polarized and depolarized they act it out. A surprise occurs at the synaptic knob as...

First graders complete an experiment illustrating why the moon appears to change over time using a flashlight and ball. Students discuss the shape of the moon and identify it as a sphere. Students write a short informational piece after...

In this solids, liquids and gases worksheet, students observe a teacher demonstration about gases and they experiment with liquids to show diffusion, shape and volume. They answer nine questions about the experiments related to solids,...

Students use chromatography to separate substances in Kool-Aid, Crayola markers and leaves. In this chromatography lesson plan, students make chromatograms to separate substances in a mixture through absorption. Students find the Rf...

In this solubility and intermolecular force activity, students are given 26 clues about forces between molecules such as hydrogen bonds and London forces and about solubility of solutions.

Students explore maple syrup. In this natural resources lesson, students identify a maple tree in their neighborhood and observe the sap. Students sample maple products and create a graph of the taste-testing results.

Students explore the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson, students examine water as a resource as they create a water cycle poster and create a water cycle model. Water cycle game instructions are included as well.

Students explore poetry.  In this cross curriculum poetry and technology instructional activity, students choose a favorite poem and analyze its meaning. Students select several images and music to represent the poem, then create a...

High schoolers explore coming of age ceremonies. In this rites of passage lesson, students research spiritual, religious, and secular child and adolescent rites of passage rituals. High schoolers design personal rites of passage.

Learners explore the concept of frost depth. For this frost depth lesson, students conduct a scientific investigation that requires them to use a frost tube to measure, record, and graph frost depth data.

In this electrical circuit activity, students answer a series of 20 open-ended questions about AC motor circuits.  This activity is printable and the answers are revealed online.