Students conduct experiments to determine their circadian rhythms for a cycle of about 24 hours.

Students discover the power of lights, shades, and shadows in this Art lesson intended for upper-elementary/middle-level Art classrooms. Older students may want to experiment by adding more than one silhouette to the Bristol board used...

Students determine their reaction time using a ruler. In this Physics lesson plan, students calculate the class' means and variances. They plot the graph and analyze if there are outliers.

In this senses worksheet, 2nd graders use their sensory receptors to collect information. Students complete short answer questions regarding what they observed, felt, smelled, tasted, and heard with their senses.

Young scholars play charades to act out vocabulary words that have recently been introduced in class.  In this vocabulary lesson students may work in groups or in pairs.

Students complete different building tasks using newspapers like building structures or costumes. In this newspaper lesson plan, students are judged on their creations in teams.

Students map out a plan of how schools could become more dyslexic friendly. Students create a portfolio on famous people who have overcome dyslexia and developed their talents.

Students discuss the needs for robots in space discovery, and take turns simulating a robot and controller to demonstrate the difficulties of programming a robot to successfully complete simple tasks.

Students investigate the many ways of learning and examine classroom instructional techniques. They research the history of American Public Education.

Students review information on a website which shows different types of spiders. They sort images of spiders from other insects. They create their own spider out of materials and share them with their classmates.

Students gain knowledge of how one country's actions affect others as well. Groups are given role cards such as Great Britian, Germany, and other countries to discuss policies they have in place and how they affect other countries.

In this language arts worksheet, students memorize the order of letters in the alphabet. Students complete 18 examples where the missing letter comes before a series of letters. Then students complete 18 examples where the missing letter...

Students investigate how robots are used in space. In this space science lesson plan, students participate in an experiment using a blindfold and complete assigned tasks. The students demonstrate how robots are "thinking" machines.

Young scholars play the parts of robots and their controllers. In this robot lesson plan, students learn about robots, and use verbal commands to simulate how a robot would command to it's controller.

Students interpret poetry though movement. In this poetry lesson students take a poem they've previously read and discussed in class and work in pairs to develop gestures for each line.

Students discuss the qualifications of a Supreme Court justice. As a class, they role play the role of a justice and share with the class why they are the best qualified candidate for the job. In groups, they create a bumper sticker or...

Students are introduced to the topic of fetal tissue implantation. In groups, they examine a case study and share information with the rest of the class. Then they do a reflective writing assignment to assess understanding of the ethical...

Third graders examine items that make sounds. When given craft sticks, 3rd graders practice making different sounds with them. Sticks are rubbed together or placed partially on a desk and plucked. Afterward, students discuss the types of...

Why do humans have two ears? How do the properties of sound help with directional hearing? Students learn about directional hearing and how our brains determine the direction of sounds by the difference in time between arrival of sound...