Students define specific waste materials that could be used as aggregate in concrete. In this aggregate and waste lesson plan, students brainstorm on how to incorporate waste in construction and define different aggregate materials.

Students see that the production and use of nuclear energy has been both praised and condemned as a source of electrical power for our daily living. They examine the reasons for the conflict of opinions in our society.

Students demonstrate simple circuits and find the differences between parallel and serial circuits.  In this electronic lesson plan students work in teams to test different designs using a low voltage light bulb. 

Middle schoolers conduct experiments. In this weather lesson, students review what they know about weather elements such as cloud formation and storms. Middle schoolers conduct demonstrations and learn how lightning strikes.

Students explore how to weld and the safety procedures that are in place. In this welding activity students take a safety test on welding and once they know all the rules they use the angle grinder.

Students demonstrate the process of science by posing questions and investigating phenomena through language, methods and instruments of science as they experiment at four teacher-created stations to explain the fundamentals of magnetism.

Fourth graders participate in a variety of activities dealing with animal characteristics and classifications in this multi-task lesson. They use graphic organizers, make booklets, and make models.

Students make their own maple sugar and learn about how it is made on a grander scale. In this maple sugar lesson, students make their own maple sugar and learn about evaporation and what labor is put into making it.

Students assess macro-invertebrates from a stream. In this science lesson plan, students observe, classify and identify organisms found in a stream. A lab station is constructed at the stream sight and students study the different...

Students explore the weather system by analyzing water properties. In this precipitation lesson, students review weather related vocabulary terms and discuss how rainbows are created by light hitting droplets at the right time. Students...

Young scholars create 3-D models of Lake Benthos. In this scale drawing lesson, students create a 3-D model of Lake Benthos. Young scholars work in groups to create the models. Students use the models to to encourage people to conserve...

Students conduct an online experiment to discover what happens to solids, liquids and gases in different temperatures. In this states of matter lesson, students get into pairs and work in a virtual laboratory to manipulate...

Students create piston systems and explore the conversion of linear to rotary motion that propels a car. In this motion lesson, students build and test a model piston/crankshift system and discover why there is a maximum limit to how...

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...

Second graders become familiar with the parts of the microscope and how it works.  In this microscope lesson, 2nd graders experiment with different light and settings.  Students answer questions based on their experiment.

Students identify the properties of transition metals. In this chemistry lesson, students research facts and uses of one aluminum product they choose. They create an advertisement highlighting aluminum's useful properties.

Students explore charges using balloons and soap bubbles. In this chemistry lesson plan, students analyze the Van de Graaf generator to see how charges flow using charged particles, static electricity and lighting. This assignment...

Students understand why we see various colors. In this mixing colors lesson, students experiment with different food coloring to explore how colors are made. Students record on a data sheet the colors they see.

Students conduct an experiment. In this wind measurement lesson plan, students learn about instruments that measure the wind and then make a weather vane. Students record wind speed over a few days.

Students discover the positive and negative effects of technology. In this technology lesson, students give examples of technology advances from the past few years. Students get into groups and debate whether a particular item has hurt...

Young scholars relate the geography and economics of Utah. In this geography lesson, students log their use of resources both natural and synthetic. Young scholars participate in an experiment to understand how the Earth will be in the...

Students make a windmill.  For this wind lesson, students learn background information about the windmill, complete an activity where they create a windmill, discuss using wind as a natural resource and brainstorm other inventions...

Students determine what a resistor does as they construct parallel circuits. In this circuitry lesson plan, students experiment with batteries, alligator clips, a resistor and a three-way switch to find out what a resistor does. They...

Students learn how simple electric motors and electromagnets work. For this electromagnets lesson, students learn about electromagnetics and how magnets and electricity are related. They also learn about hybrid gasoline electric cars and...