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Building a Terrarium System
Young scholars create their own terrariums. In this ecological model instructional activity, students create terrariums using soil, seeds, pebbles, and two liter bottles. Young scholars compare the elements of a...
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The Change of a River
Young scholars explore changes in the Missouri River. In this Missouri River instructional activity, students discover that changes in the atmosphere cause changes in the river. Young scholars search the Internet for information about...
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Tennessee Williams: Exploring the American Dream
Students read and analyze selections of Tennessee Williams' work. They write journal responses, conduct Internet research, perform various scenes from one of Williams' dramas, and create a presentation.
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A Chair for Mr. Bear
Students listen to Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and work collaboratively to create a chair for a small stuffed animal that will allow it to sit upright and withstand a short drop out of Legos. Students write about the engineering...
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The Mozart Effect
High schoolers develop a concept of why skepticism is important in science by looking at actual scientific studies regarding the effect of playing Mozart's music to infants. They record a journal of their inner thoughts and feelings...
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Mmm Mmm Good
Second graders follow a recipe. For this cooking lesson, 2nd graders are given a recipe and ingredients to prepare food. Students will reflect on their experience in their journals.
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Stranger Than Fiction
Students reflect on the importance of science literacy. They review the year's science curriculum by reading, discussing and writing questions on teacher-selected New York Times articles and the related science content.
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A (Class)Room of One's Own
Learners assess the educational and social issues of boys and girls in school as a springboard to interviewing women in the fields of science, in order to study of their early interests and experiences in these typically male-dominated...
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Don’t Cry Over Spoiled Milk!
Seventh graders explore how milk spoils over time. In this biology lesson, 7th graders discover how pH changes as microorganisms enter the food and multiply. They explain the benefits of pasteurization process.
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Landforms in a Tub
Fifth graders use common household items to build landforms and simulate weathering and erosion.
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Making Bouncing Balls
Students investigate the movement of balls and use different materials to make balls. For this bouncing balls lesson, students explore the movement of balls, they investigate the inside of balls and they design and make their own balls...
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Conditions at Sea Data Activity
Students study how to forecast sea conditions. In this oceanography lesson students complete a class activity on wave making.
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Fossil History
Students examine the similarities and differences between living organisms and fossils. In this fossil lesson students reenact the process of creating a fossil.
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Speedy Trials
Fifth graders investigate how forces affect the motion of an object. In this physics lesson, 5th graders calculate an object's speed using a mathematical formula. They discuss how force and mass affects the speed.
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Energizing Resources
Seventh graders describe electrical energy and how it is produced. In this natural resource lesson, 7th graders explain the various ways of obtaining and using natural resources for energy and the environmental consequences. They will...
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Sugar Solutions
Seventh graders study biological systems and how they reach equilibrium. In this system balance lesson students divide into groups and complete an osmosis lab activity.
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