Fifth graders recognize the need to follow the scientific method carefully and be aware of variables in experiments.  For this airplane lesson, 5th graders design and test an airplane, and complete a data sheet. Students retest five...

Students conduct a simple test to determine how many drops of water, rubbing alcohol and vegetable oil can be placed on a penny before spilling over. They consider how varying surface tensions allow for different amounts of each liquid...

Students explore number sense by participating in a class fraction game. In this number value lesson, students utilize strips of paper with fractions written on them and conduct a trivia game in which teams challenge each other. Students...

Students explore the parts of a sentence through analysis, design, and drawing in this nine lessons unit on Grammar. The diagramming of sentences comprises the main thrust of this unit through the utilization of higher cognitive skill...

Aspiring aeronautical engineers demonstrate different forces as they construct and test paper airplanes. This lesson plan links you to a website that models the most effective paper airplane design, an animation describing the forces...

Turn off the lights! That's right it's time to start thinking about conservation and saving electricity. Here is a very quick and very simple Earth Day craft that kids can do in a wink. They'll make light-bulb-shaped door hangers that...

Third graders identify prefixes and use prefixes correctly in sentences. They edit and change sentences containing prefixes.

Learners design and conduct an experiment to determine which of three solutions contain starch or sugar. This task assess students' ability to make simple observations, design simple experiments, utilize indicators, and make generalized...

Students role several balls of different weights down a ramp and into a paper cup and record how far each ball made the paper cup move. They then answer questions that help them analyze their results and reinforce the idea that energy...

In this sentences worksheet, students write questions, correct mistakes in sentences, and put words in the correct order to make sentences. Students complete 12 sentences.

Second graders study Benjamin Franklin and participate in simple experiments in electricity.

Fifth graders compute the mean, median, and mode of sets of numbers.

Students determine which of several soil samples (sand, soil, and slit) produces puddles, providing insight into the permeability of these different soils. This task assesses students' abilities to make simple observations, collect,...

Students analyze data about various climates in Canada. In this data analysis and climate instructional activity, students use Canada Year Book 1999 to complete a worksheet and make connections between precipitation and temperature in...

Students examine the use of adjectives and descriptive phrases to improve their written pieces. For this adjectives and descriptive phrases lesson, students look at demonstrative adjectives, common adjectives, and proper adjectives. They...

Young scholars investigate alternative catalysts for the degradation of hydrogen peroxide.  In this fermentation lesson plan students complete an activity that breaks down cellulose into sugar. 

Third graders research Ellis Island. In this immigration lesson plan, 3rd graders watch a power point presentation titled Island of Hope or Island of Tears?and discuss the personal belongings the immigrants decided to bring to the United...

Learners design and conduct an experiment on unknown solutions after studying descriptions of indicators and the way in which they identify acids and bases. Students must gather, organize, and analyze data as well as make inferences...

Students measure the properties of two different types of soap and wood and calculate their densities. Then they predict whether or not whether or not each object would float or sink in fresh or salt water.

Students interact with science and math classes around the world by doing the same experiment and communicating their results. They use iChat AV and an iSight camera to share relevant information about their area, decide on the...

Students view and discuss Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Students interpret works by Miro, Oldenberg, Cornell and de Vlaminck and discuss how they feel when viewing the pieces.

In this language arts worksheet, 3rd graders answer multiple choice questions about types of sentences, subjects, compound words, predicates, and more. Students complete 25 questions.

In his language arts worksheet, 2nd graders answer multiple choice questions about subjects, verbs, kinds of sentences, and more. Students answer 25 questions.

Sixth graders examine how art from China arrived in Mexico during viceregal period, create blue monochromatic designs in wash by direct observation to illustrate simple objects from nature, and create vase or bottle shape that...