Students formulate hypotheses on wave behavior and test them. In this physics lesson, students compare and contrast transverse and compression waves. They determine the wavelength of transverse waves.

Students discover how scientific methods are integral to the creation of energy. In this energy resources instructional activity, students follow the provided procedures to learn how science impacts energy production.

In this cost o research activity, students calculate the costs to pay professors to do research, they determine the costs for equipment needed for research and they calculate the amount of money needed to support research through...

What kind of careers are there in the art field? Create an arts occupation book with your class while investigating several art careers. Students include samples in their book of the types of art each career produces.    

Students view (or read) The Ponder Heart by Eudora Welty. They discuss other literary pieces that include the misleading first person narrator. They role play fictional characters from literature and present a short anecdote in a...

Students move around the gym to music, and when the music stops, they sit on a balloon. Inside each balloon are directions for another physical activity students should do.

Learners consider how xerographic photocopy machines and scanners operate. They discuss and practice using scanners, and brainstorm strategies to increase the efficiency of Google's scanning project.

Students explore the relationships among the lengths, areas, and volumes of similar solids. They also discover what effect doubling the dimensions of a figure has on the resulting area.

Learners work together to discover the concepts of stability and equilibrium. They examine how equilibrium is related to an item's center of mass. They create their own action scene in a literacy activity.

Students read and answer questions about satellites. In this satellites instructional activity, students read information about Galileo's Whisper and satellite capabilities.

Students get a better understanding of air pressure and how it effects our daily lives.

Seventh graders publish a letter and spreadsheet using the computer. They build a three-dimesnsional object with construction paper and develop a Christmas object using coordinates on a graph. Students compose a response in their journals.

Students pick a topic that is related to energy and power companies, tools, and careers. They organize information, photos, illustrations, video, or other graphics into a presentation.

Middle schoolers investigate their environment by growing plants in class.  In this botany lesson, students discuss the lifespan of plants and animals and how they must be cared for continuously over time.  Middle schoolers...

In this ESL phrasal verb activity, students read 13 sentences in which the verb is missing. Students insert a phrasal verb from the word bank to complete each sentence.

Students get a taste of New Zealand. In this global studies lesson, students view photographs from the country and discuss its geographic location and features. Students then participate in a scavenger hunt based on facts about the nation.

Students investigate the example of the burrowing owl to illustrate how human activities can control the fate of species. The research is focused on the ecosystem and examining the different species within it.

Pupils study the stars and galaxies.  In this universe lesson students complete their unit by participating in an evening bonfire to share what they learned. 

Young scholars demonstrate how stellar spectra measures a star's motion relative to Earth along the line of sight.

Learners create and send postcards to friends and family members. Using actual photographs, they write a rough draft and final draft of a paragraph and print it out to glue onto a postcard template to mail to their friend or family member.

Students create a one-page family newsletter about a selected person in their family. They bring in a photo or use a digital camera to take a picture of their selected family member, and use a newsletter template to write and publish...

In this foreign language worksheet, students read nine sentences about New Year's traditions. They are given two choices for each of the 13 blanks.

In this verb phrase activity, students use the verbs and particles from a word bank to make phrasal verbs to fill the blanks in 10 sentences.

In this ESL phrasal verb activity, students read 12 sentences that have missing verbs. Students select a phrasal verb from the word bank and insert it into each sentence.