Pupils draw on their previous studies of American history and culture as they analyze primary sources from Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s - 1960s in American Memory. A close reading of two documents relating to...

From the start of the Industrial Revolution, it only took 147 years for someone to invent plastic. This may seem like a long time, but in the history of inventing or discovering new materials, this is incredibly fast. An informative and...

Students explore the concepts of potential and kinetic energy by bouncing assorted balls on different surfaces and calculating the momentum for each ball. They give examples of collisions and momentum in sports and understand that...

Students write a sketch of an artist or athlete that has pushed the limits on gravity. They explore concepts of rhythm, balance and friction. They examine how engineers design sports equipment.

Learners plant a garden. In this gardening instructional activity, students use containers to plant a garden. This instructional activity provides a good source of information for teachers who wish to begin their class's own container...

Students analyze the complexity of organism classifications based on certain criteria.  In this classifying organisms instructional activity students study taxonomy and gather information and leaves to do their own experiment on...

Second graders discuss the term "endangered". They identify the reasons some animals are in danger of being wiped out. They discover ways humans can help the species survive.

Students create time-lines of tow major eruptions and use this information to determine what happens during an eruption.  In this volcano instructional activity students read information about previous eruptions and create a time...

Students write a biographical sketch of an artist or athlete who lives on the edge, riding the gravity wave, to better understand how these artists and athletes work with gravity and manage risk. Note: The literacy activities for the...