Students investigate gravity.  In this weightless lesson students complete a lab activity about how a free fall might effect how one perceives gravity.

Learners use ice cubes to demonstrate how the polar ice caps are melting and how it effects the polar bears. For this polar bear lesson plan, the teacher explains how polar bears live on the north pole and how they are having trouble due...

Third graders use a plot map to study the plants and animals living in a small area of their environment.

Students use the scientific method to solve a teacher scenario. They bring in M&M's. Students are given a copy of the scientific method. They first come up with a problem. Students are told that they are going to conduct an...

Students visit a local zoo and answer physics questions that are a part of zoo life.  In this zoo physics lesson students answer questions that have to do with the physics of animal size, their center of gravity and how animals travel.

Students identify the three major cloud groups. They are introduced to the three main cloud types and spend a week making and recording observations of clouds. Students produce a graph that presents their findings and conduct research...

Students watch a video of a recent weather disaster. Using the internet, they work together to examine the weather forecast for tomorrow and next week and discuss why it is important to know the weather. In groups, they use weather...

Students infer what a mysterious object is in a photo. In this inference lesson plan, students practice their scientific skills to identify what they see. Students enjoy solving the mysterious identity of objects and extending their...

Students brainstorm to come up with examples of things they do with computers and write them down for the class to observe. They then raise their hands to respond to each survey question, tallying their answers on the board and engage in...

Students research plants. In this researching lesson, students watch a video about the different ways to research a topic before writing about it. Students use the information gathered in this video to learn more about plants. Students...

Fourth graders collect and chart weather data over the course of the school year either using tools at school or media resources. They agree on weather terms to use in their observations and write them on the assigned sheet. Finally,...

Students read the story The Magic Pot and complete language arts based activities based on the story. For this language arts lesson plan, students discuss, listen, observe, and complete language worksheets.

Students observe animals in zoo habitats. In this life science instructional activity, students access the Internet and visit zoo websites in order to virtually observe animals. Students record their observations.

Seventh graders examine mysterious coins. For this historical observations lesson, 7th graders use the provided chart to record information about the coins their instructor presents to them. Students discuss their work as archaeologists.

Students record their observations about growing a cypress plant and putting salt in the plant. In this cypress plant lesson plan, students observe and record what is happening as the cypress plant grows. This gives directions for...

Learners investigate the environment by examining mineral characteristics.  In this mineral lesson plan, students perform scientific observations in groups in which they identify minerals found in everyday objects by using a...