Students explore saving and investing money.  In this middle school personal finance instructional activity, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute simple and...

Students increase listening comphrehension and use critical thinking skills. They take turns and show respect for the work of others. They cooperatively build a block structure.

Students explore the concept of acceleration. They determine the acceleration rate of a roller-blader and graph the results.

Students examine different types of chemical reactions. They explore how alcohol molecules affect the reaction rates. They answer discussion questions to end the lesson.

Students predict and test the permeability and porosity of sediments in Somerset County, New Jersey. They discuss what how porous they think the sediment of HMS grounds is and why. Students walk around the HMS campus and collect six...

Students identify the parts of the respiratory system and how they interact. They define vocabulary words and draw an outline of themselves and label the parts of the respiratory system. They distinguish between healthy and unhealthy...

In this word problem worksheet, 6th graders solve 5 different word problems related to the data table shown. First, they determine the average of the overall scores as shown in the table and the mean of the overall scores. Then, students...

Students explore ratios and proportions. In this ratios lesson, students work in groups to identify the ratio of boys to girls, as well as the ratio of vowels to consonants in their names. Given a bag of candy, students work in groups to...

Fourth graders practice estimating temperatures. They practice in Celsius and Fahrenheit.

Fourth graders measure cups, quarts, and liters.

Students use knowledge of what satellite imagery tells to create a descriptive hypothesis of the ground phenomenon during a hurricane.

Young scholars investigate the effect of day length on animal migrations. They view a Powerpoint presentation, identify their own personal migrations and cues, answer discussion questions, and test a hypothesis about seasons.

Fifth graders use the Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers to compare temperature readings. They use the Internet to find the temperatures of selected cities. After data is collected for five days, 5th graders graph the temperatures.

In this English worksheet, students read "2005 was a Second Longer Than Usual," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Students explore math functions by solving word problems in class. In this multiplication lesson, students utilize colored cubes and base blocks to visualize multiplication problems. Students identify the multiplication values within...

Students figure the number of half-lives since the sample solidified, and therefore the "age" of the sample rocks.

Students manipulate a variety of materials and computer applets in order to explore area and the units used to measure it.

Seventh graders investigate scientific methods to solve problems. They demonstrate creating data tables and graphs. They study the role of a scientist and the importance of safety in a science lab. They distinguish between an...

In this video segment from Cyberchase, through addition and regrouping in base sixty, Matt helps Digit figure out what time his CyberSouffle will be done.

In this lesson students will understand the concept of elapsed time and be able to calculate elapsed time given the starting and ending time.

Download these free worksheets to sharpen your time skills. Sheets focus on elapsed time, telling time on analog clocks, calendars, and converting time.

Practice finding the difference between times given on two analog clocks. Each time difference is less than 60 minutes, and the hour hand stays on the same hour. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This is a collection of videos showing how to solve elapsed time application problems including an overview, with and without clocks, and with time intervals. It...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cursor down if needed to locate the video "Determining Beginning, Ending, and Elapsed Time Using Two Clocks." Students watch a video and then attempt practice...