Students examine various photographs and identify three conclusions from them. Using the pictures, they write their own story based on their observations. They share their stories with the class and discuss how some of their...

Learners participate with a fleece ball. Each target can be thrown at only once per round. After the throw the student recovers the ball and moves to the next obstacle. The student puts the fleece ball away, picks up the basketball and...

Learners explain the three classifications that define how wildlife species react to winter; and name at least four examples each of chionophobes, chioneuphores, and chionophiles.

Learners discover which properties of solids lend themselves to building a tower through hands on trial and error and observation of others as they are building. They write down the steps it took them to build the tower and label an...

In this prepositions activity, students underline the preposition in each sentence and write it in the box provided. Each preposition gives a spatial direction for the sentence.

In this airplane instructional activity, students complete a crossword puzzle by figuring out the answers to 12 questions about the flying machines created by the Wright Brothers.

Students explore the list of products available to make and choose at least 2.  In this project lesson students pick and choose their own projects to create in a shop class.

In this World War II word search worksheet, students read and analyze 24 words that pertain to prisoners of war and their attempts to escape. Students find the words in a word search.

Students explore The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. In this literature lesson plan, students recall events and literary elements in the text of the novel as they complete a worksheet.

Students study another method for writing a book report using a Haiku poem. In this book report instructional activity, students use the Haiku poem format to write a book report.

Students identify organisms that live at the bottom of the body of water. In this biology lesson, students evaluate the effects of pollution to amphipods population. They examine collected data and create a bar graph comparing them.

Pupils explain the different aspects of aqueducts.  In this aqueduct lesson students complete an activity and fill out a worksheet.

In this spelling worksheet, learners copy a set of 21 words two times each. Words are sight, academic or have the al/el sound. A website reference is given.

Students identify the advantages and disadvantages of wind farms and turbines. They examine how weather conditions can affect their effectiveness and how engineers are trying to solve the problem. They discover how engineers use this...

A collection of resources about tunnels that includes basic facts about tunnels, challenges faced by tunnel diggers, famous tunnels from around the world, and a lab that helps you understand the kinds of forces that keep tunnels from...

A learning module with built-in interactive features where students can explore the fascinating topic of matter tunneling through a barrier. They will learn how electron waves can sometimes manage this, devices that use this concept, and...

A learning module with built-in interactive features where students can observe how electrons behave. Using a virtual scanning tunneling microscope (STM), they experiment with moving the electrons inside an atom around. The STM has two...

This interactive activity, from the Web site developed for the PBS series "Building Big," explores tunneling and the tools and methods used to do the job.

Watch quantum "particles" tunnel through barriers. Explore the properties of the wave functions that describe these particles.

Students apply their knowledge about mountains and rocks to transportation engineering, with the task of developing a model mountain tunnel that simulates the principles behind real-life engineering design. Student teams design and...

This illustrated feature provides a history of the Channel Tunnel, the train tunnel connecting France and Britain under the English Channel, officially opened in 1994.

Switzerland is the proud owner of the claim to fame of having the longest tunnel in the world now that the Gotthard Base Tunnel has broken through the final partition of rock. Article provides information on the problems encountered as...

Delve into a microscopic world working with models that show how electron waves can tunnel through certain types of barriers. Learn about the novel devices and apparatuses that have been invented using this concept. Discover how...

This site offers an abstract from Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine from 1870 from a paper by John R. Gilliss. A comprehensive look at the tunnels built along the route of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific...