Time is growing short. Teams work together to identify physical properties of rocks in order to determine the properties that would best suit their cavern shelter design.

Students explore animals that are endangered. They choose an endangered animal that they would like to keep from becoming extinct. Students create a persuasive presentation to persuade someone to understand why they feel keeping their...

Learners read the novel "Cecilia's Year". They answer questions to test for reading comprehension. They also relate the story to their own life.

Fourth graders examine the artifacts obtained from an excavated Siouan village site. They make inferences about the people who once lived there based on the artifacts and complete a Research Team Report.

Students construct a timeline of four major culture periods in Native American history from studying archaeological evidence cards.

Second graders participate fully in cooperative learning groups, assuming all the different job roles.

Students explore the area of rectangles. They practice finding area by playing an onliine computer activity where they calculate the area of a rectangle to solve a problem.

Fourth graders identify the origins of meats and vegetables consumed by humans on a daily basis. They classify foods (meats, dairy products, grains...) and create a food pyramid.

Students compare projectile point attributes, identify and classify points, and match projectile points to a chronology.

Learn the system that scientists use to classify living things.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Do all plants grow from seeds? No, there are actually a few plants that do not make seeds. Whether or not a plant makes seeds is one criteria used to classify...

These pictures of the Sea otter are comically adorable. Use this site to read a detailed fact sheet on the sea otter and to check out the photos.

Use the scientific reasoning and critical thinking to take an in-depth look at the basics of biology.

Kingdom is the highest rank used in the biological taxonomy of all organisms. There are 6 kingdoms in taxonomy. Every living thing comes under one of these 6 kingdoms. The six kingdoms are Eubacteria, Archae, Protista, Fungi, Plantae,...

Students use a science nature journal to log in plants native to Alabama. They sketch pictures of leaves, identify the special characteristics of the plant, and describe the environment where it was found. They also research special...