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Identifying Types of Native American Stories
Students read Native American stories and record information on forms about them. They identify the type of story, its significance, and purpose. Students determine what the readers/listeners should learn from the stories.
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Storm Busters
Learners investigate hurricanes and invent a way to diffuse or redirect a hurricane before it becomes destructive in this technology-based science project. Cooperative learning groups are emphasized.
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Japanese Internment and Korematsu v. US
Students study the internment camps and the trials of the Nisei. They compare the post-Pearl Harbor US with post-9/11 US and evaluate the decision of Korematsu v. US. They synthesize the material and write an assent/dissent opinion on...
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Particulate Matter: How Dirty is the Air We Breathe?
Fourth graders create a simple testing device and collect and observe the pollution in the air we breathe.
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Particulate Matter: How Dirty is the Air We Breathe?
Fourth graders work together to collect air samples for testing. They determine the amount of pollution in the air in their community. They discuss their results to end the lesson plan.
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Future Conditional
Students examine how toxic pollutants affect environmental and human health. They define key terms, watch a video, and answer discussion questions.
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Dragons In Chinese Folktales And Art
Students investigate and discuss the use of the dragon in Chinese folktales and art in this middle school lesson introducing Chinese art and culture. Lesson extensions are included for additional activities.
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The Effects of Volcanoes
Learners use the internet to research the effects of volcanoes. They create a chart showing the negative and positive aspects that a volcanoe can bring to an area. Using PowerPoint, they create a presentation showing the negative and...
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Energy: The Big Picture
Young scholars research about energy related topics. In this earth science activity, students discuss ways to save energy. They create a presentation about their research and share it with the class.
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The Path of Pollution
Students follow the path of pollution from the Chernobyl accident. Students name and locate countries where radiation traveled to, describe how air pollution travels from one area to another, and seqence the travel of radiation in...
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Wright Flight
Learners explain and explain the interactive relationships between forces of lift and gravity, thrust and drag, as they apply to airplanes in motion. They know that Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first airplane based on these...
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Hurricanes 2: Tracking Hurricanes
Students examine the role of technology in identifying and tracking hurricanes.
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Unplugged!
Students consider several things: the importance of electricity and energy in their lives, the costs of that energy, and the importance of conserving energy.
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Let's Catch Some Dirt From the Air
Students create "catchers" that collect dirt particles from the air. They observe the particulate matter that is collected from the air and discuss the effects and causes of air pollution.
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A Guided Journey Into the Past
Fourth graders use guided imagery to discover and judge an alternative way to enjoy artifacts without removing them from archaeological sites.
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Build A Model of the Water Cycle
Young scholars identify and describe the steps in the water cycle. They discover the sun as the source of the cycle. They work together to create their own water cycle model.
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"He Says, She Says"
Stuents compare and contrast male and female views of love and beauty in classic Chinese and Japanese society through the reading and evaluation of prose and poetry. Chinese and Japanese art is also studied.
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The Language of Flowers And Trees
Students explore the symbolism of flowers and trees in Chinese and Japanese art. This lesson meets state standards and includes two possible lesson extensions or lesson enrichments.
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Heroes and Heroines in Science: Dispelling the Stereotype
Young scholars describe and illustrate a stereotypical scientist. They work in cooperative groups to research and produce a portfolio of work honoring a randomly chosen nontraditional scientist. Students create a presentation about...
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Heroes and Heroines in Science: Dispelling the Stereotype
students think of scientists as heroes and heroines by dispelling the stereotypes of persons in scientific careers. They work in cooperative groups to research the life and works of a scientist and (through the use of the library and the...
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Air Pollution: Visible And Invisible
Fourth graders observe air pollution that is visible and invisible with experimentation. During the experiment the students collect data that needs analysis. The observations are recorded in the lab journal. The data also is represented...
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Transforming Energy
Sixth graders study about alternate energy sources and discuss with their neighbor how alternative energy sources affect environmental conditions so that an entire species could be affected.
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Ellipses
In this ellipses worksheet, students measure and calculate the eccentricity of each ellipse and then calculate the percent deviation. This worksheet has 10 problems to solve.
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Compound Nouns 2
In this compound nouns learning exercise, students choose the correct words to complete each of the compound nouns. Students use the clues for help to complete the 25 exercises.
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