Plan ahead! Integrate science and language arts! Schedule your reading of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe to coincide with the arrival of spring. As pupils read Chapter 11 of the Lewis classic, they are assigned one of...

Bubble, bubble, boil and trouble! What causes common substances like baking soda and vinegar to react the way they do? Welcome your junior chemists to the wonders of acid-base chemistry using a comprehensive and fun...

Third and fourth graders engage with a worksheet designed to help them differentiate between melting and dissolving. After reading an informative paragraph about the two actions, they consider four scenarios, and choose whether they...

Fourth graders research natural disasters that have occurred in the US in the 20th Century. They create a computer database of the disasters and write a paragraph with the information.

In this food and digestion instructional activity, students read a short article the digestive system and choose the multiple choice answer for 11 questions. Students also put the organs that food moves through in the correct sequential...

Students explore the properties of a pumpkin. In this What's Inside a Pumpkin lesson plan, students use a real pumpkin to investigate pumpkin facts, sing a song "Five Little Pumpkins", paint pumpkin patch artwork, participate in a...

In this science worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the concept that is reviewed in the sheet. They also acquire new vocabulary.

The ecology and natural history of plants that live at the expense of other organisms is described in detail at this site from the Palomar College. Great material for a report or presentation.

A list of common trees in Pennsylvania, as well as specific information on each tree.

Bats have been maligned for centuries, miscast as the familiars of witches, associated with Hallowe'en, and feared for the false belief that they will get caught in hair. Bats have been unfairly burdened with these myths, often reviled...