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Rollerblade Scarf Tag
Students fulfill aerobic capacity through a rollerblading activity.
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Rollerblade Scarf Tag
Students practice their rollerblading skills by participating in a form of tag using scarves. They who are not comfortable rollerblading can practice their skills in another portion of the gym.
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Make Sense of Nature
Learners participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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Swiss Ball Square Dance
Pupils use "Swiss Balls" to help them combine their movements into repeatable patterns.
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Water Quality and Temperature
Students evaluate the effects of temperature changes on the metabolic rate of a clam. Conclusion questions are addressed which help students to process and articulate their experiences.
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Periodic Table & Its Trends
Students review atomic structure and then participate in a activity in which they categorize several "elements" into some form of order based on their properties. They discuss the trends they see. They also practice several electron...
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DOES A FLUCTUATION IN TEMPERATURE IFFECT THE GROWTH AND SURVIVAL RATE OF AQUATIC PLANTS?
Students determine if different temperatures effect the growth and survival rates of aquatic plants and evaluate the optimal temperature for the growth of aquatic plants.
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Shape Walk
Young scholars take a field trip to a local park or beach to collect objects. They practice counting the objects and put them into categories according to type of shape like a cone, cylinder, etc... As an extension to the lesson students...
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Temperature and Brine Shrimp Eggs
Students determine the optimal temperature at which brine shrimp eggs hatch and develop. They evaluate the changes, if any, which occur in a brine shrimp culture at various temperatures.
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Effects of Nitrate and Phosphate Changes on the Growth of Algae
Learners determine the effects of an increase of the amount of nitrate and phosphate levels on the growth of algae. the development of a hypothesis is encouraged and students proceed to a conclusion based on their results.
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Counting on Good Health
First graders engage in fun activities in order to understand the food pyramid and how to make healthy nutritional choices. The lesson is used in order to help students make healthy lifestyle choices.
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Nuclear Transplants
Students model the removal of a cell nucleus and the insertion of an alternate control center. They define some of the challenges faced in this type of transplant procedure. Students discuss cloning.
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Lighthouse Diamond Thief Web Quest Worksheet
In this chemical properties worksheet, students perform 4 chemical tests on 6 different household powders recording their observations for each test. Then they complete 2 short answer questions.
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Treaties
Students talk about making promises. In this family life lesson, students listen to the story A Promise is a Promise by Robert Munsch and talk about what a promise is. This is part of a unit on how families take care of each other.
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Outdoor Seed Sowing
First graders identify vegetables and flowers that can be grown from seed. In this seed sowing instructional activity, student learn the correct spacing and planting of various types of seeds. Students label plants.
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Middle School Home Energy Audit
Seventh graders research the origins of local electrical power and compare costs and methods of generation with other areas of the country or world.
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4-H Performing Arts/Recreation Activity Page
Physical exercise is the focus in this 4-H experience. Middle schoolers engage in a series of activities involving taking a hike.
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4-H Horse Activity Page
In this animal science worksheet, students read information about the care of horses and tack, check off activities which they can do to learn about horses and think about the attributes of different horse breeds. Students also label a...
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Bungee M&M's
Eighth graders experiment with M&M's and a cup attached to a spring to to simulate a bungee jump. They graph the results of the experiment and make predictions for continuing the experiment. They determine the "line of best fit."
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Synthesizing Pigment and Dyeing Cloth
Students create a synthetic dye and oxidize the dye and record the effects.
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Discovering Albedo
Students read a thermometer accurately, collect and record data, and generate a graph based on data. They learn what independent and dependent variables are. They analyze data and make conclusions concerning how soil coverings affect...
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Geology in the News
Students discover the underlying scientific principles in common, daily events.
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pH Change and Brine Shrimp eggs
High schoolers determine if brine shrimp eggs hatch and develop more readily in an environment which has an acid or a basic pH. They evaluate the pH level which is optimal for the hatching and development of brine
shrimp.
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What Does Advertising Say About Smoking?
Pupils analyze the decision to smoke and how it is influenced by peer pressure. The discuss ways to say no to tobacco use.