Fifth graders explore geographic locations by creating a travel brochure.

Young scholars explore the limits and demands of their physical world and how it relates to the survival and well-being of people.

Students examine and explore cultural traditions that make their own families unique. In groups, they discuss traditions, write about the similarities and differences in the group, and interview other students.

Learners use fractions and words to find a coded message and the first student to solve the message wins a candy bar.

Students explore how to become better observers, demonstrate point of view as a literary and human function, and learn an important lesson about how to explain differing perspectives in the same situation.

Students conduct an experiment, determine if a game is fair, and collect data. They interpret data, then display line graph. They conduct analysis of game for probability.

Students experiment to examine high and low pressure areas. They investigate why a high pressure area seeks a low pressure area.

Young scholars examine how heating causes substances to expand, and cooling cause it to contract. They investigate the states of matter.

Young scholars make models of the planets and use the models to show revolution of the planets around the sun. They explain the rotation of the planets after demonstrating with balloons.

Fifth graders, in groups, distinguish between mixtures, solutions and suspensions.

Students explore a framework of political and social values to evaluate the validity of any public policy debate, bill, or law. They participate in cooperative learning in terms of the group investigation model.

Learners assess the role of an armed security gaurd. They identify specific objections to the guard being armed. They formulate an argument to present to administration.

Fifth graders learn the role played by individuals during the American Revolutionary War.

Students find pictures of the White House, then place them in individual classrooms..

Students pick a time period and put events in chronological order using symbols.

Students explore historical events by writing a research paper using personification.

Students study the advantages and disadvantages of bacteria.  In this bacteria lesson students draw and label the different types of bacteria.

Sixth graders write sentences showing correct usage of each word for one point per word and define the words for tow points per word. There are thirty possible points. Each day I tally the points each day and keep a cumulative score for...

Students gather data, make and share predictions about the time of sunrise ans sunset in their area. Patterns are analyzed and shared with students from other areas.

Students study the earth as a system, and the fragility of that system when population, and pollution, are considered as interactive parts of earth.

Students observe a demonstration of how pressure and temperature affects cloud formation.

Students make a flying wheel and measure its flight.

Learners conduct an experiment using soil, water, seeds, a plant, and a jar; and then draw a poster to represent their observations and findings. They make a poster showing what happened to their aquatic environment.

Students locate the different countries from which their clothing originates. Using a blank map, they identify and color in those areas.