Black Boxes

Small groups place sand and ice in a covered box, place the box in the sunlight, then observe as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation occur. These models serve as miniature water cycles and demonstrations of the three phases of...

In this picture scramble puzzle worksheet, students arrange the numbers in the lettered boxes to create the image on the left. They see the picture of a puff adder, African black crane, and a Barbary sheep next to the puzzle.

Students build a solar oven. In this solar energy instructional activity, students follow directions that show them how to build a solar oven made from a pizza box that can heat up food.

What should go in the trash, and what can be composted? Guide your young conservationists through the process of composing their trash with a lesson about the different ways we can dispose of garbage. Using a trash bag with clean...

Grrr! Practice animal sounds with this engaging cut and paste worksheet. Young readers can color six black line picture of animals including a cow, a cat, a duck, a bird, a dog and a bear, before cutting them out and glueing them to the...

In this reptiles worksheet, students read 11 definitions and match them to the correct vocabulary words in a word box. Students write the reptile vocabulary words in front of each definition.

Students build a solar box cooker. They measure and record the temperatures inside their oven over a period of time. They complete their cooking project for the solar cooker.

Students investigate their sense of touch to help become more descriptive with their observations. In this sensory activity, students reach inside a box to feel an object then guess what it is.  Students then use both senses of touch and...

Learners with severe disabilities view pictures of flowers in a scanning box and identify them. Outside, they locate flowers on the school's property, label and care for them. Students use flower pictures to aid identification.

Students are encouraged to use senses other than sight to record observations. They explore scientific questioning, observations and human senses (touch, hearing and sight). Students describe objects using their sense of touch and then...