It's Not Trivial!

Young scholars become familiar with soil types and how land can be used.  In this land resources lesson, students discuss which areas are good for specific crops and the importance of the climate in those areas. Young scholars create a...

What is the difference in alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes? How can you remember which is which? Viewers learn about naming rules, cis-trans isomerism, hydrogenation, halogenation, polymerization, and triglycerides from a short video that...

Let’s learn about frogs! Young readers are led through “Freaky Frogs,” a non-fiction article. Teach learners how to edit an article so there are fewer details to sift through. After talking through the article, they learn the six steps...

Young scholars practice using vocabulary associated with philantrophy. They identify scientific breakthroughs and the funding that made it possible. They create and explain timelines of scientific and medical breakthroughs.

Learners discover the medical breakthroughs provided by profit and non-profit organizations. In this nonprofit and profit organizations lesson plan, students learn philanthropic terms, research recent medical breakthroughs, then...

Ninth graders examine the relationship between energy and society. In groups, they define energy sources as renewable or conventional and research how each method contributes to the world's energy. They write about how the patterns of...

Students compare and contrast renewable and conventional energy sources. In this energy lesson, students research about conventional fuel and present a persuasive argument about their stand on the issue.

Sometimes being a good writer means having a good imagination. Learners discuss coral reefs, work through a visualization exercise, and then create deep sea tableaus. They slowly add sounds and movements to their frozen pictures. When...

In this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer a series of 24 open-ended questions about electromagnetism and electromagnetic induction. This worksheet is printable and the answers are revealed online.

Students mount their first pressed plant specimens and cover some basic plant morphology. They complete a homework assignment to practice their plant collecting and observational skills at home.