Switcheroo

Learners study the scientific classification system of animals. As a culminating activity they create a new species of animal and determine what class it would best fit into.

Students examine how animals adapt to their environments. In small groups they conduct Internet research on two animals and their environments, and invent a new animal, presenting their original animal to the class in a slideshow...

Young scholars gain an understanding of the difference between electrical conductors and insulators, and experience recognizing a conductor by its material properties. They build a conductivity tester to determine whether different...