An interactive simulation that teaches about ratios, proportional reasoning, and unit rate by making predictions and testing proportions while designing a necklace, throwing balloons filled with paint, playing billiards, or shopping for...

Students are broken up into four groups. Each group will use their knowledge about Egypt to originate a playground for Egyptian children. This will involve brainstorming ideas on paper, building a prototype with Legos or other material,...

Student teams follow the steps of the engineering design process to meet the challenge of getting their entire class from one location on the playground to the sidewalk without touching the ground between. The class develops a well...

For this activity designed for Grade 8, students are given the hypothetical task of designing a new school playground area for the younger children. The space must highlight technological innovation and renewable or alternative energy use.

Learn how to play hop scotch in a different way on a spiral design. Book includes audio narration in 10 additional languages with text in English.

Students experientially learn about the characteristics of a simple physics phenomenon - the pendulum - by riding on playground swings. They use pendulum terms and a timer to experiment with swing variables. They extend their knowledge...

Students design their own logo or picture and use a handheld GPS receiver to map it out. They write out a word or graphic on a field or playground, walk the path, and log GPS data. The results display their "art" on their GPS receiver...