Work out your core, Common Core State Standards, through the first workshop in a series of 15 designed for educators. Inquiry-based activities designed for all content areas and grade levels explore the shifts to new standards,...

Wondering how to respond to the age-old question when will I ever use this? The answer is very simple when discussing technical writing. Teachers and administrators gain an understanding of using technical writing in the classroom....

Designed specifically for math instructors, the seventh workshop of a 15-part series allows time to explore Webb's DOK, ponder open-ended questions, and create lessons to apply what is learned. Teachers craft high-quality math problems...

Psychologists use statistics? Scholars investigate the research behind the methodology of statistical analysis. Using hands-on practice, case-studies, and scatterplots, they complete various tasks to understand the very roots of high...

What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...

Lights, camera, action! Math educators consider how to improve their instruction by examining a model of the five-practice problem-solving model involving a movie theater. Participants examine cognitive demand in relation to problem...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] During active transport, molecules move from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration. This is the opposite of diffusion, and these molecules...

This package of activities is intended for use at a family literacy event on science. The premise is that family literacy and adult literacy go hand in hand. There are suggestions for how to organize the event, and numerous ideas for...

An investigation where students design and build a bridge, using only straws and tape, that must support a weight.

A free collection of math and science activities, games, and lessons that teachers can search by topic and grade level.

Great science fair project ideas! Learn how to ask a testable question and choose from elementary, middle school, or high school science fair project ideas. View examples of testable questions, and see what is changed, what stays the...

Explore three science fair project samples about birds, stain removal, and keeping it cool. See how the report is written after the investigation is complete.

Two virtual labs offer practice for creating your own or science project: "How Does Your Garden Grow" and "Critters!" Learn how investigations are conducted from the first step to the finished product.

An activity where students investigate the sounds created by the friction of fingers moving along a wet string.

An activity where students take on the roles of parts of the circulatory system, and simulate the transport of nutrients, oxygen, and carbon dioxide through the blood stream.

An activity where students simulate the process of extracting coal from the ground using chocolate chip cookies. They then calculate the costs involved to determine whether coal mining is profitable.

Step-by-step instructions, with photos, of how to prepare an egg for a 'bungee jump' using a plastic bag and elastics, and a yard stick to measure the distance it falls each time it is dropped. The activity investigates the Law of...

Great ideas to get students started on an invention for a science fair. A list of ways students will design and engineer a solution to a problem will help students begin choosing a topic. Check out the list of general science topics,...

This hands-on science activity allows students to explore how materials absorb sunlight differently. Students will create model houses with different materials on the roof and see which material allows the most heat to be absorbed into...

Students will discover how to separate recycled goods by completing this hands-on science activity. Learn how physical properties are used to sort recyclable materials.

This hands-on science activity allows students to use a stream table to learn about the processes of erosion and stream-bed formation. Students will understand the effect of water speed on erosion rate and stream formation.

A site showing the structures of water and ice and explaining how they are affected by hydrogen bonds. Includes a movie animating hydrogen bond formation and disruption.

Fantastic variety of printable activities that cover motion-related principles. Topics include the following: experiments (engineering, structures, forces and energy, fluids, sound and light, patterns, human body); arts & crafts;...

Have you ever wondered how important gases enter and leave cells? Take an up close tour of a pore in a cell membrane. Then explore diffusion, osmosis, and active transport through this collection of interactive models.