What are the effects of one's life experiences? Class members view a slam poetry reading, a speech by President Obama, and read a short story by John Steinbeck about responding to tragedies. They summarize these events and then craft a...

A whole-group discussion kicks off a hands-on activity that challenges young engineers to build a sailboat using reusable materials. Participants gather recycled items to assemble their one-of-a-kind sailboat and test its ability to...

After the lab, you'll be able to solve this analogy: Natural selection is to vertical transfer of genes as ___ is to the horizontal transfer of genes. Young biologists conduct an experiment on E. coli bacteria to explore the process of...

You say that perpendicular bisectors intersect at a point? I concur! Learners investigate points of concurrencies, specifically, circumcenters and incenters, by constructing perpendicular and angle bisectors of various triangles.

Scholars learn about primary sources with a Primary Sources: Japanese-American Internment during World War II packet. Pupils work with a partner to read challenging sources in the packet while making notes in the margins. They then...

Middle assessment for the Middle Ages. Scholars complete a mid-unit assessment by reading and answering questions about three different text pertaining to the Middle Ages. Learners work independently on the assessment for the class period.

Students identify things that can be reused. In this environmental lesson, students read the poem "Hector the Collector" and discuss the difference between junk and treasure. Students complete a reflection about what they read by...

An answer key is included with this fraction review assignment. In it, fractioniers simplify large fractions, convert mixed numbers to improper fractoins, and change improper fractions into mixed numbers. Though the publisher states that...

Twelfth graders examine various ways probability is applied to daily situations. They use marbles and blocks to calculate the probabilities of picking certain colors. They also calculate the odds of picking a winning raffle ticket.

Students explore the controversial 'harm reduction' approach to drug use and debate the various sides to this approach.

In this chemistry worksheet, learners identify and define various types of carbohydrates. Then they draw a Haworth projection representing monosaccharaides. Students also draw a Fischer projection to illustrate the structure of glucose.

Fourth graders examine written works dealing with environmental issues and resolutions during a 5 week unit. They create posters, poems, and rap songs demonstrating authorship and knowledge of the environment.

Fourth graders study everyday examples of simple machines. They examine how the combination of a wheel and axle works more efficiently than either in isolation. In a demonstration lesson, they see how a spring scale shows a force pulling...

In this math worksheet, students simplify the fractions into their simplest terms. The answers are used to create a message at the bottom of the page.

In this mathematics activity, students solve a number of problems by adding the numerators of each and keeping the same denominator. Then they write the answer as a mixed number.

In this decimals to fractions and percentages worksheet, 7th graders convert 7 different numbers into fractions and decimals. They convert the percentage to a fraction and reduce to its lowest terms. Students also convert the percentage...

In this rational fractions worksheet, 9th graders solve 10 different problems that contain using multiplication to solve them. First, they multiply the numerators, then they multiply the denominators in each problem shown. Students also...

In this on-line math instructional activity, students examine examples that show the steps for multiplying fractions. They work on-line as they fill in the blanks in 32 fraction multiplication problems. They reduce the products to lowest...

Students study air pollution and its effect on air quality. In this environmental science and engineering lesson, students watch a demonstration of incomplete combustion as it contributes to air pollution, study the importance of air,...

In this fraction subtraction worksheet, students subtract the numerators in the fractions with like denominators. Students reduce the answer to lowest terms. Students solve 14 fraction problems.

Students explore how trash decomposes. For this ecosystem lesson, students discuss new vocabulary words, such as producers and consumers, and think critically to answer how landfills work.

Students discover what a Carbon Footprint represents. In this sustainable lifestyle lesson plan, students determine their Carbon Footprint as an individual and as a class. Students use a the Internet to calculate how many earths it...

For this fraction worksheet, 5th graders focus on improper fractions.  Students complete 50 problems reducing each fraction into its lowest terms and using mixed numbers.

Stduents reinforce pitch recognition. Changing passing tones to hums and later to just thinking them in the mind s ear, the pitch phrase is reduced to the skip or interval desir