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Design Project: Voltmeter
In this physics worksheet, students design and build a multi-range voltmeter. They answer 3 short answer problems about the device.
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Volcanoes
Pupils make a volcano out of a soda bottle, flower, salt, oil, and more. In this volcanoes lesson plan, students also read about volcanoes.
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Leaf Pack Study
Students conduct an experiment using leaf packs. In this leaf lesson students complete an activity in groups and complete a handout.
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Where Does the Water Go?
Young scholars examine how water travels in and out of houses through pipes. They discover how water is treated and discuss the importance of the treatment centers. They participate in an experiment with different size piping and water.
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TE Activity: How Fast Can a Carrot Rot?
Students experiment to define which environmental factors favor decomposition by soil microbes. They decompose carrots in dirt, weigh the carrots periodically to determine how long it takes. They look at how engineers use this type of...
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Literature and the "Age of Anxiety" (1920s and 1930s).
High schoolers examine historical events of the 1920s, World War II and the Cold War. They discover how literature reflects the economic, political, social, religious and historical concerns of a culture. Students compare literature...
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Who Gave It to You?
Students use logic to locate the primary cases, the people who started the spread of the disease through the population. They graph the data of the number of people infected over time (exchanges) and determine an equation that best fits...
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Ancient Mediterranean Trade Fair
Sixth graders begin the instructional activity by discussing how artifacts are located. In groups, they define the terms supply, demand, resources and trade and discuss how the United States is affected by International trade. They use...
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The Nature of Disease
For this diseases worksheet, students will learn about infectious diseases including what causes a diseases and how they are spread. Students will also review symptoms of disease, patterns of diseases, and treating diseases. This...
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The Miracle Fish: Learning to Design an Experiment
Young scholars develop procedures to explore the behavior of fish. In this scientific experiment lesson students from a hypothesis, write a question, identify different variables and controls in their experiment.
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Probability & Game Theory
Young scholars explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students perform various probability experiments including flipping a coin, picking m&m's out of a bag, and the birthday problem.
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Group Rope Squares
Students study how to better their cohesion and communication skills. In this investigative lesson students work in teams and learn how to communicate better as they help to solve problems and communicate their needs.
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The Citizen in de Tocqueville's America
High schoolers explore democratic values. In this government systems lesson, students listen to their instructor lecture on Democracy in America by de Tocqueville. High schoolers respond to discussion questions connected to the lecture.
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Jim Thorpe: The Greatest Athlete of the Century
Students discuss what makes a sports legend. In this Jim Thorpe activity students analyze both the triumphs and tragedies of Jim Thorpe's sports career. Students then write a letter persuading their representative to name Jim Thorpe the...
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Agarose Gel DNA Quantitation
Students examine agarose gels to compare a known DNA sample to an unknown sample to determine the quantity and size of an unknown DNA sample.
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Popcorn!
Second graders pop popcorn as a way to experience the scientific process. They form a hypothesis, carry out an experiment and explain their findings.
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Lincoln Index
Students use a similar method to the Lincoln Index to estimate a population size.
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Brain Brands
Students explore the advent of neuromarketing as a means to assess the effects of certain brands on the brain activity of prospective buyers. They design their own experiments that test the power of certain brands on a sample population.
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Fiber Optics
Young scholars explore the uses of optical fibers, are exposed to the principles of refraction and total internal reflection, solve problems relating to the design of fiber optic cables, and compare them to copper transmission lines.
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Chew on This
Eighth graders explore and demonstrate the seven steps of the scientific method. They predict how much sugar is in chewing gum and test, analyze, and calculate the sugar content of gum.
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50:50 Chances
Third graders reinforce the probability of gender by uising a coin toss, as they continue to search for the answers to genetics questions by using mathematical expectations of probability.
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Scientific Method and Graphing
Seventh graders use the scientific method to determine how many seeds are in a watermelon.
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Matter Matters!
Second graders experiment with heating and cooling and research the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas).
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A Moving Experience - Forces and Inertia
Young scholars view a video and complete corresponding activities to observe inertia. They observe and predict the effect various forces have on objects.