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Glitter Globe
Students create a glitter globe. In this art activity students use plastic jars, vegetable oil, glitter and small beads to create a glitter globe. The top of the jar is sealed using a glue gun to prevent leaking.
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Inequalities
Sixth graders explore the concept of inequalities and how to solve them in the realm of integers. The instructor would benefit from using a number line and reviewing integers before using this lesson.
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DNA: What Does It Mean?
Tenth graders explore DNA using online tutorial. They perform their own DNA extraction from a clove of garlic and identify the key components of DNA.
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Chemical Formulas
Students examine the structure of molecules, their formula, and percentage composition of each element in the compound. They construct an organic compound with different functional groups using a modeling kit, and draw a 3-D structure...
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Solubility
Fifth graders determine the difference between a soluble and an insoluble solution and how to increase solubility. They make a saturated solution using solvents at different temperatures.
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The Synthesis of Some Organic Compounds And Their Representative Structures
Students examine how to represent organic compounds three-dimensionally. They write a synthesis reaction for three demonstrations, and construct a three-dimensional structure using a molecular modeling set.
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Drugs In Sports
Students explore why drug testing happens and why drug use is a problem in sports. Students classify the consequences of using drugs while participating in sports. Students relate drug usage in their own lives and school backgrounds.
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Chick Embryology
Students investigate techniques that can be used to observe the development of the chick embryo. They explore the environment in which the chick develops and how it can be manipulated.
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Root Beer Production
In this fermentation instructional activity, students conduct an experiment to illustrate how the yeast fermentation process is used to produce carbonation. This instructional activity has 5 short answer questions.
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Comparison Practice
In this comparison practice worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 14 sentences that require them to use comparative adjectives. Students also write 3 sentences using comparative adjectives and picture clues.
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The Music and Message of Lauryn Hill
Pupils explore the music of artist Lauryn Hill and analyze the way she uses her music in a socially responsible manner. In this music artist lesson, students read the lyrics to Hill's songs and listen to some example songs. Pupils...
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Taking Pills Isn't the Answer
Students explore performance-related drug use. For this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Taking Pills Isn't the Answer", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete...
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"The Good, The Bad, and The Smelly."
Students explore insects' use of pheromones and beneficial insects versus insect pests.
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How Can we Measure the Rate of a Chemical Reaction?
Students examine different types of chemical reactions. They explore how alcohol molecules affect the reaction rates. They answer discussion questions to end the lesson plan.
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Child Survival Stories: Hope To Cope
Young scholars brainstorm a list of the various scenerios going on their family life at home. In groups, they read about different perspectives on survival and identify ones they could use in their own lives. They share their own...
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Bacterial Movement Through Water Part 2- Dilution/Powers of Ten
Learners make dilutions using dulution trays. They keep track of their dilutions and the concentrations of solute, to parts per million (ppm) and parts per billion (ppb), in order to have an comprehension of the terms. Students make...
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DNA Isolation from Plant Tissue
Pupils perform an experiment to extract and observe DNA from plant Tissue. They read about the procedure and relate it to the procedure used to isolate DNA from an endangered plant species. This is lesson three in a nine lesson unit on...
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The Effects of Drugs
In this drugs worksheet, students learn about how drugs act on the body, their medicinal uses, and the abuse of drugs. Students classify a list of drugs as either a stimulant or a depressant. This worksheet has 5 short answer and 8...
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Fiber and Water
In this human body worksheet, students determine why the body needs water and how the body uses the water. Students understand the importance of fiber in their diet and how the body uses fiber. This worksheet has 14 short answer and 7...
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Vegetables Vocabulary
In this vocabulary development learning exercise, students use their language skills to examine 10 groups of words and select the word in each group that names a vegetable.
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Test Your Research Skills: At What Age Can I Legally . . . in the UK?
In this ESL research worksheet, students use the Internet to answer questions pertaining to the legal ages in the UK for different activities such as joining the army or having a full-time job.
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Comets and Meteors
Students construct a model of a comet nucleus using dry ice. They add other materials and describe the features. They complete related exercises on an Internet Web site.
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Challenging Thermodynamics Problems
In this thermodynamics activity, students apply Hess's Law and review internal energy theory and heat capacity theory. Students use Boltzmann formula to calculate entropy and calculate the change in free energy. This activity has 12...
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How to Read a Thermometer
Students' temperature is measured using an instrument called a thermometer.