Fourth graders build a balloon hovercraft, take direct measurements, answer critical questions, and make calculations using the data gathered in order to see the concept of acceleration as a change in velocity. They use a worksheet...

Eleventh graders, in groups, design a self-sufficient community. Groups present the communities they've designed. They compare and contrast the communities presented. They research the theories of Johann Heinrich von Thunen online and...

Fifth graders are introduced to poetry and many authors who create it. In this language arts instructional activity, 5th graders create a class poetry book. Each student submits an original poem, along with an illustration.

Students, in groups, read a melodrama and rehearse their scenes to perform in front of the rest of the class.

Students follow directions to draw a map of an island. They complete the island map adding their own details using symbols and a legend.

High schoolers participate in a Political Spectrum Analysis, then align themselves with other learners with similar scores. In groups, they develop political parties, policies, philosophies, and organize political campaigns.

Young scholars investigate their personal strengths, skills and aptitudes. They examine and present information about jobs that might meet their qualifications.

Learners identify three career options for consideration as a career, and then compose a two-paragraph report on a career option that he or she is considering.

Students discuss the Census 2000 slogan, "This is Your Future. Don't Leave It Blank." They design billboards for the slogan. They discover the role of the census in community planning and congressional representation.

Sixth graders plan trip for family of four, and choose best travel plan by studying maps, considering different routes, and visiting Web sites to get airline and travel schedules.

Ninth graders express mathematical properties through creation of advertising jingles.

Learners read background information on the people of Kurdistan and explore the geographical, political and ethnic history of the region. They participate in a debate where they role-play various points of view in the conflict.

Students are introduced to new vocabulary. Then they are to guess what the words mean without using a dictionary. They organize words into a graphic organizer.

Students discuss the definition of scarcity and tradeoffs, and the differences between choice and cost. They create budgets and must provide tradeoffs for some of their choices.

High schoolers watch a video of a fictional country that is facing monetary problems. They work to answer questions that help solve the countries economic difficulties.

Young scholars complete a concept map on how money matters in our society. They use the internet to discover an online exhibit about money. They also complete a concept map.

Fourth graders explore the importance of oceans in supporting life on earth and identify resources obtained from the ocean.

Young scholars work together to review the concepts of food webs and food chains. They describe the role of plants and animals when dealing with the cycling of energy. They identify any behavioural strategies to help the animals survive.

Students explore the primary function of the respiratory system in multiple activities. In this respiratory system lesson, students build a model of the respiratory system to investigate how the lungs work.

High schoolers explore the concept of opportunity cost. Classmates discuss, orally and in writing, a time when they had to make a choice when all choices seemed worthwhile. They explore the impact of making decisions when resources are...

Students review concepts related to market structures and competition. Using supply and demand, they identify what factors cause them to shift and analyze business downward facing demand curves. They compare and contrast the abilities of...

High schoolers work together to participate in a market game in oil. Using their prior knowledge, they review how the interaction of buyers and sellers sets the price in markets. They identify the situations in which cause shortages and...

Students use problem solving skills to create various models of tricubes, tetracubes, and pentacubes. They classify the cubes into various groupings and identify them as mirror images, regular arrangements, and irregular arrangements....

Ninth graders explore mathematical properties through the use of an advertising jingle. They produce a commercial that is digitized and presented to the class. Students write a jingle that simplifies each property and helps classmates...