Use this interactive activity to navigate the virtual store, reading labels and selecting items from the appropriate grocery aisles.

In this physics science fair project, the student will use common materials to play back sound from a vinyl record album. The student will investigate what kinds of materials produce the best sound. The Science Buddies project ideas are...

Lesson illustrates where to insert commas in your writing.

This lesson will allow students to practice both writing names and identifying beginning sounds for common item names.

Lesson introducing the basic three-dimensional shapes (sphere, cylinder, cone, cube). Common items with those shapes are hidden on the playground for students to find and photograph. Pictures are then used to create a photostory....

In this activity, students use their own creativity (and their bodies) to make longitudinal and transverse waves. Through the use of common items, they will investigate the different between longitudinal and transverse waves.

Students will use their shoe as a measuring item to learn about length. Students will compare classroom items by holding their shoe against the item and deciding if it is longer or shorter than their shoe. Students will record their...

Students will have fun moving around the room and comparing items using sorting cards. They will become familiar with the math vocabulary more/less/same and most/least.

This article explains that graphs, charts, and diagrams are used to display information visually. The choice of what type of graph or chart to use depends on the information to be displayed. Software programs make these much easier to...

Students will learn how to order items by length. They will use plastic toy animals for hands-on learning and then students will locate pictures of animals of various lengths and sizes in their natural habitat on the Internet. They will...

In this short science project you will learn how to build a capacitor using common household items. By testing different charge cycles, you will work to discover how much charge is stored in a Leyden jar capacitor.

Can you create a blooming flower that would attract pollinators? This Curiosity Machine project challenges students to make this flower using common household items. Site includes a place for students to document their process as well as...

Using common household items, students are challenged to build a Mars rover that can travel using elastic energy. Site includes a lesson plan, tips, and a place for students to document their design process.

Using common household items, make a tool that an astronaut could use to pick up an object in space. This site also includes tips, lesson plans, and a place for students to document their engineering design process.

Can you build a 3-D object out of tetrahedra that is as big as you are? With this challenge, students will be using common household items to build their tetrahedra structure. Site contains the challenge, tips, a lesson plan, and a place...

Using common household items, students are challenged to build a dinosaur at least 6" tall that can balance on two legs using counterbalances. This website contains the challenge, tips, a lesson plan, and a place for students to document...

This activity explores why different types of sneakers are used in a variety of common sports. It connects how engineers analyze design needs in sneakers and everyday items. The goal is for students to understand the basics of...

Students create a coloring book comparing common present day items to the way the items would have looked during colonial times. Illustrations were inspired by field trips to a nearby colonial living history museum.