Students engage in an interactive Internet lesson covering the reasons and results of earthquakes. After reading eyewitness accounts and viewing animations, they use seismograms to measure and locate the epicenters. In an ongoing study,...

Students collect data using the CBL. In this statistics lesson, students predict the type of graph that will be created based on the type of activity the person does. The graph represents heart rate depending the level of activity.

Fifth graders use data from an Excel document to analyze and predict trends in batting averages.

Students work as a team to build a freestanding bridge from newspapers and masking tape and analyze the effectiveness of their group. In this teamwork lesson, students view and summarize a video on Service Learning Projects. Students...

In this ratios and proportions worksheet, students complete a series of short answer questions based on different charts and word problems dealing with ratios and proportions. Students complete 9 problems.

Fifth graders collect temperature readings over a period of time, enter the information into a spreadsheet and choose the appropriate graph to display the results.

Students predict how many words out of ten they accurately define. They match the definitions to the correct vocabulary words and make a bar graph showing how many definitions were matched to the correct words. The write their group...

Students work in small groups of 4-5 students to form a business, create, market and sell their product, and track their expenses and profits. They experience the roles of the producer, distributor, and consumer of goods.

Learners determine how changes in the coefficients in a quadratic function affect its graph. They Solve a quadratic equations. Students Determine how to use the equation to determine the intercepts of a quadratic function. They...

Students determine how changes in the coefficients in a quadratic function affect its graph. They determine how to use the equation to determine the intercepts of a quadratic function. Students identify the location of the intercepts...

Seventh graders list the features of an ecosystem and identify local bird species.  In this bird lesson students work in groups to formulate a hypothesis and test their theory by collecting and analyzing data. 

Students investigate triangles and congruences. For this geometry lesson, students differentiate between inductive and deductive reasoning. They differentiate between similar and congruent triangles.

Students practice determining the most appropriate units for a given situation while measuring attributes of objects, systems and processes of measurement. They review the concepts of angles, perimeter, area, surface area and volume.

Students investigate the history of fighter kites and build their own.  For this aeronautics lesson, students discover how other countries utilize fighter kites and where they originated.  Students create their own fighter...

Students gain the powerful tools of estimation, prediction, and averaging and discover the importance these tools have in daily living.

Students explore the concept of expressing numbers in scientific notation. In this scientific notation activity, students understand the importance of using scientific notation by finding real world examples where scientific notation is...

Students investigate the growth and decay of an exponential function. In this algebra lesson, students apply properties of exponent solve problems. They identify any patterns they see in the graphs.

Young scholars study exponential growth. The lesson plan is designed for students to work independently, or in groups with guidance from the teacher.

Young scholars explain the differences between linear (arithmetic) and exponential (geometric) growth. They use worksheets imbedded in this lesson to help them make predicitions and graph data points.

Second graders use colored candies to collect data, construct double bar graphs, and find averages.

First graders read "One Hundred Angry Ants" by Elinor Pinczes. They identify various sums that equal ten and display them on a chart.

Students study the components and functions of the respiratory and circulatory systems. They take blood pressure using a stethoscope and investigate ways to maintain a healthy respiratory system.

Students locate transistor devices in school. They explain the importance of transistors.

Students use math to help them discover the movement of a pendulum.