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Let's Get to the Bottom of the Arctic!
Pupils identify the three realms of the Arctic Ocean, and describe the relationships between these realms. They describe different species associations in a benthic community.
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Frederic Remington
Students explore the life and work of artist Frederic Remington. They point out the horizon in his paintings and draw a horse.
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Who Lives In The Water
Students investigate the environment of a stream or lake to collect and observe macroinvertebrates in their natural environment. They record data and summarize the information obtained. Students look to see if there has been any human...
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Missing Macroinvertebrates
Students investigate the concept of a macroinvertebrate. They observe the presence of increases or decreases in population in order to test for factors that contribute to the extinction of a species. Students predict the likelihood of...
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Read Us a Story
Students take turns reading a story using a book on tape/cd. Special education students are encouraged to control the story telling by using the buttons on the tape/cd player. The instructor should interject with various questions about...
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Reading/English Language Arts/ Instructional Strategies
Students are given a line drawing that only that students sees. They are asked to describe the drawings to the reset of the class to see if they can draw it as the teacher describes it. Students work with a partner, and they are given a...
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Meet the Arctic Benthos
Students recognize and identify major groups found in the Arctic benthos. They describe common feeding strategies used by benthic animals in the Arctic Ocean. They discuss relationships between
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The Flat Earth
Students are first presented with the idea that the Earth is really flat. They prove that it is not--using a variety of techniques.
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A Scientific Approach to Teaching about Evolution
Students examine fossils and analyzing their significance in relation to theories of evolution. Hand-outs are provided. This lesson could be supplementary to a broader unit on evolution or geology.
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Sketch a Scientist
Students draw their perceptions of a typical scientist, evaluate stereotypes in their drawings quantitatively, and then discuss the origins of these stereotypes.
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Wright Flight
Learners explain and explain the interactive relationships between forces of lift and gravity, thrust and drag, as they apply to airplanes in motion. They know that Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first airplane based on these...
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Lesson Plan on the Division of Labor
Fifth graders explain how workers performing specific tasks contributes to the total production output of the workers.
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A Crime Against Plants
Students research the phenomenon that is living in a small tree. They develop their own conclusion on what they believed is occuring. They answer discussion questions to end the lesson.
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Find the Washer
Students examine a closed box with wires and try to guess where the washer is. They experiment by pulling out wires to determine the location of the washer. They complete discussion questions to end the instructional activity.
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Three-Hole Bottle
Pupils participate in an experiment with a 2-liter bottle. They develop their own hypothesis about what they believe will happen when certain items are tested on the bottle. They discuss results.
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The Great Volume Exchanger...or the Magic Matter Maker ®
Young scholars pour water into a "magic" box and examine how it comes out with a much larger volume of water. They, working in small groups, design a volume exchanger and explain its design to the whole class.
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Palpating Pachyderms: How Do We Interpret Observations?
Students interpret a poem before completing activities to distinguish observations and interpretations. They examine how personal background can influence how a person interpreters what they observe.
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Probability: Playing with Fire
Students use probability to determine how likely it is for each tree in a small forest to catch on fire.
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Defining Childhood Across Cultures
Students define the word "child" in different cultures. In groups, they brainstorm how they define the word and compare and contrast the various definitions. They interview their penpals in other countries and share their results with...
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Divinity of hell
Learners have to look at the text of the play Othello and cut the text in half. Each group then moves to the computer to their right and continues on with what that group wrote. They then have to stage the final script and perform in...
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Fix a Sandwich Stack
Sixth graders compare the meanings of the base words with the meanings of the words with added prefixes and suffixes. In this word analysis lesson, 6th graders explore base words, prefixes, and suffixes by finding words in print which...
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Salinity Of Soil
Fourth graders investigate the contents of various types of soil to determine the differences in salinity levels. They conduct an experiment of observing the plants in the different soils. Students then determine survival rates by...
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Structures Of Life
Students investigate the basic conceptual structures of plants, with the focus being the parts that contain seeds. They comprehend that organisms that have fruit for the holding of seeds for replication of the species. The students work...
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A Pocketful of Change
Young scholars study the meaning, symbolism, and value of U.S. coins,
especially the quarter. They conduct a survey of coins in students'
possession, graphing the results to show frequency distribution and drawing
inferences about the...
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