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Curling
Students review the basics of the game of curling. They discuss curling terms, hack, hogline, use of broom, and rocks. Students practice throwing for accuracy and distance. They participate in a curling activity.
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Travels Of A Florida Migrant Child
Students discuss the story Amelia's Road by Vickie Leigh Krudwig in this cross-curricular Math instructional activity for the middle-level classroom. Elements of the social sciences are addressed. Cooperative learning groups are...
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Parabolas in Flight
Young scholars utilize a trajectory formula in order to discover the physics of a thrown ball. In this physics lesson, students videotape the trajectory of a thrown ball or basketball shot and analyze the action by breaking the...
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The Baseball and Air
Students use Curveball to complete the activity to determine how the speed of airstreams changes in relation to changes in the distance of the airstream from the center of the baseball.
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Measuring The Earth
Students use their geometry and trigonometry skills to determine the distance between their school and another school.
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Eagle Creek Park (A Hike)
Young scholars plot a hiking course using aerial photos and a topographic overlay and find the latitude and longitude of absolute locations. They measure the total distance of a hiked area and figure the area of the ground walked using...
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Zeros and Blackbirds
Fifth graders convert kilometers to miles and calculate the range that historical aircraft can travel. They choose destinations by distance that can be traveled without refueling.
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Looking Back in Time (Alternative Activity)
High schoolers, in groups, devise alternative ways of measuring distances. They view a video and are introduced to the concept of parallax in measuring. They discuss their ideas with the class.
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Stellar Spectral Fingerprints
Students listen as the teacher introduces Newton's early discovery of the diffraction of light. They use multiple sources of light (fluorescent, incandescent, sunlight, etc) to bend the light. They first use a prism then a diffraction...
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Tallahassee Project
Sixth graders gather information from technological sources such as TV, radio, and Internet as well as from newspapers and maps and produce a final printed report. They use the data to create a spreadsheet and read a Florida state...
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Standard Envelope Sizes
Pupils measure the length and width of various sizes of envelopes. After comparing the envelopes, they explore the ratios, percentages, and rates. Students discuss postal rates and compare the cost of mailing items, delivery times, and...
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Potato Launcher Energy Lab
Pupils investigate conservation laws using a potato launcher. In this physics lesson, students measure angles, time and distance of the potato. They discuss applications of experiments like this.
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Rotary Cutting 101
Students will learn how to safely use a rotary cutter, mat, and ruler. They will also learn the parts of the fabric and understand the difference between a finished block and a cut block.
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The Analemma
Middle schoolers describe the relationship between the tilt of Earth's axis and its yearly orbit around the sun, by learning about analemmas. They determine what they can do to show that the sun's position doesn't change, and they find...
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Microwave Introduction
Sixth graders learn the principles of microwave cooking and how to use and care for it properly while preparing foods.
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Fruit
Third graders learn the serving sizes of fruit, the nutritional value, and what to look for when buying fruit.
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Holocaust Commemoration
Fifth graders explore the history of the Holocaust during Holocaust Commemoration week. They complete activities that help them explore the feelings of empathy and sorrow for the victims. They complete the activities in a learning center.
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How to care for a finished quilt
Students will learn how to care of a quilt. They will work in pairs to create a report and will present it to the class. This information is found on the Internet. The learners will compose a finished report from research for learning...
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Twister Redux
Students pick up science knowledge as they track and examine natural disasters. They keep a daily journal of results and reflections. Students get to follow a real tornado chaser and learn thunderstorm formation. They incorporate how...
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Sewing Introduction
Students are familiarized with required sewing equipment and markings. They learn fabric terms, pattern markings, sewing equipment, and symbol identification.
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Investigation 11 - Utah Fish
Fourth graders examine a particular Utah fish and then create a poster that shares what they learned. They access websites imbedded in this plan to aide them in their research.
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Xeriscaping In Your Community
Fourth graders participate in a service-learning project to design landscaping that maximizes water use and utilizes indigenous plant species.
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Charting the Moon
Sixth graders observe changes in the moon's appearance over a month and keep records of their observations. They write a plan for recording what they see, and a paragraph reflecting on what they have learned over the course of the month.
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Wetland Safari!
Pupils identify how humans, fish, plants, birds, insects and other wildlife benefit from wetland environments. They observe a wetland and its inhabitants, draw a migration map that represents how birds use wetlands in traveling long...
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