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Birth, Growth, And Development
Students understand that all living things have a life cycle that includes being born, developing into an adult, reproducing, and eventually dying.
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Prom Date
High schoolers use the internet to research the cost of going to the school prom. As a class, they brainstorm about the things needed in order to go to the dance and use advertisements to make a budget. After all of the data is...
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Most Troublesome Exotic Invasive Plant Species Web Quest
Students participate in a Web Quest activity in which they identify common exotic invasive plant species of the Southern Appalachian Region. After identifying the top 10 exotic invasive species, they choose one to research in depth.
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ABC Animals
In this science worksheet, learners match up eight pictures of animals to their names and then guess at the answers to eleven questions about animals.
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Seasonal Customs Worksheet
In this seasonal customs worksheet, students sort the customs that are adhered to when families celebrate special seasons or holidays.
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But That's Not FAIR!
Third graders solve problems using fractions through hands-on activities and appropriate literature.
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Investigation 2 - Greenhouses
Third graders set up a miniature greenhouse to help them explain how nonliving things affect the growth of living things.
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A Gift for Mother's Day
Students create a Bonita card for their mothers on Mother's Day. Students learn about symetry.
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Solid Waste and Recycling
In this unit of lessons, students examine solid waste and recycling. They examine the relationship between Native Americans and land. They also decorate bags in which they discover the concept of decomposition.
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Pecan Fingerprints
Students investigate the traits that make them individuals. They study that natural items have traits that make them unique by looking at pecans. They make fingerprint animals which they use to design fingerprint cards.
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Lines of Symmetry
Second graders, in order to recognize symmetrical objects, cut a symmetrical object of their choosing out of construction paper and proceed with the step by step instructions from the teacher. After working on worksheet problems, they...
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Periodic Table Puns Answer Key
In this chemistry worksheet, students identify various puns to assist them in memorizing the numerous elements of the Periodic Table and their symbols. There are 44 to memorize on the sheet.
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Problem Solving: Perimeter, Area, or Volume?
In this perimeter, area, or volume worksheet, students read the word problems and determine whether to problem solve to find the perimeter, area, or volume to answer the six word problems.
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Get to Know - Viewfinders
Students use viewfinders to focus on a specific visual image. In this visual image lesson, students use viewfinders as aids to selecting images and subjects for photography or art in nature.
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Explorit's Tasty Food Quiz
For this foods worksheet, students complete a five question multiple choice online interactive worksheet about foods that we eat.
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Explorit's Garden Quiz: How Does Your Garden Grow?
In this plants activity, students complete a 6 question multiple choice quiz about gardening, plants and agriculture. This is an online interactive activity.
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Plant Activities: To Dye For
Students use natural plant dyes to color their clothing as they did in the past.
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The Connection Between Pigment and Light Colors
Students learn the procedure for mixing secondary colors from primary pigments and observe the results of mixing two primary colors.
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Can Chromatography Separate A Pigment?
Students separate a mixture of pigments with ion exchange chromatography and predict whether the ion-exchange matrix is positively or negatively charged based on the type of pigment bonded to the matrix.
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Field Exercise: Stream Flow Dynamics & Sedimentation
Students produce a vertical profile of a stream and map and define thalweg, point bar, and cut bank. They measure flow velocity differences across a stream transect and equate flow velocity with size of substrate sediment collected.
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Puebla Patterned Pots
Sixth graders examine and discuss the characteristics of tin glazed earthenware pottery of Colonial Mexico. They design and create their own Talavera-style plate by applying the concept of radial symmetry.
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Zen Gardens
Learners study the design elements and symbolism of Japanese gardens through a hands-on lesson in Zen Garden design.
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Spring Fever
Learners grow plants from seeds that can later be placed in outdoor settings. They care for the seeds while they germinate and begin to leaf out.
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Meet Antonin Dvorak
Students engage in a lesson plan that is related to the history of Antonin Dvorak. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students listen and identify some of the basic elements of music. The lesson plan includes background...