Lesson plan designed for seventh graders. Students practice giving and following directions by playing the game "Simon Says" before practicing writing clear directions about various topics, such as directions to a pizza place. Includes...

Don't get lost in the woods. In this plant biology science fair project, students will investigate whether the location of moss growth on trees is a good way to determine cardinal direction. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This Royal Shakespear Company teacher resource focuses on how to direct A Midsummer Night's Dream as a school play. It offers advice and provides a short summary of each scene followed by questions...

In this interactive, students take on the role of a Syrian refugee and must make decisions at each stage of their journey in their quest to reach a safe place to live. There are many dangers along the way and people who try to take...

Each display in the museum has 10 items in it, but some are missing. How many do you need to add to make 10? Can you do the math?

After reading/hearing Junie B. First Grader Cheater Pants by Barbara Park and discussing the concepts of cheating, following directions, and the genre of poetry, students will write cinquains and will publish a class booklet.

Learn about process analysis, writing procedurals texts, the steps of the writing process, and cause and effect in this unit. Also, examine patterns of organization in writing. A handy chart shows common organizational patterns which...

Genius Hour is inquiry-based, student-directed learning. It gives students an opportunity to look at the big wide world around them and explore their own unique interests in a loosely structured, but supported way. This article gives...

After building a simple electric motor from a kit, with this experiment you can explore how voltage affects motor speed. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction,...

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Define and distinguish between scalar and vector quantities and Assign a coordinate system for a scenario involving one-dimensional motion.

This challenge requires you to design and build a device that can pass above a surface and detect magnetic fields.

This challenge is to design and build a headphone system to hear a musical instrument (real or homemade) better. Can you do it?

This challenge is to design and build a tool that can take a core sample from the center of a potato. Are you up to it?

Can you build a blimp that hovers, and then modify it to use balloon power to travel in a straight path across the room? Try it!

Your job is to design and build a ping-pong carrier and send it down a zip line in 4 seconds or less. Are you up to the task?

Can you make a balloon hover in one spot and move without you touching it when you create air currents? Give it a try!

Your challenge is to design and build a rubber band-powered car that can crawl across the floor like a moon rover travels across the moon. Are you up to the challenge?

This challenge requires you to modify a paper cup so it can zip down a line and drop a marble onto a target.

Can you build a battery-operated, spinning motor-powered arm that can move ping pong balls across the room? Take the challenge!

In this challenge, you will build a machine that can send a ball (golf or ping pong) at least 12 inches.

Can you design and build a device that will let you grab and drop objects from at least two feet away? Give it a try!

This challenge is to design and build a crane and determine how heavy a load it can lift.

This challenge is to build a dance pad that sounds a buzzer or flashes a light when you dance on it.

This challenge is to build a four-stringed musical instrument that can play a tune on different pitches.