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Electrical Current
Students describe an electrical current and the factors that determine the resistance of an object. In this electrical current lesson plan students discuss their knowledge of voltage, current and resistance.
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Geological Time Line
Young scholars demonstrate knowledge of when coal was formed by plotting a geological time line.
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Destruction by Earthquakes
For this earthquakes worksheet, students review terms associated with earthquakes such as Richter scale, seismographs, and the Moho scale. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank questions.
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Powered Up About Electricity!
Learners study the process of turning coal into electricity. In this electricity lesson, students are guided by their teacher through the steps required to turn coal into electricity. Learners complete a worksheet answering questions...
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Urban Safari: A Walk on the Wild Side
Students discover the urban ecosystem through a series of activities. They explore both the biotic and abiotic factors of the urban environment.
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Adhesion of Caulks to Surface -- Testing Product Quality
Students test the adhesive quality of commercial caulk to determine the differences in materials that are seemingly similar.
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Build Your Own Weather Station
Studens experiment with temperatures. For this science lesson, young scholars make their own weather station by heating one bottle and keeping the water in another bottle at room temperature.
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Trees
In this trees word scramble worksheet, students unscramble 15 vocabulary words that pertain to trees. A word bank is not provided for this difficult puzzle.
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Problem Solve Your School
Students work together to solve a real life problem that affects their school. They follow the engineering design process to develop and test their solution. They share their ideas with the class.
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Windsor Opposes Waste - WOW!
Students participate in paper recycling. They are taught to environmental awareness of recycling and its importance in their future. Students discuss and identify the problems of how they can minimize waste. They brainstorm suggestions...
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Inquiry into Heat Loss and Insulation
Students design an experiment to test the problem of the porridge in Baby Bear's bowl as being just right while the other porridge was either too hot or too cold. They explain the steps of their experiment and record their observations...
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Do You Smoke Like a Chimney?
In this smoking worksheet, students review facts about smoking and the hazards of smoking by answering the 10 questions related to smoking.
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The Month of April-Writing Prompts
In this writing prompt worksheet, learners complete a writing prompt for each day in April. Worksheet is a series of prompts, 3 per page. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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California Mission Slide Show
Fourth graders research the details of a California Mission. They design a slide show to present their research.
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Air Pollution Survey
Students identify the different sources of air pollution andevaluate knowledge of air pollution concepts in school and community. Students brainstorm ways of reducing air pollution and instruct school and community in reduction of air...
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Beach Zonation
Students identify and separate the different zones of the beach by observation. They investigate beach zonation by gathering and comparing sand samples gathered from different areas of the beach.
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Create a UV Warning Scale
Students explore dangers of UV radiation and create warning scales for tracking UV levels in their community.
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Altars, Shrines and Tributes
Young scholars design an original altar, shrine or tribute in clay and other media.
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Learning Lesson: Its a Gas, Man
Students participate in a demonstration in which they examine the effect on temperature by carbon dioxide. They discuss the effects of carbon dioxide on the environment. They also examine summer safety rules to end the lesson.
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Compettion at its Best
Sixth graders role play predators, prey and other parts of the aquatic ecosystem. They show inter and intra-specific competition as well as the link between abiotic and biotic components in an ecosystem. Students play games about the...
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Make a Dried Bouquet
Pupils examine how drying flowers was a popular hobby for Colonial women during the Colonial era in America. They read and discuss an instruction sheet, and create dried-flower bouquets that are hung upside down and tied with a string.
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Water Cycle in a Bag
Learners participate in a hands-on activity that demonstrates how the water cycle functions. Students look specifically at condensation and evaporation during the recycling of water.
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Leaves Word Search
In this literacy worksheet, students find the twelve words related to leaves and the answers are found by going to page two of the worksheet.
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Amusing Animal Adaptations
Learners identify how animals adapt characteristics to help them survive or reproduce. In this animal lesson, students draw pictures of their animal and adaptation.