Students explore the differences between surface water and ground water. They collect data using maps and graphs and investigate a Texas river basin and a nearby aquifer. They complete a written report of their findings regarding the...

Students use the internet and look at a list of the world's countries and the natural hazards that impact them. They comprehend that it is sometimes called "Nature's Fury," each natural hazard has a heartbeat, a locational pattern, and a...

Students familiarize themselves with the Arctic Circle by locating it on a globe and wall map. They discuss they climate in the North Pole and the reasons for its low temperatures. They compare and contrast the climates of the Arctic...

Third graders model the tag and recapture of bears and use proportions to estimate the population of the bears in their forest. This is a statistical sampling method used by scientists and naturalists to determine population numbers.

Students use Kepler's third law to derive the velocity in a circular orbit of any radius, and identify the Earth escape velocity.

Students visit a local ecosystem to survey the plants and animals present and identify interactions between organisms. They identify interactions that occur between living organisms and their ecosystem and present their ecosystem to the...

Students analyze how interest groups present their viewpoint to the public. They assess how media can influence public opinion by closely examining a political ad from the 1964 presidential election.

Students examine the land of the shrub steppe and compare it with Lewis and Clark's journals. They list the characteristics of the land. They also discuss restoration of native plants.

Students create a circuit board that demonstrates how a traffic light works. After writing a PIC program for traffic lights, students assemble a circuit board to test the validity of the program they have written. Circuit boards and...

Students observe a political advertisement and evaluate the views promoted in the ad. After exploring governmental policies, students create their own 30-second ad to promote a specified cause and publicize their views. Students share...

In this calculus learning exercise, students assess their understanding and knowledge of limits, derivatives, differential equations, and other calculus topics.  The one page learning exercise contains twenty-eight multiple choice...

Young scholars compare and contrast objects and are introduced to a Venn Diagram. In this alike and different lesson, students make observations regarding properties of objects. Young scholars classify object and build ideas about...

Pupils use the Internet and create questionnaires to determine how to help seriously ill students to function optimally at school. They find ways to accomodate the needs of those pupils and create a weblet to help them.

Students explain the basic functions of e-mail programs.

Students participate in a challenge to construct a rotation sensor with the highest degree of accuracy and repeatability. They conduct computer analysis of their sensor using repeated trial.

Students discuss and identify the types of adaptations that are made by different organisms in order for them to survive. In groups, they describe the features of beaks and discuss how it affects their chances for survival. They share...

Young scholars listen to a lecture on carbohydrates focusing on the differences between complex and simple carbohydrates. They complete a demonstration and worksheet.

Fifth graders work in cooperative groups to simulate a town government as they consider an important change in their community growth. They analyze a real problem in the community and then determine their goals to fix it and make a...

Twelfth graders research how the constitution was formed and the reasons for its implementation. They form a class wide constitution that expresses the steps originally used while forming the original constitution. Students vote and...

High schoolers examine affirmative action policies. They analyze the positive/negative aspects of affirmative action. They study historical development and current status of principles, institutions, and processes of political systems.

Students use the scientific inquiry method to identify the changes in a plant's life cycle. In groups, they plant different types of plants and use a chart to compare and contrast their growth rates. They share their conclusions with...

Students find and analyze data found in the census. They compare the population from 1996 to 2001. They explore the type of data they can find in the Census of Population.

Students use the Internet and worksheets to calculate the costs, advantages and disadvantages to buying or leasing a car. They write a summary of their investigation and decide which option they think is better.

Young scholars examine the process of how a bill becomes law. Pupils discuss reasons for debates and explore the use of filibusters. The class observes a video to discover procedures in the House and Senate. Students visit a...