Pupils examine the difference between profit and nonprofit organizations. They identify careers that are available in each sector as well. They develop their own questions and interview people who are in those careers.

Students examine and decide on a service-learning project to perform. They design and execute posters that advertise the project using geometric shapes.

Students define the words philanthropists and philanthropy. They make flip books representing the story, The Lion and the Mouse and retell the story to a classmate.

Students examine and identify common insects. They observe these insects in their environment and keep track of how many they see. They use magnifying glasses and special hats to get into the role of an inspector.

Young scholars survey schoolmate as to what type of snacks they would prefer to purchase. They graph the results and apply them to planning a classroom snack sale while examining what wants, needs, and consumers are.

Students work together to decide where their donated money should go. They list the possible choices and evaluate what is most important to them. They must have a consensus before the money is donated.

Students design a toy store, supply it with merchandise (on paper) and create advertisements. They also manage the store's debits and credits by using a spreadsheet. They consider how to promote the sale of their merchandise.

Students bring in a packaged item to unwrap. They weigh the pile of packaging and pile of product and determine which weighs more. They identify the source of raw materials for packaging and discuss ways to reduce packaging and overall...

Students explore hardwood tree products and compare hardwood and softwood trees. They compare and contrast hardwood and softwood leaves and read a flier. After reading they solve equations related to how much feet of board would be...

Students investigate the amount of power used in your home and what appliances use the most. They analyze the concept that producing energy costs us money, affects our environment and produces waste products. Students come up with three...

Students use ads from magazines to create data to be measured and apply the skill of estimation. They record the percentage of magazine ads that could be separated into different categories made by students through the use of logical...

Students investigate the concept of using different types of presentations to help solve mathematical problems. They research the use of illustrations to help understand data and its interpretation in a graphing format. Students also...

Students discuss the role of a paycheck advance loan company. Using data given to them, they calculate interest rates on the amount of advance they receive and identify the penalties of not repaying the loan on time. They record their...

Pupils analyze and graph the waste created in a typical lunch period. They increase awareness of various types of garbage students create during a lunch period. They construct and label a graph of lunch waste. They brainstorm...

Students watch a video about different ways of making the same amounts of money and view a clip about the Denver Mint to discover how coins are made. They complete a Web activity on each coin's worth and find out facts about the penny.

Students listen to a poem that includes directions to use geometric figures to complete a creative task.

Students explore the basics of interpreting RUSS temperature and oxygen profile data. They are introduced to the Geographic Information Systems (GIS), particularly with respect to interpreting maps.

Learners participate in center activities related to the reading of The Three Little Pigs.

Students label boxes and sort trash into those items that can be recycled, composted, incinerated or taken to the landfill.

Students take an imaginary hike in two opposite directions along a lake. They view and interpret satellite images and discuss the pros and cons of hydroelectric dams.

Students create a spreadsheet to match a given sample. This includes adjusting column width and row height, changing alignment, changing size and style of print, changing number format.

Students use graphing calculators to graph lines and create tables of values. They perform an experiment using M&M's and slinkys, then create their tables based on their results.

Students use the Data Explorer software to organize and display the test scores for the classes in stacked box-and-whisker plots, then analyze the results in paragraph form.

Students identify different groups to which they belong, and use counting techniques to take a census of their family and class.