[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch and show the data by making a line plot. This lesson includes an...

An excellent compilation of activities that engage parents and children in math explorations at home. Detailed lessons covering a wide range of math topics such as fractions, measurements, money, data collection, and math in newspapers....

The tradebook, Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen, is an excellent tool in teaching measurement. Learners will engage in activities involving different types of measurement. In the story, five animal friends decide to take a boat ride....

Parents and children explore math in the world around them in this collection of math activities. Simple, engaging, and fun, these lessons offer learners the opportunity to discover math even when they're "on the go." An excellent...

Engage your students in a lesson that uses music to identify multiples and fractions. Your students will enjoy participating in this activity as they learn and explore music and math.

In this activity, students investigate how different riparian ground covers, such as grass and pavement, affect river flooding. They learn about permeable and impermeable materials through the measurement how much water is absorbed by...

Students will learn the difference between global, prevailing and local winds. In this activity, students will make a wind vane out of paper, a straw and a soda bottle and use it to measure wind direction over time. Finally, they will...

Students observe an in-classroom visual representation of a volcanic eruption. The water-powered volcano demonstration is made in advance, using sand, hoses and a waterballoon, representing the main components of all volcanoes. During...

Students will work to increase the intensity of a light bulb by testing batteries in series and parallel circuits. It analyzes Ohm's Law, power, parallel and series circuits, and ways to measure voltage and current.

During this instructional activity learners will be involved in hands-on discovery activities using pumpkins and pumpkin seeds. They will compare the size and weight of their pumpkins. They will also have an opportunity to taste pumpkin...

To learn how friction affects motion, students explore how different textures provide varying amounts of friction to objects moving across them. They build a tool to measure the amount of friction between a note card and various surfaces...

The best way for students to understand how groundwater flows is to actually see it. In this activity, students will learn the vocabulary associated with groundwater and see a demonstration of groundwater flow. Students will learn about...

Students learn how engineers transform wind energy into electrical energy by building their own miniature wind turbines and measuring the electrical current it produces. They explore how design and position affect the electrical energy...

Students learn about weight and drag forces by making paper helicopters and measuring how adding more weight affects the time it takes for the helicopters to fall to the ground.

In an open-ended design activity, students use everyday materials (milk cartons, water bottles, pencils, straws, candy) to build a small-scale transportation device. They incorporate the use of a wheel and axle, and lever into their...

Learn about arcs with this handy reference guide. Provides a detailed definition, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.

Build an instrument for measuring movement to learn about how scientists measure the Earth's movement with a seismometer.

Learn how to measure the electrical current using Ohm's Law.

Explores the difference between weather and climate and how they are measured. Students will complete activities and construct a climate graph from raw data. They will also learn about the physical structure of the rainforest, its...

In this lesson, students learn to classify triangles by the size of the angles and the measures of the sides. Students will use interactives to explore equilateral, isosceles, scalene, acute, obtuse, and right triangles. Included are...