The goal of this sports science fair project is to learn more about the biomechanics of baseball pitching. The student will investigate if stepping forward and the length of the step affects the speed of the pitch. The Science Buddies...

Final projects can help students summarize and review content from the entire semester. This article describes the value of final projects and ten ideas for integrating digital content, for example, designing a webpage or website,...

Experience the Experimental Gameplay Project at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center.

This is a one-page PDF outling a Book of Wisdom project which requires students to write two 300-500 word original fables with all of the characteristics of a fable including a moral or lesson. The second part requires students to find...

By following the guidelines provided by moving through the organizational links on this page, teachers can learn how to create, facilitate, and assess successful project-based learning units for any grade level.

The Mathematics of the Mercator Projection. Site provides an illustration of Gerardus Mercator's famous world map of 1569 and the formulas he used.

The purpose of this website is to provide information that would help a natural resources manager or concerned citizen to understand the basic biology of a non-native species and whether and how to respond to its arrival. Most of the...

Dreiser's second book, much more popular than his first when published, is available here from Project Gutenberg Australia.

A list of projects ideas through which students test materials for various qualities, such as strength, flammability, density, and resistance to corrosion.

In this learning module, students will learn more about learn more about character traits. Directions and rubrics for a group project are provided to reinforce the understanding of character traits. This module is designed to support...

What is problem, project, and inquiry based learning? This comprehensive website is full of resources to help you learn more about these teaching styles and strategies.

Four science projects in which learners learn how solar energy works and how thermal energy is transferred and utlized in a solar air heater, a solar water heater, a solar hot dog cooker, and a solar cell.

Twenty earthquake-related science fair project ideas. Each idea has a short description of a possible investigation.

Use these resources and create a project identifying an issue with the health of people in the community and working out actions that could be taken to reduce the problem.

Bucket Buddies is an opportunity for students to participate in a world-wide environmental study. By identifying organisms in pond water, participating classes can compare their findings, and look for relationships in data. In addition...

Research paper writing is a lofty goal for kindergarten students, but this lesson plan will expose them to the process without being overwhelming. Students will divide into teams to learn about ocean creatures and then write a research...

A twelve-part learning module with links to images, texts, and videos to use while completing a documentary research project.

Presents five ideas for science projects that require simple materials and can be easily done in a short time.

Provides a model to follow when creating the structure of a science fair project.

A list of 22 ideas for science fair projects for Grade 6, many with brief descriptions.

A thirteen-part learning module including links to texts, websites, and videos with project ideas for use while reading Anne Frank's A Diary of a Young Girl.

A learning module with twenty-four links to images and texts to use while completing a project with the epic poem Beowulf.

Great ideas to get students started on an invention for a science fair. A list of ways students will design and engineer a solution to a problem will help students begin choosing a topic. Check out the list of general science topics,...

This instructional activity unit guides students in developing strategies for modeling problems. The task focuses on investigating a cat shelter's claims about the rate of cat population growth. The unit includes a full lesson plan,...