Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Fractography: The Way Things Break

For Students 6th - 8th
When something goes wrong, do you like to try to figure out why? Engineers do this all the time. They even have a fancy name for it: failure analysis. Understanding how different materials break is an important part of failure analysis....
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Do Fears Change With Age?

For Students 9th - 10th
Although some of us may not like to admit it, everyone's afraid of something. Big dogs, thunderstorms, public speaking, heights: what are you most afraid of? Do you think grown-ups have the same fears as kids? The goal of this project is...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Great Golly Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson plan asks students to create a survey project including graphs, questions, tables, and data analysis. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation and extension as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Digging in for Dirt Day!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This instructional activity is managed through stations that students will rotate around every 20- 30 minutes. Each second grade teacher conducts one station. Parent volunteers can also be used to manage stations. Students will use an...