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The Atrazine Dilemma
Students understand how farming practices and the topography of a region can effect the health and safety of all living things. Students play a game which helps them understand how the chemical Azatrine has spread in the watershed.
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Who Wants to be a Cellular Biologist?
Eighth graders review concepts in cellular biology. In this biology lesson, 8th graders play an interactive game based on the idea of winning money. They discuss misconceptions about the topic.
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Manatee Journey
First graders read the book, "The Manatee Winter," and participate in a game to research manatees.
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GIPSE Lesson Plan
Students participate in a Chemardy game that shows what they recall from the previous year of Chemistry. They use the computer lab and various web sites to explore other areas of chemistry. Students discuss if they think that they...
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Digital Plants...Alike and Different!
Third graders. in groups, take pictures of plants and turn them into a learning game.
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John Muir - Around the World in 76 Years
Sixth graders create timelines of John Muir's life while playing a game based on John Muir's travels. They discover that John Muir traveled around the world to compare and contrast natural phenomena and to speak out about preserving...
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A Geological Wonder: Niagara Falls
Learners research the geological features of Niagara Falls. In this earth science lesson, students create a poster board proposing a new website for the tourist center. They share their project in class.
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Animal Top Trumps
Second graders evaluate different animals. In this animal parts lesson, 2nd graders create a game that compares animals based on five concepts- attack, defend, agility, speed and size.
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Do It Yourself: Matter & Energy Interaction Lesson Plan
Learners complete a KWL chart describing their knowledge or renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. They examine the Stirling Engine which is an external combustion engine and compare it to a Hero's Engine. They participate in a...
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Earth Images BINGO
Learners introduced to different views of the Earth. They play BINGO with boards that are made of images of Earth.
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How Does Meiosis Lead To a Fetus?
Students discuss the stages of meiosis. In this life science activity, students create an illustration of each stages. They write a short story about a character that went through meiosis.
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Change by Chance?
Sixth graders are able to see the role of chance in evolution. The activity is similar to the party game "gossip" or "telephone." Students start off with a drawing of an animal which changes as they pass their copies of the animal to...
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"Go Batty"
Students make a bat from a paper tube. They suspend bats from the ceiling or create a "cave" from black construction paper on a bulletin board or wall. Have students help you! Tape or staple student made bats in the "cave" to stress to...
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You Won't Believe Your Eyes!
Students gain a basic understanding of the sense of sight. They watch a video on sight, then engage in some vocabulary games, and perform some simple experiments which focus on the basics of sight.
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Water Facts And Media
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the facts surrounding water. They conduct research using a variety of resources to gather facts for the game of trivia. The information is used also to create a group presentation.
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Walking On The Number Line
Students investigate the concepts of expressions and equations while defining the similarities and differences. They explore the operations by using a number line and record answers while working with the teacher. Students play the game...
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How Do You Make A Tornado?
Young scholars create a tornado in a bottle. In this climate and weather instructional activity, students review basic information about tornadoes and thunderstorms. Young scholars make a tornado in a bottle and write about what they...
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Guess Who? Coral
Fourth graders identify and group coral formations. In this coral identification activity, 4th graders examine coral pictures, discuss vocabulary, and provide similarities and differences in the growth formations.
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Factor Fun for Fifth Graders
Fifth graders explore common factors. In this factorization lesson, 5th graders discover the greatest common factor among two numbers in a game format. Students build on previous knowledge to determine the greatest common factor.
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Stranger Than Fiction
Students reflect on the importance of science literacy. They review the year's science curriculum by reading, discussing and writing questions on teacher-selected New York Times articles and the related science content.
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Nutrition
Seventh graders investigate nutrition and nutrients. In this nutrition or diet lesson, groups of students create a poster, commercial, or skit about a nutriet which will be presented or performed to the rest of the class after...
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Introduction to Magnetism and Electronics
Young scholars are introduced to the concepts of magnetism and electronics. As a class, they walk through the steps of the scientific method and define new vocabulary. In groups, they are given a bag of objects and they are to separate...
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Wonders of Weather
Students investigate weather disasters by creating a virtual tornado. In this wild weather instructional activity, students define a vortex and describe how a vortex keeps a tornado moving and causing damage. Students utilize...
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Food Labels
Students study Nutrition Facts labels. In this life science lesson, students explore Nutrition Facts labels, then determine and analyze the nutrients found in a variety of foods. Additionally students construct bug boxes used to collect...