Students create and conduct a survey. In this broken bones lesson, students discuss if they've ever broken a bone and how a broken bone heals. Students generate questions for a survey on broken bones and healing time, conduct the survey...

Students create a hypothesis about the attitudinal differences between generations, test their hypothesis with a survey, chart their findings, and present their answers to the class.

Students identify ways companion animals are used to assist humans. Students identify zoonoses and list several types of. Students identify several aspects of responsible companion animal ownership. Students design, distribute, and tally...

Students participate in a informal survey of their listening habits, then read a news article about the possibility of portable music players harming kids hearing. For this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a...

Young scholars discuss fire risk factors for a property located near a wildland area. In this science lesson, students identify, number, and provide reasons for areas of increased risk on a worksheet they think should be changed. Young...

Learners, after brainstorming on health data, design a class or school survey on asthma. They collect, tabulate, and summarize the data. The data is placed on an Excel spreadsheet program. Upon completion, many demographic questions are...

Middle schoolers explore various aspects of design innovation. In this design lesson, links are provided to three innovations from the Design for the Other 90% Web site in order for students to study and evaluate them. Middle schoolers...

Students examine the responsibilities of the CIA and work as a team of analysts to produce intelligence reports. Letters are written predicting how their assigned countries have changed by 2008.

Students explore recent breakthroughs in H.I.V. and AIDS research, as well as research various epidemics that have devastated the world population at various points in history.

Studnets explore the procedure that makes bills into laws, through research and class discussion. They conduct public opinion and media research surveys and discuss the impact they have on deliberations conducted during the passage of a...

In this color of eyes worksheet, students conduct a survey to determine the number of students who have brown, hazel, blue or green eyes. The information is collected and then the data is organized. Students may use the data to create...

Classic fairy tales are great! They have memorable characters, present interesting story lines, and lend themselves to art projects. Grab a copy of "Rumpelstiltskin" and get ready to participate in several early literacy activities. The...

Second graders discuss proper uses of the Internet. They complete the 8-question survey by selecting their favorite answer for each question. They click one time in the white circle to choose an answer and click Next at the bottom on...

For this environmental awareness worksheet, students become aware of home energy conservation and recycling. Students answer 10 short essay questions about the energy used in daily life.

Eleventh graders compare the American high school experience of the 1920's to today. In this historical perspectives lesson, 11th graders examine surveys from 1924 high school students and then create their own surveys for today's high...

Learners describe what stormwater and storm drains are. They explain reasons for having stormwater management system. They describe nonpoint source pollution and identify causes and impacts of it.

Students discern that dominant and recessive traits occur in a variety of combinations in any given group of people.

In this math worksheet, students collaborate to make a class bar graph. Students choose from a list of 12 occupations they are interested in and plot the information on the graph.

Students examine the issue of the freedom of religion or beliefs in their family and community. As a class, they state the difference between a plural and homogenous community and identify the difference between major religious groups...

In this National Dictionary Day learning exercise, students complete activities including reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write...

Eighth graders use different types of maps to find locations and surface features.  In this map-reading lesson students use a compass to find direction.

Students study a can opener to find the important parts that make it possible to take the lid off a can of food. They then use this information to decide what new or different subsystems could be added to make it better and explain how...

Pupils examine facts about water. For this water lesson, students complete a WebQuest to study the properties of water. There is an WebQuest activity page included in this lesson plan.

Students practice multiplication facts, answer simple math questions from two, five, and ten times-tables, explore concept of halves and quarters, complete worksheet containing range of shapes to make shape picture, and sort data and...