Students investigate oceanography by painting sea life. For this crustacean lesson, students identify sea urchins in our ocean environments and describe the functionality of their spherical-shaped bodies. Students design their own sea...

Students experiment with silly putty.  In this chemical changes instructional activity students work in groups, perform tests and collect data.

Learners demonstrate striking skills and multiplication facts. In this striking skills lesson, students use multi-colored hoops to practice their striking accuracy. Learners track their accuracy in various ways, such as the total number...

Students identify critical components of overhand throwing and demonstrate how to throw overhand properly. In this overhand throwing lesson plan, students throw in teams.

Young scholars examine the Magnus effect and its history.  In this forces lesson plan students investigate the lift of a rotating cylinder.      

Students improve upper body strength by doing push-ups. They practice synchronized movements they can do with a partner while in the push-up position.

Third graders examine a bag or box of soil containing items that they dig for. Their task is to become detectives to make conclusions about the area from which the items came as real archaeologists do.

Fifth graders accurately measure the distance to eight points on an uneven surface by conducting a simulation of sattelite altimetry. They create a two-dimensional model of the simulated ocean surface by graphing data from the Radar Run...

Learners explore physical education by completing a quiz in class. In this engineering lesson, students identify different ways engineering has made sports safer such as stronger padding and helmets, stronger equipment and smarter...

Students practice moving to an open space to receive a pass.

Students engage in a fact file exercise. In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read an article, complete a worksheet, and explore suggested websites.

Students identify items in their homes that come from coal. They divide into groups and decide as a group which items are made from coal by-products. They then divide their poster board into three columns and label the first - items made...

Students illustrate geographical terms in three-dimensional form. They use magic modeling goop and paint to create features of the geographic landscape. Students explain the meaning of geographical terms.

In this impulsive force worksheet, students calculate speed, force, and velocity for several word problems as it relates to the concepts in physics. Students also apply the momentum conservation equation to each problem.

Students measure muzzle velocity, and predict range of a projectile device.  In this motion lesson students complete a lab and explain the outcomes of their experiments. 

Students engage in community related activities to recognize and thank local merchants. Merchants raise awareness regarding what resources are available in the local and neighboring area for students and their families.

Students improve upper body strength (push-ups). This can be used as part of a strength warm-up or as a fitness station.

Students examine the mercator projection or nautical chart and observe how global maps do not have the same distance as flat maps. They design handmade globes using the meridians and equator as guides to draw in the land. They paint and...

Students explore a visual look at the cues for each skill theme taught. They review all the cues that they discuss and practice in PE class. They examine the theme and cues and reminders of cues while working on the theme.

For this task, learners investigate the volume of tennis balls and their cylindrical container, the empty space around the balls, different ways of slicing them, and what their visualizations will look like. Aligns with G-GMD.B.4 and...

Through this lesson, young scholars able to throw and catch a ball learn the proper scoring rules and positioning of players on a tennis court. Includes ideas for keeping the activity safe.

Middle schoolers can be introduced to tennis or racquetball through this simple lesson plan where students "Learn strategies for moving the ball around the court and the importance of placing the ball in differnt spots."

Play a game of "Tennis," with a soccer ball! This website provides detailed guidelines for "soccer tennis" which can be varied depending on the skill-level of the students. Includes ideas for assessing students' participation.

In this engineering design challenge about building in hurricane-prone regions, young scholars learn that a solid base helps stabilize a structure by constructing, testing, and redesigning a tower that can support a tennis ball at least...