Fertility in soil is the topic of this presentation. Future farmers will be able to define fertilizer, list ten essential soil elements, and describe the roles of both primary and secondary nutrients in plant production. Although there...

The vocabulary used in this presentation on salt marshes makes it most appropriate for high school or college level ecology classes. The content, however, is relatively simple; It introduces the flora and fauna of this type of ecosystem....

For this math worksheet, students find all factors of five two digit numbers. They tell the related division facts. Students list the factors of the numbers.

Students examine the factors that can influence a celebrity's media image and marketplace viability. They read an article, answer discussion questions, role-play advisors to a studio head, and write a letter to a studio head.

Students explore the impact of human behavior on key components of the environment, examine how theirn own personal decisions have added to the problem, and explore possible solutions to the current ecological crisis.

Students examine the impact of urban change. For this Indiana history lesson, students read excerpts of The World Does Move by Booth Tarkington and then research the noted Web sites about the urbanization of Indianapolis. Students then...

Young scholars explore the concept of women entrepreneurs. In this women entrepreneurs instructional activity, students read an article about women opening their own businesses. Young scholars discuss factors influencing women to become...

Students identify different types of decorative arts objects and their functions. They investigate the difference between aesthetic uses and functional uses.

Fourth graders find the meaning for capital, land, labor and enterprise and relate them to economics of a place. In this economics instructional activity, 4th graders form a company to make an agricultural product and look for the...

This worksheet provides good practice of factoring expressions and solving quadratic equations by factoring. It also includes a word problem and graphing an equation using a calculator. This one-page worksheet contains 17 polynomial...

These multiplication and division sentences are missing numbers, and it's not the typical product and quotient mystery here. Scholars solve these problems by filling in dividends and factors, as well. There are five equations and...

In this factoring trinomials worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 18 different problems that include identifying the product and sum of numbers. First, they factor the GCF from each group of numbers and complete. Then, students...

What factors affect the creation of glass? Youngsters work with sugar crystals as a simulation of glass-making. First, they melt some crystals, then they add water and stirring action as a modifier, they melt sugar in water without...

Use the multiplication table as an aid for young mathematicians who are learning their multiplication facts. Children can explore the concept of multiplication by using the factors in the far left column and the top row to determine a...

Students explore agroforestry. In this Peace Corps lesson, students examine the role the trees play in deforestation efforts. Students then participate in an agroforestry game.

Students see how to identify companies that likely have high growth potential in the fast-growing industries. They gain experience in finding companies that will be winners for the Global Stock Game

In this greatest common divisor worksheet, students use prime factorization to determine the greatest common factors of two or more numbers. Explanations and examples are provided. This two-page worksheet contains ten problems.

Students examine waves of immigration that affected the development of the United States, appreciate variety of countries of origin of immigrants, analyze immigration data, discern patterns in data and communicate finding to classmates,...

Fifth graders compare and contract the factors that influence a person's decision to use or not to use tobacco. In this tobacco lesson plan, 5th graders are given candy cigarettes to initiate a conversation on using tobacco. They prepare...

Young scholars investigate one or more of the following topics and develop a plan for the future regarding it: global warming, lunar exploration, space travel, Mars exploration, or terraforming. They disucss the audio files and the...

Fifth graders complete a variety of activities surrounding European exploration of the New World. They research one explorer and write and present an essay or script in which they portray that explorer as he makes his final report to his...

Students create a rocket using Alka-seltzer of baking soda and vinegar. In this physics lesson, students identify the factors affecting the length of time the rocket is propelled. They relate this activity to actual rocket launched in...

Students analyze the multiplication facts from zero to ten in the ten lessons of this unit. The concepts of mental multiplication and solving word problems are important components of this unit.

Third graders study introducing the concept of using a multiplication table. In this multiplication facts lesson plan, 3rd graders use the table to fill in the products for the factors zero to five and ten.