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Energy Saving Survey - Chart - Take Action Activity
In this saving energy activity, students survey the class about saving energy, examine an energy chart, and answer short answer questions. Students complete 4 tasks.
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How Clean Is the Air in Your Community?
In this how clean is the air in your community learning exercise, students assess the air quality, identify polluters, create an action plan, develop a presentation, evaluate it. This page has many links to helpful Internet resources.
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The Grand Canyon
Students investigate how dams help and hurt the ecology of an area. In this Grand Canyon activity, students research the Glen Canyon Dam and why it flooded in 1996. Students create a pros and cons list about dams and write a summary.
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Brine Shrimp Hatching Experiment
Learners hatch brine shrimp in a classroom experiment. In this hatching brine shrimp lesson, students participate in two-week lab in which they study how brine shrimp hatch under different conditions. They record data about the control...
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Meeting an Earthworm
Students inspect the anatomy of earthworms. In this earthworm lesson, students participate in a hands-on experiment as they analyze the structure of earthworms. Students demonstrate mastery through differentiated products. Lesson...
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Identifying an Earthworm
Learners navigate the Internet to learn to identify Earthworms. In this taxonomy instructional activity, students explore species of earthworms finding their characteristics and using photographs to identify the species. Learners...
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Long Live the Sharks and Rays
Young scholars study shark and ray adaptations that have helped their survival. In this animal adaptations lesson students view a video and work in groups to research specific types of sharks and rays.
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Investigating the Hydrosphere
No matter the scientific discipline, your students can benefit from a study of water.
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How Much Energy Do You Use?
Students take a survey of energy-consuming appliances in their homes and calculate the daily cost of operating these machines. They identify those appliances that consume the most energy and consider ways to reduce the amount of energy...
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Parks Canada - True to Our Nature
Students discuss visits to national parks, the differences between national parks and other parks, and plan an ecologically friendly trip to several parks that emphasizes conservation and national heritage.
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Groundwater: Cleaning Up
Students research the various aspects of groundwater contamination that threaten health and human safety. They create a model and display that informs other about the health and safety risks. Students illustrate ways in which these...
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Adopt a Species!
Students identify endangered species. In this animal science lesson, students research endangered animals and create a fundraiser to "adopt" an endangered species.
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These Lakes are Great
Young scholars examine the Great Lakes Basin and water conservation. In this Great Lakes and water lesson plan, students study the location of the lakes before reading the book, The River Ran Wild. They discuss the associated vocabulary...
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Iconoclasm as it pertains to the Reformation
Ninth graders examine the Protestant reformation. In this World History instructional activity, 9th graders analyze various photographs from the Reformation. Students watch a video clip of Luther's trip to Rome.
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Stomata
Students explore what the stoma does for a plant. In this botany lesson students complete a stomatal peel experiment and measure its densities.
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One Person's Trash: Breaking it down
Young scholars research how trash is disposed of and make an edible landfill. In this trash lesson plan, students research proper trash disposal, and discuss how trash affects the community. Then they make an edible landfill.
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Keep the Environment Clean
Students discuss ways our environment becomes polluted. They make a list of ways to keep it clean.
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The Role of Government
Students are introduced to the economic roles of the federal government. Using the internet, they read information related to government spending and the actual dollar amounts attached to budget items. In groups, they develop their own...
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Energy Conservation
Class is divided into groups of 2-4 students. They then are given a list of 36 items that are found in our homes and which use electricity. They are going to pretend that because of an energy shortage, they have to pick only twelve items...
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A Toast to Our Community
Young scholars bake bread with a dual purpose: to explore, through the metaphor of baking bread, the potential dynamics and purposes of a classroom, and to begin investigating the idea that everyday things are connected to the...
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Estuaries, Estuarine Habitats, and Adaptations
Middle schoolers conduct research on estuaries. They design and construct an estuary, describe the physical characteristics of an estuary, and create a diagram illustrating an estuarine food web.
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Save Our Forests
Fifth graders discuss the forest products industry and its affects upon their communities. They inventory the wood and paper products they consume and determine how it translates into the number of trees cut. Using a spreadsheet, they...
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Sustainability: Our Environment
Young scholars explore the sustainability of our environment, the trend in rising temperatures and the emission of greenhouse cases. Using given data, students test and construct a confidence interval and the difference between two...
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Junk Mail Overload!
Learners discuss the "junk mail nuisance" with the teacher and share their opinions on the problem. Students collect a week's worth of junk mail, bring to class and complete a chart about the amount and weight. Learners then complete an...