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Weathering Lab
In this weathering worksheet, students use limestone chips and acidic solutions of pH 2 and 7 to determine if acidic solutions contribute to the weathering of rocks. Students determine which pH weathered the rocks the most.
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Straight from the Heart
Learners explore the heart and its functions. In this lesson about the heart, students use observation to understand the heart. Learners construct a heart model, watch the vibration of their pulse, and listen to a heartbeat with a...
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Types by Texture: Soil Isn't a Dirty Word
Second graders experiment with different types of soil to find the texture. In this types of soil experiment, shake a jar of soil and water and record the settling of the soil. Students record again after 3-4 hours and note the level...
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How Do Plants Grow?
Students investigate plant growth. In this plant growth lesson, students investigate what would happen to plants if they did not have water and sunlight. Students conduct experiments to determine what plants need. Students create a...
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Telling Time Timeline
Use the Internet and library resources to compose a telling time timeline -- a visual history of time. Students will develop research skills and gain perspective about telling time by discovering the history of clocks and time.
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Are You a Trend Setter?
Students are introduced to the periodic table of elements. They devise and perform and experiment in which they determine the density of specific elements. They use their results to predict the density of other elements in the same group.
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Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Math: Line Graphs
Eighth graders analyze data from line graphs. They discuss the purpose of line graphs, identify the parts of a line graph, answer questions about various graphs, and complete a worksheet. This lesson includes a script to teach along with.
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Let's Take a Trip!
Sixth graders plan a trip for a family of four choosing their travel plan by studying maps to decide upon a route and visiting Websites to get airline and travel schedules. They use ratios and proportions as well as converting fractions...
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A Different World?
Students share their opinions in a brainstorming session on the factors that contribute to their quality of life. They read the article "Life Is Better; It Isn't Better. Which Is It?," from the NY Times and discuss the article as a...
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Party Time
Students engage in a lesson about finding information from the grocery store to put into data that can be measured. The data is found in advertisements and food labels. They plan the cost of a party when using the unit cost of various...
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Bioplastics
Learners define bioplastics and identify its uses. In this bioplastics lesson, students compare and contrast styrofoam to starch peanuts after careful examination. Learners understand what biodegradeable means.
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Water Quality: Water Filtration
Students build a water filtration system. In this water quality lesson, students work in groups to construct water filtration units that can purify contaminated water. This lesson is part of a larger unit on water quality.
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Water filtration with Plants
Sixth graders explain how soil and plants effect contaminated water in nature. In this filtration lesson, 6th graders work in groups to test biofiltration units. Students determine which biofiltration units work best and how they can...
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Elapsed Time
In this elapsed time learning exercise, students determine the elapsed time between the first time and the second time that are shown.They write the amount of time that has passed on the blank line next to each of 13 problems.
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Elapsed Time (A)
In this elapsed time review worksheet, students use their math skills to solve 15 problems that require them to find out how much time elapsed between the first times and the second times.
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Elapsed Time (B)
In this elapsed time review worksheet, students use their math skills to solve 15 problems that require them to find out how much time elapsed between the first times and the second times.
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Nutrients In Chesapeake Bay
Learners perform pH and turbidity test to determine water quality. In this environmental science instructional activity, students analyze NASA database on chlorophyll-a in the bay. They explain how a small river area affects Chesapeake Bay.
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Units of Time: Calendar
In this units of time activity, students first read the information about calendars, days, hours, weeks, years. Students solve 30 problems. Note: This page was intended to be an online activity, but can be completed with pencil and paper.
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Math
Students, after discussing story detail, make a list of information needed to solve a problem, convert units of time, and discuss the steps to convert units of time.
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Leveled Problem Solving Converting Between Systems
In this measurement conversions learning exercise, students solve the problems by converting the measurements in each problem to the given systems.
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Angles of Time
In this angles of time activity, students draw an hour hand on a clock to represent given angles and show a time, then "write about it." Answers included on page 2.
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TE Activity: How Fast Can a Carrot Rot?
Young scholars experiment to define which environmental factors favor decomposition by soil microbes. They decompose carrots in dirt, weigh the carrots periodically to determine how long it takes. They look at how engineers use this type...
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Ratio Worksheets
In this ratios worksheet, students complete the ratios of quantities of money, time, and measurements in the lowest terms. Students complete 8 problems total on this worksheet.
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Under the Weather
Students identify measurable characteristics about the weather and explore how they are monitored. They research and propose the construction of a weather monitoring station on their school grounds.