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Japan, France to Develop Super-Concorde
For this ESL worksheet, students read the given article and its presented vocabulary throughout. Students respond to 51 short answer, matching, true/false, and fill in the blank questions.
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Whistle Mixer
Students engage in an easy way to practice addition and subtraction skills while moving in different ways.
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Parametric Functions and Substitutions
In this solar winds activity, students determine the strength of magnetic storms in terms of the size of the change they make in the Earth's magnetic field. This worksheet has 3 problems to solve.
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Pennsylvania Walkers Club
Students participate in an school-wide walking club. Students choose a destination in Pennsylvania they would like to visit. After plotting the best way to get their using a map, the walk each day and record their distance in miles on...
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Mapping The Way With Lewis & Clark
Fourth graders analyze and compare maps used on the expedition of Lewis and Clark. Students write reports about the geography of the land. They answer questions about Lewis & Clark.
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Fire Safety (Stop, Drop & Roll)
Third graders review what to do in case they are faced with a fire in their homes or school. They review what to do if they are faced with moving safely within a structure that is on fire. Students play a Tag Game together to reinforce...
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Special Delivery
Students demonstrate locomotor skills for assessment. After receiving an envelope with a skill to be addressed, they perform that skill and receive a stamp for completion. Each student must complete all of the skills in order to...
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Frozen Film
Students are introduced to the topic of light interference through this hands-on activity. They observe how light reflects off two surfaces and then meets to form an interesting variation of color on a film surface.
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Spectral Surprise
Young scholars experience a model that produces, separating, and displaying spectral colors.
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Away You Go
Students build Lego cars which have two different types of tire surfaces. They roll them down ramps that have both rough and smooth surfaces to determine how friction affects the car as it rolls.
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Walk The Tightrope
Students work on their estimation skills while enhancing their balancing skills. They walk on a rope on the classroom floor while measuring their balance skills.
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Nasa's Return To Flight: Testing In
Students explain basic components of the space shuttle stack and the chemical fuel makeup and storage used on the external tank of space shuttle. They discuss findings of Columbia mission accident. and the safety improvements that have...
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The Pony Express
Fourth graders reasearch the history of the Pony Express on the internet or they can use books from the school or public library. They write a one-page story which incorporates their research. They share their stories with the class by...
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Great River Bend Adventure
Students use their imagination. They discuss the 4 C's of teamwork: Concentration, Communications, Coomperation, and Consideration. Students discuss the safety guidelines of the project. They complete a rope maze. The group walks...
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The Sky Show
Young scholars use lecture and research to answer the question: Why is the sky blue? students research a variety of other sky phenomena, chart their observations and participate in experiments.
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The Path of the Sun, the Ecliptic
High schoolers are introduced to the ecliptic, the zodiac and the apparent motions of the Sun, Moon and planets across the sky.
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The Path of the Sun: The Ecliptic
Pupils investigate the celestial sphere and the paths it takes in the solar system.
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Math: Who Makes an Epidemic?
Students calculate the threshold value for the number of susceptible people needed to create an epidemic. They examine a real life flu epidemic and use the SIR model to solve the problems. Students discover they can use mathematics to...
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Language Arts: Mississippi River Brochure
Students create brochures about recreational activities along the Mississippi River. Focusing on points of interest, they research attractions and create maps of the surrounding area. Once students write descriptions of their...
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Let's Make a Solar Car
Students transform a car that they have built out of K'NEX into a solar car. Students add one or two solar cells to the car to power a DC motor then connect the motor to the car and come up with a method to drive the car. This is the...
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Atlatl Lessons Grades 4-12
Students examine motion and how to describe it qualitatively. In this investigative lesson students see how aboriginal people were environmentally responsible.
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Good Vibrations
Students demonstrate sound waves and make changes in the waves
resulting in changes in pitch. Students associate changes in pitch in various "musical instruments"with size and shape and the sound waves they produce.