Are you a piano player or a video gamer? Then you might have a quick reaction time that can come in handy while playing sports. Find out how to measure your reaction time and compare it to your friends and family with this fun experiment.

This lesson engages students in fluency stories related to Dr. Seuss' stories. Students will engage in reading these texts with meaningful phrases, intonation, and expression. The Sneetches, Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, What Was I...

This site has a colorful display of information about Missouri. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.

This site has a colorful display of information about Nebraska. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.

This site from Enchanted Learning provides a colorful display of information about South Carolina. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.

In this lesson, students will review two elements of fiction, setting and plot, and learn how the setting influences the plot in stories.

There are more than five hundred different species of skates and rays in our oceans. Scientists say that these fish are closely related to sharks, sharing a common ancestor from around 400 million years ago. This article provides an...

Chocolate begins as a seed of the tropical cacao tree. It has been a prized taste sensation for more than 2,500 years. One reason chocolate is so nice to eat is that it melts just below body temperature. So it really does melt in your...

Use a thermometer to measure the air temperature in several places around the school.

Understand the effect of the forces of push and pull on motion.

The greater the force applied to an object, the greater the change in speed or direction of the object.

Help Detective Le Plant dig for clues in the soil to solve this case. You'll need to find out what soil is, why it is important, and in what kinds of soil plants grow.

In this interactive lesson supporting literacy skills, students watch video dramatizations that tell the story of the Spanish explorers who arrived in the Americas with Columbus and introduced European, African, and Asian plants and...

A food web is a way of seeing how energy is transferred from organism to organism. All living things need energy. They use it to move, to grow, to reproduce. That energy has to come from someplace. Drawing a food web is a great way to...

Do you ever wonder what happens when a cloud gets too full? Find out in this easy and fun experiment.

Providing a patriotic-themed art activity,this website shows children how to weave "a bracelet using a simple loom." Included are directions for making simple and more-complex bracelets.

Using plastic straws and yarn, young children can weave a bracelet or bookmark. Website includes detailed instruction on how to weave using soda straws and images showing the various steps.

This lesson plan is a great way to observe the flow of water. Kids can do this experiment at home by following this easy procedure, complete with pictures.

What colors do you see in a bubble? Why do you see colors in a bubble? Use this site to find out the answer to these questions with this easy experiment.

Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.

Students can make ooze and learn about different qualifications of matter. An easy procedure is provided to make gooey ooze that you can play with when you are done.

By making oil float on water--with the help of other ingredients--students can create a lava-lite effect.

Students create their own airplane using straws and other materials and learn the principles of aerodynamics.

Students can experiment with a home-made helicopter that lets them change the blades to see how real aerodynamics work.