This site contains lessons using Geometer's Sketch Pad for elementary and middle school aged students.

Did you ever wonder how yeast makes bread dough rise? This project will show you what yeast does to make this happen. You'll also investigate the conditions yeast needs to grow.

If you look carefully, you could find dozens of similar interesting phenomena that are all linked to the surface tension of water. Here is a project that will help you understand and measure the properties of water surface tension.

In this lesson, Ralph Fletcher's writing style is introduced to student writers. Students will write a rough draft about a time they ate, or a time when they saw someone else eat, something unusual. Then students will read and analyze...

On Sunday, November 4 at 2 a.m, clocks in U.S were set back by an hour as Daylight Savings came to an end. What is DST? Who first proposed the idea? Is it practiced around the world? Let's take a look in this video. [0:37]

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a five-page PDF fiction passage entitled "Amy's Halloween Secret" followed by 10 reading comprehension questions. Click on double arrow on the top right to download, print, or make full screen....

Detailed instructions, with photographs for every step, for how to build a coral reef diorama.

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.

Learn about food safety and keeping healthy on the FDA Kids' Home Page. This site includes colorful graphics, great information, and it is easy to navigate.

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

A hands-on lesson plan for helping young scholars understand simple circuits, series circuits, and parallel circuits, and the differences between the three.

Temperate forests cover much of the Earth. Temperate forest ecology is described as well as the importance to all animal and plant health. Human impact on temperate forests around the world is discussed.

Seals are mammals that live parts of their lives on land and other parts entirely in the water. They breed and care for their babies on land, but spend most of their lives in the ocean. This article provides an in-depth look at these...

Praying Mantids are excellent hunting insects found throughout the world. Various species of mantids, their life cycle, hunting habits, and habitat are described.

Giant Pandas only live in the mountains of southwest China. This article focuses on Giant Panda habitat, diet, life cycle and reproduction. Extensive information is given on panda babies and the contrast between life in the wild and life...

Learn about fish from around the world. Varying species, their biology, role in the environment, human cultural significance, as well conservation issues.

This article defines "environment" as a collection of animals and plants in a specific landscape and climate. The concept of differing types of environments is introduced. The impact of humans on environments and all environments'...

The bald eagle is a predatory bird that lives in North America. This article discusses bald eagle hunting habits, habitat, life cycle, diet, anatomy and mating habits. The concept of the food chain is introduced and is used to explain...

Ants are small, but important insects. Ant anatomy, reproduction, life cycle and community are discussed. Impact on the environment and humans is also described.

Activity investigates weight and its relationship to gravity.

Borneo is the third largest island in the world. Borneo's vast biodiversity, natural resources, and geology are discussed. The history of indigenous peoples as well as the effects of colonization and overuse of natural resources are...

Here you will find examples of inventions created by children. They submit their ideas along with drawings and plans. Many of these are made into real objects and posted for the inventors to see what they would look like in real life....

Students are introduced to the ancient Mayan civilization through their writings. They explore a social studies focus on the destruction of many Mayan writings by the Spanish and what archaeologists have learned from the writings that...

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...