Students make simple observations, test mixtures, and make generalized inferences from their observations. They observe bleeding of colored inks with water.

Students practice identifying the streets names of Honolulu. Using a city map, they identify a main street and two intersecting streets. They research the origin of the name and complete a worksheet. They share their findings and...

Eighth graders research congressional delegates from state of Texas, create database including delegate profiles, write introductory paragraphs on how census affects Congressional representation, and import information into word...

Students investigate the concept of energy and focus upon the usage and the cost associated with it. They conduct research using a variety of resources while working in cooperative groups. Students graph the usage of energy as estimates...

Eighth graders experiment what happens when acids and bases are mixed together. In this acids and bases experimental instructional activity, 8th graders decide which of three solutions of unknown pH will neutralize a fourth solution of...

Students investigate the importance of campaign finances in elections in the United States by gathering information from various Web sites about campaign finances of different Presidential hopefuls.

Students gain an understanding of how the executive and legislative branches, influenced by popular opinion, work toward the ratification of a treaty. They examine the influences and impact of lobbying and special interests in the...

Students explain the "So what?"-or the international implications-of factors that indicate the developmental status of a nation.

Students use the digital camera, identify geometric shapes (in nature as well as man-made), and gain a better understanding of geometric vocabulary. They search for and recognize geometric shapes in unusual settings

Fifth graders collect artifacts of their fifth grade school year and make a technology based Memory Book.

Fifth graders study six major biomes, graph temperature and rainfall, and present their findings to the class.

Eighth graders investigate the Holocaust and the persecution of specific ethnic groups in Europe during World War II.

Middle schoolers examine the role the river played in the settlement of towns in the basin. Student groups prepare an oral presentation on Milford Lake, Tuttle Creek Lake or Perry Lake.

Students compile information about rainfall, lake elevations and releases of water from Tuttle Creek reservoir into maps, graphs and charts.

Tenth graders complete a directed study, form the internet, and then complete activities.

In this unit of lessons, young scholars make sense of the census. They examine why a census is taken and partipate in activities.

Students survey their peers on the issue of homelessness. They visit a shelter and research it on the internet. They identify myths and discover the importance of job skills and education.

Young scholars attempt to form a collection of actual objects or research from a variety of sources. They write a formal proposal for the contents of the collection before beginning.

Students maintain an on-going self-assessment of their use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills as discovered in the Choices class. In addition they keep an on-going journal of their responses to an essential question web about...

Tenth graders read short story, "The Storyteller" by Saki, and expand on concept of stories for students by reading and evaluating several popular students's stories as well as writing their own original students's stories.

When presented with three unopened bottles of water, learners are asked to tell decide which one is contaminated with a microbe. Students work in small groups and role play being a Microbiologist, a patient, or a recorder. The patient is...

Students observe as the teacher demonstrates how to use a digital video camera. They experiment with the camera to get to know its features. Finally they create a video commercial and edit it, inserting sounds, titles and other graphics.

Students use the internet to research what life was like for Confederate and Union soldiers in a specific battle of interest to them. In groups, they complete a webquest on the battle in which one represents a Confederate soldier and the...

Middle schoolers are given a cookie each. When the signal is given, they begin eating the cookies. Each student must raise a hand and keep it raised when he or she is finished counting the hands raised every 15 seconds until all the...