Students participate in a variety of Guided Reading activities including comprehension questions, discussion, prediction, characterization and inferring meaning while they read Circle of Gold by Candy Dawson Boyd.

High schoolers collect water samples from around your home and school, check the pH level of each water sample, and record the pH levels in a chart that looks something like this:

High schoolers learn the procedure for mixing secondary colors from primary pigments and observe the results of mixing two primary colors.

Young scholars identify characters, their qualities, and examples of their qualities and use Inspiration to organize them in a clear and understandable format. After a lecture/demo, students use the program on the next story by themselves.

Students create pierced drawing by cutting out parts of the drawing and replacing it with colored paper.

Students type coupons, copy and paste, and add stamps.

Students constrct a watershed and write about their observations. Students use maps to locate their area in relation to the watershed and inquire about what is applied to the ground above.

Students understnad the importance of keeping our rivers and streams pollution free by remembering the major rivers of northeast Kansas. The see how the rivers contain particles of every substance that drains into them.

Students examine how rivers flow through the country to sea level. Students study how upstream pollution effects the water and people downstream.

Students create a timeline of ten events in chronological order about a scientist to include his/her accomplishments.

Learners practice shading techniques to mimic the exquisite shading of the Albatross eye (eye shadow). Extension for students skilled in computer art included.

Students will perform experiments to examine if debris will float, or blow in the wind. They discuss the effects of these characteristics on marine debris.

Learners conduct a hands-on activity to investigate salt concentrations in water and how salt remain after water evaporates. They can also do a Saltwater Painting to once again observe the evaporation. process.

Students discuss sexual health and hygiene. They complete a worksheet and have the opportunity to ask verbal or anonymous questions.

Students work together to raise money for a community service program by auctioning their services. They brainstorm a list of services that they can provide to parents and other members of the school community.

Young scholars develop a greater awareness of the variety and amount of particulate matter in the air. They try to locate general sources of pollution for a specific area and develop some suggestions for improving air quality.

Students accurately construct a model of a sanitary landfill and identify the parts of the landfill and explain their function. They work in grous using a clear plastic box, modeling clay, soil and a variety of garbage to create their...

Tenth graders examine the powers of each branch of the government. They analyze the causes and effects of relationships within the government. They participate in activities to help them comprehend the material.

Fourth graders investigate the paper usage in their classroom and in other countries by using estimation, counting, and measurement skills. They make paper from recycled paper.

Students participate in a hands-on experiment to observe mealworms going through a life cycle. Students conduct the experiments at home on their own and record their predictions and observations on student worksheets

Students experiment to determine the positive and negative impacts of human activities on environmental change. They examine how physical and biological processes such as decomposition affect soil characteristics while looking at the pH...

Students discuss the topic of recycling. They identify items that can and cannot be recycled. They practice using their newspaper to make other items.

Fourth graders discuss the concept of reduce, reuse and recycle. They identify products in their homes that are hazardous and discover alternatives to them. They examine the inventory of other classmates hazardous materials.

Fourth graders identify recyclable materials in an experiment. They discover how to properly dispose of these items. They discover how to use materials again that cannot be recycled.