Students keep detailed weather records during the fall migration of the monarch butterfly. They compare weather conditions to the days they do and do not see monarchs. As a class, they graph and analyze data and send it to a university...

Young scholars discuss jettons and their archaeological importance at Jamestown. They then practice using historic counting sheets and artifacts to understand the calculating methods of the early 17th Century, and identify their...

Students explore the principle of ministerial responsibility in Australia. They identify ways of determining responsibility. Students identify how ministers account for their actions (denial, resignation, reassurance, confirmation, etc.)

Students compare planet sizes using class members holding fruit to represent the planets. They arrange the nine students in planetary order and compare and contrast the planets. Working in groups, students color and decorate planet...

In this applied mathematics worksheet, students solve 4 various sets of problems that include scalar equations, existence of solutions, and inverse problems. They determine the number of solutions of a problem shown and justify their...

In this rocks and minerals worksheet, students calculate the percent deviation from various mass measurements taken of rocks or minerals. This worksheet has 10 problems to solve.

Students discuss and experiment with the phases of water.  In this phases of matter lesson, students recognize the different states of matter.  Students measure and record changes and understand when the state changes.

Fourth graders discover the global rice trade. in this rice lesson plan, 4th graders view how much rice different countries produce and who imports this item. They research rice imports and write an essay on this topic. 

Students determine how they will finance their postsecondary education. In this student loan lesson, students create spreadsheets that help them budget their first year of college. Students identify methods to fund the budgets and...

In this geometry worksheet, students differentiate between direct and indirect measurements. They create a table with their findings. There are 9 questions.

Students solve exponential functions and inequalities. In this algebra instructional activity, students find the roots of equations and use it to graph and evaluate exponential functions. They simplify exponents using the law of exponents.

Students explore geometry by participating in a school measuring activity. In this perimeter lesson, students discuss the techniques and methods used in order to measure a large perimeter or geometric figure. Students utilize grid paper,...

This PowerPoint provides students with an interactive review based on place value. This interactive review game contains questions for students to answer. The students are led around an "academic raceway" as they answer each question...

Young scholars strengthen skills in mathematics, problem solving, and communication skills by working together in groups using "Hot Dog Stand: The Works" educational software.

Students collect as much information as possible about their egg and record the information in a systematic way. They prepare a description of the egg your team was given that enable you to distinguish your egg from everyone else's egg.

Learners demonstrate an awareness of the types of simple machines and classify common objects in relation to the simple machines involved.

Eighth graders work in pairs to discover how to prioritize expenses in a budget.

Young scholars create and perform excerpts from their specific "productions" of Poe's classic Tell Tale Heart.

Students research the latest computer viruses.

Students use several examples to create a method for adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. They present these methods to the class and then practice applying methods to sample problems.

Students use their knowledge and understanding of equations of lines to explore independent and dependent variables. They determine how to isolate a variable and how to predict data points not represented in data.

Pupils discover the relationship between the sides of a polygon and the number of diagonals that can be drawn from one vertex, the number of triangles that those diagonals form, and the sum of the interior angles of that polygon.

Fourth graders investigate one planet, enter information into a database, and print the database sorting for each of the attributes.

This lesson has various activities that can be done simultaneously in groups or one at a time with the entire class. The activities center around New York and apples.