Students define adaptation and highlight example of adaptation in birds and other animals. They study feeding techniques of seabirds and investigate the effect that trash has on wildlife.

Students build a soil erosion model to study the importance of soil conservation. They investigate how land forms from both constructive and destructive forces.

Students view a video clip about bridges. They examine the cables that stablize the Golden Gate Bridge. They relate this concept to elevators.

Learners discuss the relationships between dissolved oxygen in a stream, stream temperature, organic waste loads, and stream conditions by studying and using a model of dissolved oxygen in the stream.

Young scholars view various types of food that are listed as bad for all people. Students chart out all findings within this activity. Young scholars talk in an open forum of ways they could change their eating habits in the future.

Students perform tests to determine the level of oxygen dissolved in water. After examining a table displaying the temperature and solubility of water, they examine the three stages involved in the test. Upon completion, students explain...

Young scholars have a better grasp of the ecosystem of the St. Mary's river. They analyze how the tank is meant to be a miniature of the river. Students inquire how to take care of the tank and its inhabitants. They are introduced to...

Students examine various scenarios about pollution around bays and discuss their reactions to them. Among the situations they investigate are construction site soil washing into a tributary, oil from motor boats leaking into water, and...

Students research the economic importance of the major reservoirs in Illinois. In groups, they manage a budget for one of the lakes to promote tourism in the area. They also work together to create advertisements.

Write factual accounts, reports and express personal viewpoints about whales. They eill also write on a variety of topics related to whales, shaping ideas and making choices in language and form.

Middle schoolers define the term acid rain, and the causes of acid rain. They locate regions where acid rain is most affected, and what can students deduce from maps of geology and soils in New York State. Middle schoolers answer the...

Students map the classroom by marking the movement of the first Americans' migration from Alaska down into North America. To improve their skills in map-reading and sense of direction, students identify physical features of the map and...

In this foreign language worksheet, students read ten sentences with missing words. They select the best word to fill in the blank from a list of three that are given. Each sentence contains an idiomatic phrase.

In this math worksheet, students find the first nine multiples for each of the ten multiplication problems. The answers are found on page 2.

In this math worksheet, students solve 4 story problems. Some of the numbers are written in word form. Students use basic operations including averaging.

In this worksheet, students must identify a word that is used as both a noun and a verb in the sentence. The student completes this assignment by underlining the same word two times in the sentence.

In this match the numbers worksheet, students match a set of numbers in a left column, with a set of shapes on the right, numbers 3, 4, 5, 7 and 10 are used.

Students observe the life cycle of a frog.  For this life cycle lesson, students will observe and record the changes in the life cycle of a frog.

In this intertidal zone learning exercise, students study the various marine life creatures and list the characteristic that allows them to stay put in the intertidal zone. Students then draw or cut and paste the marine life and seaweed...

Students discuss the importance of California's water system. In this earth science lesson, student play the role of different stakeholders. They present a 2-3 minute argument on their group's perspective about their need for water.

In this animal names learning exercise, students follow directions to name animals that begin with various letters of the alphabet. A website reference for additional resources is given.

Young scholars demonstrate that, although we sometimes can neither smell nor taste them, many ingredients in our foods and household products come from the sea. They also investigate food eat to determine algae derivatives they contain.

First graders differentiate between different pieces of literary genres by participating in a hands-on activity. This includes a student assessment sheet.

Students conduct research at the Inuit perspective website to explore the life and culture of the modern day Inuit.