Fourth graders research the use of handcarts as a form of transportation for mid-19th century Mormon pioneers. They write mathematical story problems about this unique form of transportation and incorporate their researched data.

Fourth graders examine two famous people, Brigham Young and Jim Bridger, who made an impact on the westward expansion, and create cartoon strip using the information.

Fourth graders participate in a service-learning project to design landscaping that maximizes water use and utilizes indigenous plant species.

Third graders explore the Fremont people and then make their own Fremont-Style pottery.

Third graders examine and apply the relationship between concrete landmarks, abstract written directions, and graphic representations on maps, and then develop their own landmark map for classroom use.

Third graders demonstrate that gravity is a force.

Third graders investigate rubbing two objects together to produce heat.

Third graders study how forces of push and pull can change speed or direction.

Third graders investigate levers and the concept of work.

Third graders use a plot map to study the plants and animals living in a small area of their environment.

Third graders set up a miniature greenhouse to help them explain how nonliving things affect the growth of living things.

Third graders investigate why stars appear to move across the night sky.

Students draw on their knowledge of Impressionist and Asian landscapes to reflect on the differences found in the two genres of landscape painting.

Students collect and record data on the environmental voting record of their local and state legislators using the Internet. They identify examples of environmental problems or endangered species in their state.

Students examine local community agencies and their contributions to the community. They create Web pages that profile the community agencies and their interviews with the volunteers.

Students participate in a class discussion about moral development based on Kohlberg's and Gilligan's moral orientations.

Fourth graders identify major components of a "Cinderella" story in order to create a database.

Students practice writing business letters by writing a letter to the person who grade their FCAT test.

Students listen to the story The Mitten, and visit a website about the story's author. Students create masks of the animals from the story and present a play of the story.

Students practice sorting lids in different ways so that each group determines a sorting pattern. They examine how to work in groups while sharing ideas. They establish group work relationships that become apparent to the teacher in this...

Students learn to write a descriptive friendly letter to a pen pal.

Students, in groups, take samples from a creek and keep a field journal on their samples. They also perform tests on their samples.

Seventh graders, after an explanation and demonstration compare how many different places there at Cocowalk.

Students examine the proper way to write formal business letters. Students apply the skill to write letters to appropriate environmental protection agencies.