Students design a United States flag using reasoning. They describe their design to make it easy for it to be duplicated. They share their designs with the class.

Students use the Internet to research astronomy questions written by another class. As questions are answered, clues are given telling where the other class is "hiding" in the world.

Learners 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.

High schoolers work together to brainstorm and answer questions related to economics. They compare and contrast the different types of wealth. They discuss how wealth is different than income.

Young scholars examine various soil samples in groups. Using the samples, they identify the characteristics of them and calculate percolation and infiltration rates. They use this information to discover why some species can survive in...

Students identify how humans, fish, plants, birds, insects and other wildlife benefit from wetland environments. They observe a wetland and its inhabitants, draw a migration map that represents how birds use wetlands in traveling long...

Students investigate how the human body needs water by recording their water consumption for a day. They sing a song about drinking water, make and drink Kool-Aid and eat apple slices, and conduct an experiment to determine how much...

Students explore how green plants help improve air quality. They read an article and discuss the importance of air quality and its effects on the human body. They investigate by connecting hose to the top of a Bell jar and to a funnel....

Students investigate coal samples and analyze its drying loss under controlled conditions. They establish the loss in mass of a sample when heated under controlled conditions of temperature.

Students read about and study what an economy is. Students then answer questions that require them to define what an economy is and list the components of a healthy economy. Students also list two ways that coal helps the Kentucky...

Students survey how the Internet has changed the way we listen to music. Research the powerful new music browser called SIMAC. Test the music field and see if this new concept helps to put in words on a sound track what couldn't be...

Young scholars determine the concentration of acetic acid when the concentration of the base with which is titrated is known. They investigate how to weigh a sample using the balance, measure volumes using graduated cylinder, explore...

Fourth graders examine the culture and environment of Japan, beginning with a KWL chart. They use clay and cups of water to construct representations of the Japanese Islands. After designing flags representing farming and food, 4th...

Students are introduced to the characteristics of fats and their function in the body. In groups, they make a reduced fat recipe of chicken fingers and discuss other ways to reduce fat in their diet. To end the lesson, they identify...

Young scholars engage in a reading of a document in order to become familiar with the Federal Reserve of The United States in the interest of strengthening reading comprehension skills with the exposure to expository literature. They...

Students engage in a lesson plan of investigating the amount of water that is transpired in a one day cycle. They conduct research to find the purpose of transpiration and find information to explain the value to a plant and explain how...

Students engage in a lesson plan that is concerned with the concept of water chemistry. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students also consider an experiment to observe how water has the abiility to exist as three...

Students create a fantasy/fairy tale book, with them and their reading buddy as the main characters. Using the Olympus digital cameras available, the older students photograph the younger students and have pictures taken of them reading...

Students identify the concept of an element and work with an idea that all of the millions of substances on the earth are various combinations of only 8 elements. They work with the Periodic Table of the Elements and symbols of the...

Eighth graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the Civil War and they conduct research using a variety of resources. The research is used to create the context for class discussion and a possible project as an extension to the...

In this chemistry overview worksheet, students review stoichiometry, states of matter, thermochemistry, gas laws, chemical bonding, molarity, chemical equilibria, and kinetics. This worksheet has 41 problems to solve.

In this solar winds activity, students determine the strength of magnetic storms in terms of the size of the change they make in the Earth's magnetic field. This instructional activity has 3 problems to solve.

Students study soil and its composition. In this soil composition activity, students study examples of soil during several days of aeration. Students summarize their data, organize it, and must be able to explain their findings.

Students discuss water hazards and how to stay safe.  In this safety lesson, students read handouts and complete a water safety checklist to help themselves and their families.