Young scholars analyze everyday materials to determine whether they are acids, bases, or neutral. In this chemistry lesson plan, students investigate the pH of various house hold products. They discuss why it is important to know if...

Students create recycled art. In this visual art lesson plan, students use recycled products to assemble robotic pieces of art. Students also write stories about their robots.

Students explain how recycling cuts down on greenhouse gases, and explore the consequences of global warming.  In this global warming instructional activity students divide into teams and create a useful product made out of...

Students explore the concept of company expansion. In this company expansion lesson plan, students read an article about FedEx and how it was able to expand. Students discuss how FedEx was able to expand. Students discuss reasons a...

Students explore the concept of investing in stocks. In this investing in stocks lesson, students discuss how on-line stock traders have helped people save money. Students discuss ways in which companies can make a product or service...

Students explore the concept of saving money. For this saving money lesson, students read an article about saving money. Students discuss ways to save money and what makes it difficult to save money. Students compare prices of products.

Learners research the movie production occupation and careers in the industry. In this movie careers and effects instructional activity, students watch a video about special effects used in movies and scale. Learners draw a building to a...

Learners design paper sculpture. In this visual arts lesson, students follow the provided steps to create their own marigold sculptures from paper products and paint.

In this nutritional values learning exercise, students complete a chart that requires them to identify the spoons of sugar in found in the servings of 17 products.

Sixth graders investigate estimating. In this estimating lesson, 6th graders estimate how much rice is eaten around the world. Students estimate the percentages of rice eaten by other countries. Students compare rice production to...

First graders explore biology by identifying plant anatomy in class. In this botany instructional activity, 1st graders read the book The Little Red Hen and identify the methods used in order to grow successful plants. Students discuss...

In this division worksheet, students fill in missing Christmas gift "blanks" with the divisor that will product a given sum. A website reference for additional resources is provided.

Ninth graders identify the different laws of exponents. In this algebra lesson, 9th graders write the rules of exponents and use them to solve problems. They use the product, quotient laws to solve problems.

Students design a wheel that can go down the ramp with the smallest moment of inertia. In this technology lesson, students construct their model using a computer program. They calculate the moment of inertia of their finished product.

Students estimate the amount of money a non-smoking teen spends in a week, a month, and a year, and compare it with the expenses of a teen who smokes one, two, and three packs a day. They research other reasons that teens should not smoke.

Students explore impact of smoking in workplaces. In this health awareness lesson, students act as owners and managers of different types of business locations. They develop smoking policies and defend them by responding to students...

Students investigate the negative health effects of smoking. They listen to the book "Dog Breath" by Dav Pilkey, watch and discuss a PBS Mr. Roger's video clip, and create a list with their families of activities they like to do together.

Students watch a video on the problem of smoking in China. Using the Internet, they explore the cigarette marketing campaigns in the United States and on their way home identify advertisements. They discuss their findings and discuss...

In this economics learning exercise, students read an article and then answer questions and diagram solutions to problems presented to them.

In this Hatfields and McCoys worksheet, students read a short passage and then answer questions and solve problems based on the reading.

Fifth graders use maps to find what crops are dominant in areas where honeybees are raised and discuss possible correlations.

Pupils investigate how trees produce their own food. They examine chlorophyll cells with a microscope, analyze a cross section of a log, determine how old the tree was, simulate the distance of the roots, and create a play.

In this Louisiana regional foodways instructional activity, students select a region of the state and fill in the blanks with facts that they have learned through the activities foodways lesson.

In this Circular Flow worksheet, students label or explain each of twelve flows shown in a model, then answer several in-depth questions about each.