Students define what a volcano is. They discover where and why volcanoes occur. They study effects of volcanoes on the Earth system.

Students define the hydrologic cycle, define transpiration, name the three parts of the hydrologic cycle, and record the amount of moisture given off by several green plants.

Students identify three-dimensional forms in various buildings and construct three-dimensional paper forms.

Third graders explore pattern blocks noticing their similarities and differences and share their observations with others. They classify shapes by discussing sides and angles and combine pieces to make new shapes.

Students recognize and name two-dimensional and three-dimensional geometric figures. One group of students will extend the study of polygons to quadrilaterals while another group of students will extend the study of polygons to...

Learners use picture books to identify poetic elements and word choice. They create a "found poem".

Pupils observe and explore the characteristics of light.

Students explore planetary research and become familiar with the planets and their characteristics. They compare and contrasts planets and moons.

Students participate in an online activity to determine how objects heat and cool. They determine what objects best serve as thermal insulators.

Students use an online lesson to help them identify and name different sources of light. They also determine that some sources of light are natural and some are man-made, and explain that light sources vary in brightness.

Learners recognize different types of movement and causes that my affect the movement. They know that pushes and pulls are types of forces.

Students participate in an online lesson to determine that different plants and animals are found in different habitats. They use food chains to show feeding relationships in a habitat, and see that nearly all food chains start with a...

Learners recognize the different types of plants and animals living in a local environment. They determine how they require different habitats to live, and relate simple life processes to plants and animals found in local environments.

Students name appliances that use electricity. They construct a simple electrical circuit. They predict whether a circuit work. They name components of an electrical circuit.

Students exercise their muscles to explore concept of heart rate and to explain how blood supplies muscles with oxygen.

Students participate in an online instructional activity making and recording observations of magnets. They determine that magnets attract some metals but not others and that other materials are not attracted to magnets.

Young scholars participate in an online lesson to determine how light travels from a source, and to explain that shadows form when light travelling from a source is blocked.

Students construct a food web to identify producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore and predator. They complete an online activity collecting plants and animals and arranging them in the web. They describe the interdependence between...

Sixth graders experiment with dice, playing cards, pennies and computer-generated simulations to calculate probability. They use compiled data to make predictions.

Students examine the relationship between human-made structures, flood waters and the increasing population through video clips, websites and a lab experiment.

First graders listen to the book, Piggies, and act out the events of the story with premade puffball pigs.

Students are shown an experiment making ice cream while discovering the freezing point depression. There are questions for students to answer after the demostration.

Students combine forms made with different construction techniques in order to create and enhance the element of contrast in clay compositions.

Students participate in a variety of experiments designed to illustrate types of heat transfer including conduction, convection and radiation. They complete worksheets as an assessment of the experiments.