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Ready, Set, Go!
In this music notes worksheet, students name 10 notes in a timed activity. Students then repeat the activity and try to better their times.
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Ready, Set, Go!
For this music notes worksheet, students name 10 notes in a timed activity. Students record their times and try multiple times to improve their scores.
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SkyHighScrapers
Pupils investigate quadratic functions. In this Algebra I/Algebra II instructional activity, students determine the equation of a quadratic function that closely matches a set of points. Pupils investigate the necessary...
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English Horse Riding
In this trivia quiz, the information focuses on English horse riding. Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions and submit answers electronically via this interactive website.
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Bead Game Simulation
Students have the opportunity to participate in the three basic economic systems, (market, command, and tradition).
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A Focus on Values
Seventh graders develop and print their own photos to be used with the poems in class booklets.
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Once a fact, always a truth
Students discover there are many sources of accurate and inaccurate information. They use newspapers and, in small groups, develop a statement explaining why they believe the article is accurate or inaccurate.
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Bubbles and Wind Currents
Students are introduced to wind and wind movement by observing, predicting, and experimenting with simple materials.
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Group Turkey Wreath
Students use cutting skills and pencil rolling to create paper curls.
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Pine Wood Derby Prompt
Eighth graders use Newton's Laws of Motion to assist a troop in making a winning car in the Pine Wood Derby.
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Earth's Orbit Lesson
Tenth graders devise a computational model to explore how the orbit of the Earth might change if its velocity were different. Using accurately recorded data, 10th graders defend a scientific argument.
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William Grant Still: "Afro-American Symphony"
Students learn basic improvisation of a four beat measure through a game using a four quarter note pattern. NOTE: The idea in this activity is to teach the student to create something on the spot.
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Adventure To the Unknown----Shark Beneath the Reef
Students use the internet to access background information for their slide presentation based on the story- Shark Beneath the Reef.
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Probes, Exploration & Application
Students explore how a surface can be described without seeing it.
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Weather Patterns
Students use yearly averages over a five-year period to understand weather trends for a specific area.
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#22 Frames of Reference: The Basics
High schoolers explore the concept of frames of reference in physics.
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Kepler's Second Law
Students gain an understanding of Kepler's 2nd law--that planets (and satellites) move fastest at their closest approach to the center of attraction, and slow down when far away. They explore the concepts of "potential energy" and...
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Cosmic Ray Momentum
Students describe how cosmic rays achieve high kinetic energy via conservation of momentum.
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Selecting A Destination
Students utilize atlases, maps, and Internet resources to select destinations and places to stop along the way on a day trip. They examine and write about the reasons they want to visit the particular places they chose.
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Wild Lion Vets
Students research and explore the "king of the beasts" then make their own field guide of cats by doing research on each one and including information such as appearance, habitat, range, and food.
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Hyper Book Reports
Fifth graders create a multimedia book report using a tree map to classify the elements fo fiction books.
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Career Exploration
Fifth graders identify areas of careers that coincide with their individual interests.
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Home on the Biome
Fifth graders study six major biomes, graph temperature and rainfall, and present their findings to the class.
