Young scholars view a movie or tv show, or listen to music to analyze the ways border life is depicted in arts and entertainment.

Students analyze elements unique to the Chicano art form of the teatro (theater) and examine history connected to the form, namely the farm workers' movement of the 1960's.

Students interact with MapPoint tools to view maps of the past and the present in multiple ways. They participate in mini-lessons aimed at locating certain points of interest or famous routes taken in history.

Students listen to the song "Waltzing Matilda" in order to become familiar with some Australian words.

Students, after making quantitative and qualitative observations of their rocks, construct a Venn diagram or dichotomous key to classify their rocks.

Students create visual displays explaining how nuclear power is used to produce electricity. They create a display board that shows the chain reaction, the fission process, and a schematic diagram of the reactor.

Fourth graders realize the significance in the Negro spirituals concerning the Underground Railroad. They choose a position, either for helping slaves or ignoring the slaves. They describe, in a paragraph, their position.

Students study the lifestyles and habitats of raptors that live in Minnesota. They play games associated with their study.

Students understand ecological systems. They provide experiences to assist citizens to increase their sensitivity and stewardship for the environment.

Students participate in a number of activities to investigate the food web, species extinction, predators and prey, and biological diversity.

Students study the characteristics of wetlands, and their importance to humans and wildlife.

Students investigate ecological systems and the cause and effect relationship between humans and the environment by using the prey items of Ospreys.

Students identify macroinvertebrate species to investigate ecological systems and the relationship between humans and the environment.

Students perform various activities to demonstrate knowledge of time zones. They connect with an interactive map to discover what time zone they are in. They create clocks out of paper plates and simulate different time zones.

Students construct a still to turn seawater into drinking water. They estimate the cost of distilling it. They investigate ways to make the conversion more efficient. They track the source of their home drinking water and make a map of...

Third graders use the book "The Greedy Triangle" to practice measuring perimeter and area. They also calculate the length of objects.