This is a guided inquiry lesson using tops to teach the students how to raise questions and seek answers by making careful observations. They will note what happens when they explore the tops and then share their results with others.

This lab activity demonstrates the difference between stabilizing and directional natural selection using two separate populations of sunflower seeds.

This activity is field investigation where students map a neighborhood wetland and generate various watershed questions. Students identify engineered structures in or around this wetland and consider how flood water can be controlled.

This activity is a structured inquiry for students to observe how Newton's 3rd law of motion which states that to every action there must be an equal reaction. By flicking a set # of coin into a row of coins they will observe the force of the impact being passed along until the last coin flies off when no other coin prevents it from moving.

This activity is an outdoor lab investigating Newton's Third Law with film canister cannons.

This is an investigative lab to provide students with an opportunity to practice observation skills and develop cooperative group proceedures.

This set of activities is designed to help students develop an understanding of scale/distance and ordering the planets from the sun, understanding Earth's position in the solar system, and developing new ways of determining "order."

This activity is a classroom lab where the students gather data on the affect water has on gummy bear candies and develops an experiment based on a new question regarding a not plain water solution. Students will perform calculations and graph their results.

This first grade field and classroom activity leads students to discover their natural world through observation and measurement.

This activity is a puzzle where students organize samples and look for patterns in order to predict properties of missing puzzle pieces. The students then relate their experience to the historical development of the Periodic Table and the ways that the Periodic Table can be used to predict the properties of the elements.

This physics lab activity is an introduction to Simple Harmonic Motion, utilizing the variables of mass, length, and angular displacement to determine their effect on period. Acceleration of gravity is calculated and the results of manual data collection and Vernier LabPro data collection are compared.

In this inquiry lab, students design and conduct simple experiments using elodea and Bromothymol blue to determine whether plants consume or release carbon dioxide in the process of photosynthesis. Students will record their data which will be used to conclude whether carbon dioxide was consumed or released by the elodea.

This activity is a field investigation where students use a dichotomous key to properly identify trees in our schools nature center.

This is a short unit (including hands on activities) on polymers and plastics to expand our study of physical/chemical properties and changes.

In this fun hands-on activity, students will create two different polymers, similar to Flubber and Silly Putty, using Elmers glue, liquid laundry starch, and Borax. Students will then compare the properties of the two polymers.

This activity is a field investigation where students gather data on ponds and compare the results to determine the quality of the water.

This activity combines field and classroom investigations about snowflakes to develop a testable question.

This is a field investigation where students will explore and observe sediments within a local gravel pit and from their observation create an investigation that will help to determine the nature of the sediments.

This activity is a project where students build a catapult and analyze the energy transformations, role of Newton's Laws, and role of friction and other forces.

Students will understand that projectile motion is a result of two independent motions, horizontal and vertical by reading, problem-solving, and experimentation.