Idea Sheets

Conquer the outer wall and be the first to reach a winning position!
Subjects: Math

This exciting game reinforces addition and multiplication of decimal numbers! It can be customized to include subtraction, division, conversion of decimals to fractions, and rounding answers to a fixed number of decimal places!
Subjects: Math

Students race to collect a dollar in change in this fast-paced game that teaches the value of coins.
Subjects: Math

Use cassette tape cases or videotapes to create a device whose parts can topple like dominos, yet can be easily reset. This device models how nerve cells transmit signals through the body.
Subjects: Life Science

Primary learners can sort animals into 2 categories in this activity: those found on a farm (domesticated) and those not found on a farm (wild).
Subjects: Life Science

Use drops and vials of water to create convex and concave surfaces. Make light rays move closer together (converge) or move apart (diverge).
Subjects: Physical Science, Life Science

Could you hear a piece of paper if it was dropped into a cup? How small would the paper need to be for you to not hear it anymore? This quick and simple activity produces some amazing results!
Subjects: Physical Science, Life Science

How many drops of water can you put on a penny before the water flows off? Make and test predictions to study the surprisingly strong surface tension of water.
Subjects: Physical Science

Students will quickly learn Roman numerals and modern equivalents by playing this fast-paced dice game.
Subjects: Math

Create a working earphone by combining cup lids, a magnet, and a coil of magnet wire. The activity can be done as a step-by-step assembly or as a design exploration. Attach to a sound source and hear music from a couple of cup lids!
Subjects: Physical Science

Picking a card, rolling a die, and tossing a coin are part of this fun activity for students to practice simple math operations, rounding, and estimating with decimals.
Subjects: Math

Students build a "vehicle" designed to prevent a dropped egg from breaking. In the process, they discover that combining simple materials with a little creative thinking and teamwork will reveal many ways to solve this intriguing challenge!
Subjects: Physical Science

This puzzle helps students learn visualization, geometry, problem solving and spatial thinking skills as they try to puzzle out the cubic patterns.
Subjects: Physical Science, Math

An electrophorus is simply a metal surface with an insulating handle. The metal can be charged positively (+) or negatively (-) repeatedly through charging by induction!
Subjects: Physical Science

Create your own electromagnet by briefly connecting a battery to a coil of magnet wire. Explore the interaction of magnetic fields by bring the coil near a ring magnet, flipping the magnet over, and bring the coil near a compass needle.
Subjects: Physical Science

An electrophorus is simply a metal surface with an insulating handle. The metal can be charged positively (+) or negatively (-) repeatedly through charging by induction!
Subjects: Physical Science

Play card games using unique pictures and impart a vivid and lasting impression on students through fun memory pegs (mnemonics) for the atomic number with corresponding chemical name and symbol for the elements in the periodic table.
Subjects: Physical Science

A fun game that helps students learn the chemical symbols.
Subjects: Physical Science

As they play the Energy Game, young students will start to think about their own energy choices. Older players will discover that the game is intriguing and involves quite a bit of strategy.
Subjects: Physical Science

These fun, creative, and easy-to-make books will hold students' writings & treasures.
Subjects: Physical Science, Language Arts