Idea Sheets
Idea Sheets are hands-on experience guides linked to core curriculum topics.
Every Idea Sheet is cross-referenced to one or more of the curriculum subjects listed in the Content Standards. Use this Idea Sheets Search Tool to rapidly pinpoint activities that are perfectly suited to the grade level, subject area, and content standard you want to cover.
Idea Sheets are based on readily-available, low-cost materials such as cardboard tubes, bottle caps, old CD's, etc.
You can also Search Idea Sheets by Standards.
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Absolutely Valuable Game!
In this fast-paced game of addition, students discover that the "absolute value" of a number is simply its distance from zero on a number line.
Subjects: Math
Absorbing the Rays
Using UV beads as detectors, the ability of sunglasses to protect the eyes from UV radiation from the Sun is tested.
Subjects: Physical Science, Earth/Space Science
Acid or Base?
Red cabbage juice is amazing! Acids and bases make it change color!
Subjects: Physical Science
Add It Up
This simple hands-on activity helps students master important addition facts and become strategic problem-solvers!
Subjects: Math
Advanced Mathematical Dream Catchers
Native American Indian culture and mathematical concepts combine to make dream catchers. This activity leads to higher mathematical investigations, including properties of circles and modular star polygons.
Subjects: Math, Social Studies, Art
Adventures in Probability!
Experiment with independent events and find how often certain results occur!
Subjects: Math
Air - a Pressing Matter
Students are in for a surprise when they attempt to lift a mat that is held in place by only the air that is pressing down from above
Subjects: Physical Science, Earth/Space Science
Air Pressure - Feel it!
Let your students experience air pressure in a new way with this easily made device that will add a pressure equal to one atmosphere to a square centimeter of skin.
Subjects: Physical Science, Earth/Space Science
Air under Pressure
Explore a compressed gas and a partial vacuum with this air pressure demonstrator.
Subjects: Physical Science, Earth/Space Science
Algebra Rummy
Knowledge of simple algebraic terminology allows players to form a "like terms flush" or "coefficient three of a kind" combinations and be first to dispose of all cards in hand.
Subjects: Math
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