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 or Keywords.
Animatch
Match the animals in this great identification game for young students.
Subjects: Physical Science, Math
Animated Flip Books
This fun activity will give students the opportunity to create basic animations that can help them understand how motion pictures and the human eye work.
Subjects: Physical Science, Life Science, Art
Apple Match
Apples make a wonderful, fall theme for pre-school or kindergarten classrooms. This game plays like Concentration: students turn over apples showing number equivalents to find and collect matching pairs.
Subjects: Math
Aquatic Quadratics!
Graph a curve and derive a quadratic model from experimental data in this wet and wonderful activity that demonstrates how math and science flow together!
Subjects: Physical Science, Math
Area Antics
This popular activity plays like the card game "War", but with a new twist. Players estimate, and then measure, the area of shapes by covering them with centimeter blocks. With practice, they internalize the concept of area and learn to estimate it. This activity can also be used to learn about perimeter. Adding more layers of blocks introduces the concept of volume.
Subjects: Math
Articulated Man
The human body is complicated, with amazing ranges of motion. Explore the difficulties in recreating a life-like body by examining action figure toys.
Subjects: Life Science
As the Clouds go Bye
Make a cloud "mirror" and use to do small scale observations of the clouds and sky.
Subjects: Earth/Space Science
Attractive Atomic Models
Atomic structure becomes clear when using these magnetic pieces to represent protons, neutrons, and electrons.
Subjects: Physical Science
Attribute Sudoku
Students who enjoy puzzles will find this activity very intriguing. This provides opportunities for both "logical" and "visual" thinkers to shine!
Subjects: Physical Science, Math, Language Arts
Auto Sunshade Solar Collector
Explore heating with sunlight using a solar collector that is easy to make and store.
Subjects: Physical Science, Earth/Space Science