Middle School Resource Seed By Design In this learning experience, students design, construct, test and draw conclusions about artificial wind-dispersed seeds in a controlled environment. Objective: After examining samples of naturally-occurring wind-dispersed seeds, students will design, construct, and test student-designed “artificial wind-dispersed” seeds under a controlled environment. After analysis of data collected from trial runs, […]

Middle School Resource Project Earth Game by Teaching Channel The objective of the lesson in this video is for students to work as a mock community to see how choices impact the environment. Related NY State Academic Standards: SL.5.1.c and SL.5.1.d! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, […]

Middle School Resource Web Weather for Kids On this site, students can learn about the “ingredients” that make weather. Students can learn how to make fog, clouds, tornadoes, lightning, and rain through hands-on science activities. They can play weather games as a review of weather concepts, read about weather-related stories, and learn about safety tips […]

Middle School Resource Balloon Blow-up by Exploratorium In this experiment: Pour about an inch of liquid–half vinegar, half water–into the bottle. Use the funnel to fill the ballon half full of baking soda. (If you don’t have a funnel, you can use a straw to load the balloon. Stick the straw into the baking soda, […]

Middle School Resource Classroom Idea: Graphing Temperatures In this activity: Thermometers placed outdoors on the north, south, east, and west walls of the building and also inside the building can be used to collect temperatures at different times of the day for several days. Students could be asked to choose a graph to display their […]

Middle School Resource Collected Works of Saint Patrick by Books Should Be Free This resource allows users to freely download Saint Patrick’s Collected Works of Saint Patrick as an audio book in mp3, iPod, or iTunes format. Related NY State Academic Standards: SL.9-10.2, SL.9-10.5, SL.11-12.2, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, […]

Middle School Resource Women in Business Objectives: Students will gain an awareness of different occupations and changing male/female roles. Students will gain an awareness of how different occupations and gender roles affect the way they perceive and deal with others in the workplace. Related NY State Academic Standards: CDOS.I.1.1.B, CDOS.I.1.1.D, CDOS.I.1.1.E, and more! Be sure […]

Middle School Resource Eating & Exercise by PhET This simulation will allow students to view relationships between the calories in the foods they eat, and the amount of exercise needed to burn the calories off. It also helps them explore the relationship between calories and weight, and helps explore issues like these by selecting a […]

Middle School Resource American Presidents – Life Portraits This website contains a complete video archive of all of C-SPAN’s American Presidents: Life Portraits programming, providing an in-depth look at each of the presidents, their lives, families and administrations. The videos last two to three hours long and the most recent one created was about Bill […]

Middle School Resource Respiration Stations by Kinetic City How do you think oxygen gets from the air into the parts of your body that need it? How many steps do you think it takes? In this activity, students will trace the path oxygen takes from breathing to running, jumping, lifting, or anything else they need […]