Design a Parachute

Grade Level: 7 (6-8)
Time Required: 60 minutes
(30 minutes for construction, 30 minutes for testing and classroom discussion/journal writing).
Summary: After a discussion about what a parachute is and how it works, students will create a parachute using different materials that they think will work best. The students will test their designs, which will be followed by [...]

Blackout!

Grade Level: 6 (5-8)
Group Size: 1
Time Required: 100 minutes
One 50-minute class period to introduce concepts; homework time to write journal and blogs; additional class time to prepare the play.
Summary: Students read news reports and first-person accounts to imagine what it would be like to be in a blackout in a large city. They follow news [...]