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 [...]

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 [...]