| Lesson | Description | K-12 Level | Category |
| As The Drill Bit Turns | A Community Action Project which allows students to find out how fast our supply of oil is being used up. | 5th + | Science: Enviromental |
| Proportionally Speaking | Includes assessments, brain teasers and projects all about proportions!!! | 6th + | Math |
| Adding Integers | These pages teach students how to add integers. Each page has an explanation, interactive practice and challenging games about integers. | 6th + | Math |
| Super Spreadsheets | This lesson will teach the students how to organize, display, and interpret statistical data on a spreadsheet. | 5th + | Computer Science |
| Archimedes Crown | This science lesson teaches students all about Archimedes and one of his famous discoveries. | 3rd + | Science: Physics |
| Galloping Gertie | In this unit the students explore bridges and the various forces that affect their stability. They investigate different kinds of bridges. Finally, they construct a cost-effective bridge under certain constraints. | 5th + | Engineering |
| Black Inventors and Inventions | Students will create and design a database that catalogs the inventions of African-Americans. Then they will analyze, search, sort, and print appropriate formats. | 5th + | History/CS |
| Mealworm Project | In this project, students perform various experiments and observe the life cycle of mealworms they raise on their own. | 5th + | Science: Environmental |
| HBCU Research | Students will learn organization and editing skills while researching Historical Black Colleges and Universities. | 5th + | History/CS |
| Quadratic Equations | Students will learn how to solve quadratic equations as well as learn about parabolas. | 9th | Math: Algebra I |
| Magnets | This lesson teaches students all about magnets and how they attract. | 4th + | Science: Physics |
| Chemical Changes | Students will learn about matter and the chemical changes it undergoes. | 9th + | Science: Chemistry |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | The fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" shows how proportionality is used in language arts and fine arts. | 7th + | Math |
| The Land of Macondo | The goal of this lesson is to get student to appreciate the Caribbean coast of Colombia while focusing on the factors of myths and legends, geography, music, and culture. | 6th + | Social Studies |
| Water Lesson | This lesson will teach students everything they need to know about the water cycle. | 4th + | Science: Environmental |
| College Simulation | This lesson will teach students how they should manage their money if they were in college. | 9th + | Accounting |
| Wind in the Willows | Students will use the story "Wind in the Willows" to show how proportionality is used in literature and art. | 7th + | Math |
| Rockets | Students will be able to assemble, launch and recover a rocket. Then they will calculate problems using Newton's 2nd and 3rd Laws of Motion by observing a plane in flight. | 6th + | Science |
| A Bit of Computer History | Students will learn about the technological innovations that sparked the different computer generations and the people responsible for these developments that changed the course of computer history. | 6th + | Computer Science |
| Fossils | Students will look at and discuss fossils of a Stegosaurus (ancient animal skeleton) and a horse (living animal skeleton). | 5th + | Science: Environmental |
| Accentuate the Positive | In this lesson students will learn how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide intergers . | 6th + | Math |
| Graphs, Graphs, Graphs | Students will learn how to make different types of graphs in an Excel spreadsheett. | 6th + | Math |
| Simple Program | Students will learn the structure of a C code given a simple program. They will also learn what they can do with C programming. | 8th + | Computer Science |
| The Big Melt | This science lesson will introduce students to the three phases of matter by analyzing ice melting. | 4th + | Science |
| Integer Multiplication | Students will learn that multiplying integers is the same as adding the same number repeatedly. | 6th + | Math |
| Parts of a Whole | In this lesson students will gain a better understanding of how to figure out parts of a whole. | 4th + | Math |
| So, What's the Big Deal About Texas | Through a series of lessons, students will discover new facts about our great state of Texas. | 4th + | History |
| Light | Through these series of lessons students will learn how all of the colors of the spectrum are made up of different lights. | 6th + | Science |
| Physics in a Bag | This nine week lesson will enable students to have a basic perspective of what physics is all about. This lesson is done in pdf files so that students will be able to print out forms and fill them out. | 4th + | Science |
| Integer Division | This lesson is designed to teach students how to divide integer. | 6th + | Math |
| Energized Peanuts | In this lesson, students will be able to see a single peanut produces enough energy to heat up a given amount of water. Then they will determine exactly how much energy was given off by the peanut. | 6th + | Science |
| Symmetry Lesson | This lesson will let students research and study about different countries that have symmetrical value. | 4th + | Math |
| Problems and Issues of Computer Usage in Society | This lesson is designed to help students discover that computers play an intergral part in individual lives, the community, and the global society. | 6th + | Computer Science |
| Labyrinths and Mazes | Students will learn about labyrinths and mazes by taking information from the internet, summarizing it, then design their own mazes. | 6th + | Math |
| Earth Science | This powerpoint presentation will help students be able to understand how earth science affects different aspects of the world. | 6th + | Science |
| Clock Lesson | Students will be able to know the parts of a clock as well as learn how to tell time. | 2nd | Skills |
| Business Plan | This lesson will focus on students organization and computer skills while teaching them how to own their own business. | 9th | Business |
| A Christmas Celebration in the Black Culture | This lesson will incorporate a multicultural activity with a scholastic activity while integrating the disciplines of computer literacy, social studies, and language arts. | 4th + | Social Studies |
| How to Create Self-Portrait Slides. | This is a PowerPoint tutorial for students on how to create a self-portrait presentation. | 6th + | Computer Science |
| World Heritage Sites | This powerpoint presentation will take a journey through some of the world's most historical heritage sites. | 6th + | History |
| Marquez- Scavenger Hunt | This lesson will enable students to find out more about different cultures by completing a scavenger hunt. This lesson is also done in spanish to enable bilingual students to enjoy also. | 5th + | Social Studies |
| Spend Your Leisure Time with Computers | This lesson is designed to give students an overview of the ways that computers are involved in games, entertainment, and music. | 5th + | Computer Science |
| Life Science | This lesson was created to introduce 4th and 5th graders to what a life scientist does and the tools they use. | 4th + | Science |
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