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state standard: 3.2.6 Great activity to show where the air comes from. It can be connected with earth week, or ways to help the earth. This is a great way to explain and show photosynthysis in action.

state standard: 2.1.6 This game is another way to make connections with something that they have done and probably enjoy doing. An extension of this activity would be fro the kids to graph their times on a big class graph you could use different sizes of string to see what affect that might have on the swing times.

Using paper, string, and salt, students will create a cone out of the paper that will act as their pendulum.  They will swing the pendulum so it just touches the pile of salt and watch the designs it makes.  Students can change the pendulum's direction to see if that changes the design.

Cutting Geometric shapes and identifying unique properties, such as a torus (whole in the shape) for finding surface area.

6 different activités in one!

In this version of the classic card game, students gain a solid understanding of basic equivalents, while having so much fun they may not realize it's a math review.

A lesson that guides students through writing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting a survey.

This game is played by the teacher calling out a number to go in a place value and students holding cards create the number. Could be played in teams. 2.NBT.1 Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Sticky Note: This could be used at higher levels by changing how you as the teacher call out the numbers to go in the place values...using fact questions to get the answer.

This activity allows students to practice dividing with single digit divisors.  In partners, students will practice division using playing cards.  students will draw a certain amount of cards (free choice) and divide the the number each player's game piece is on.  Each player is to be checking the other player's division with a calculator.

In this activity students will practice adding two-, three-, and four-digit numbers.  Player's take turns adding numbers that they land on after rolling a dice.  Each player will also take turns checking his or her partner's answers on a calculator.

2.NBT.1 Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Sticky Note: This would be easy to manipulate as a game for higher grades by adding operational thinking problems to come up with the numbers for the place values.

An algebra game that helps students become familiar with using letters in algebraic expressions.

Children use styrofoam cubes to design and construct an object that will balance on your finger. Also, another challenge can be given to the students after completing the first challenge. Students use tag board to design and construct a model figure that will balance on a high wire. Students should draw their own blueprint to illustrate what they did and what they discovered.

Design a Great Glass Xylophone! - science experiment Explore the effect of varying amounts of water in each glass Supplies: 6 tall glass glasses, bottles, or jars (preferably the same shape and size), food coloring or colorful soft drink mix, metal spoon, wooden spoon, or wooden popsicle sticks, jug

Crow Creativity: 5th Grade / Can you solve a problem as creatively as a crow?  Download PDF 1. Build a tricky tube puzzle to find out if your friends can solve a problem like a crow. A clear plastic tube is best, but a paper towel roll, cut down to about 8 inches, will work too. 2. Make a basket out of tin foil. The basket should be big enough to hold a small cookie. 3. Tear some strips off a roll of duct tape. Lay the roll of tape flat on a table and fit the tube inside the center of the duct tape roll. Then use the duct tape strips to tape the tube in place so that the tube stays upright. Tape along the side. Do not cover the openings of the tube in tape. 4. Put a cookie in your basket and drop the basket into the tube so it goes to the bottom of the tube with the handle facing up. 5. Place about 5 twist ties or a piece of long metal wire next to your tube. 6. Find a friend to solve this problem. Tell your friend that there is a cookie at the bottom of the tube. Your friend can have the cookie but has to get the cookie out of the tube first without lifting up the tube. If you are using a paper towel roll, let your friend look inside the tube to see how it's set up.  Supplies: See Downloadable PDF

Upper elementary students to middle school students could create a trick tube or similar experiment that a friend or critter (squirrel) has to solve.

Favorite project growing up! Insturctions and ideas for mouse trap car models. Have students design on own, then come up with a "team" plan through cooperative learning.

Sensational Sounds Projects: Sound Sandwich - 6th Grade All sound starts with vibration, and that vibration can come from just about anything. In this activity, your breath will cause two rubber bands to vibrate. Then, you will see if you can change the pitch, or how high or low we hear a sound.  Supplies:  Download the PDF

There are multiple activities on this site that would be beneficial. I don't see a 6.3.22 standard in the 2010 standards. Is this a typo? There are several third grade standards that deal with sound.

Students watch a candle burn underwater, due to the quality of absorbing heat energy in this fun activity! Be sure to very closely supervise students.

Students use various materials to build and design the best possible bridge. The goal is to build different types of bridges using different materials and testing the strength of their bridges with various objects.