In this multi-media lesson, students create a Web site about ecosystems. Students build a boat that will float and hold as many pennies as possible, then discuss the process of building the boat and relate the experience to experiences they encounter in life. Women have encountered various obstacles in the fields of science through the years.
Teacher makes charts labeled with the names of various fruits and vegetables in each square.
Students glue real seeds for those fruits and vegetables in the correct squares. Nisa Peek, who teaches at Hickory Middle School in Chesapeake, Virginia, submitted this week's lesson. Students use technology to study the periodic table of elements. Students melt old crayon stubs and mold them into interesting shapes and characters. Women have encountered various obstacles in the fields of science through the years.