Build an Insulator Use this lab to teach your students how insulation can help to store heat.		Discovering a Planet: How to Tell a Star from a Planet This printable science activity explains how you can tell the difference between a star and a...
Make a Compass Find out how to make a compass using a magnet.		Making Model Fossils Students learn about fossils and how they are created. They then simulate this process, using...
Helping with Homework, Grade 6 This tip sheet provides ideas about how to organize homework and study successfully.		Scale Models: Modeling the Solar System In this printable science activity, students make a scale model of the solar system. This...
Preparing Students for Tests, Grade 6 Review this tip sheet to help him prepare for and take a test without being stressed out.		Making Time Lines: Relating Time to Distance Explore an activity that integrates math and science, as students create a large chart to plot...
Sixth Grade Community Project Ideas Make real-life connections to math: have your students participate in community-focused...		Mountain Building: How Mountains Grow Try a printable science activity that illustrates how mountains are formed. Students simulate...
Sixth Grade Community Project: Grocery Shopping Have your students complete this math-based project in their community's grocery stores.		Learning about Metamorphic Rock In this science activity, students learn how metamorphic rocks are formed, and then make models...
Time Spent on Homework How much time do you think students should spend each night on homework?...		Glaciers: Ice That Flows In this activity, students learn how glaciers are formed and how they move materials around...
The Question of Homework Discover the importance of homework, how much should be assigned to students, and how you can...		Earthquake Waves In this activity, students create model buildings from toothpicks. Using Jell-O, sand, and...
Earth and Shadows: The Reasons for Seasons Try a printable science activity that helps students understand the reasons for the seasons by...		Density: Making a Water Sandwich In this classroom activity, students use liquid solutions to learn about and experiment with...
The Big Bang: An Expanding Universe Try a printable science activity that illustrates the cosmological phenomenon of the Big Bang....		The Water Cycle Hand out a printable activity that demonstrates how water on Earth is continuously evaporating...