SMILE PROGRAM INDEX OF ALL LESSONS


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The following is a collection of almost 1000 single concept lessons along with lists of references, places to obtain hands on materials and supplies and information about how to start and/or organize a science fair. The lists of references and the science fair information was developed by the SMILE plus participants during the summers of 1994 - 1996. The lessons may be freely copied and used in a classroom but they remain the copyright property of the author.

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Biology: Chemistry: Mathematics: Physics: Miscellaneous
Anatomy & Physiology Basic Tools And Principles Geometry and Measurement Matter SMILE Plus Lessons
Zoology Atomic and Molecular Structure (Including Moles) Patterns and Logic Mechanics Science Fair Info.
Botany States of Matter Probability and Statistics Fluids Interesting Web sites
Microbiology Types and Control of Chemical Reactions Recreational and Creative Math Electricity & Magnetism References
Genetics Chemistry of Elements, Compounds and Materials Practical and Applied Math Waves, Sound and Optics Supply Sources
Environmental Studies and Ecology - Arithmetic Miscellaneous -
Biochemistry - Graphs and Visuals - -
General Biology - Algebra and Trigonometry - -
Miscellaneous - Miscellaneous - -

Biology Lessons


The Biology lessons are divided into the following categories: Anatomy & Physiology, Zoology, Botany, Microbiology, Genetics, Environmental Studies and Ecology, Biochemistry, General Biology and Miscellaneous.

Anatomy & Physiology



  • Gathering data about respiration by Charles Buzek - John Spry School
  • Production of Sound by Valvasti Williams Jr. - Perkins Bass Elementary School
  • Feely Balloons by Winnie Koo - Ravenswood School
  • Investigating the Nervous System by Barbara J. Baker - Doolittle West Primary
  • What Happens When You Eat? by Kelly Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
  • Taste, Smell, Touch by Rocenetta Jacobs - Roswell B. Mason Elementary School
  • Name That Taste by Gracie L. Jones - Charles Carroll Elementary
  • Breathing Is Essential to Life by Dianne Mehlinger - Arthur Libby School
  • Sound and hearing by Cecile Savage - John Farren School
  • Bones, Bones, and More Bones by Juliette Walker - Crown Community Academy
  • An Introduction to the Senses by Therese R. Tobecksen - St. Andrew the Apostle
  • Making and Using a Gel Person to Teach Human Anatomy by Kelly Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
  • Give Me A Hand, I'm "Thumb-body" Special by Ranada L. Johnson - Horace Mann Elementary
  • Measuring Work by Cynthia Clemons - John Palmer
  • Exploring the Left and Right Sides of the Brain by Kathleen Hall - Goethe School
  • Immunity and Disease by Gregory Carter - William King Elementary
  • Healthy Colon with Good Digestion and Fiber by Lenora Jean Black - Parkmanor School
  • Ears and Hearing by Angelica Wright - Robert Fulton
  • Staying Young with Vitamin E by Kelly Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
  • Rubber Egg by Angel Lee Gilbert - Douglass Middle Academy
  • Learning the Bones and Muscles of the Head and Face by Charles T. Buzek - John Spry School
  • Straight from the Heart by Cheryl L. Trammell - Delano Elementary School
  • Respiratory System by Mona Turner - Delano Elementary School
  • Mechanism of Vision by Celestine Miller Jeffreys - Beethoven School
  • Movement Across the Membrane (Diffusion) by Kelly Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
  • The Five Senses by Ollie L. Jamison - Delano Elementary School
  • Cervical Vertebrae by Angel Lee Gilbert - Douglass Middle Academy
  • Da I's Have It: A Fun Look At The Eye by Ann Fultz - Charles Holden Elementary
  • Learning the Dissecting Planes by Charles T. Buzek - John Spry School
  • Some Activities For Teaching the Mechanics of Vision by Charles T. Buzek - John Spry School
  • Inhalation and Exhalation by Kelly Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
  • Fingerprints--2 mini-teaches and a game by Russ Osantowski - Carter Elementary
  • MuscleMania by Celestine Miller Jeffreys - Beethoven Academic Center
  • Breathe In, Breath Out by JoAnn Brooks-Williams - Overton Elementary
  • Listen To Your Heart Beat by Lula Carey - Overton School
  • Internal Anatomy: A Fun Look At The Digestive System by Ann Fultz - Charles Holden Elementary
  • Aspects of Individual Human Blood Pressure by Ora Newman - Fulton Elementary School
  • Reliability Of Your Visual Sense by William M. Gordon - Parkman Elementary School
  • How Air Moves In and Out of the Lung by Dorothy Anthony - Luella Elementary
  • The Senses: Hearing and Sight by Vincent McEnerney - Peck Elementary
  • The Investigation Of The Taste Buds by Ola Jean McGehee - Yale Elementary
  • How the Body's Immune System Responds to a Virus by Margaret Mikel - Robert Fulton Elementary School
  • The Female Reproductive Organs by Glenda Faye Rowe - John P. Altgeld
  • The Sense Of Touch by Louise R. Wooten - Henry Clay Elementary
  • The Tongue...A Sense of Taste by Dores H. Cook - Myra Bradwell School
  • What is blood and how it circulates in and out of the heart by Merry Jelks - A.C. Powell Elementary School
  • Skeletal System And External Body Development Of A Full Term Fetus by Joi Lewis
  • The Adverse Effects of Birth Control on the Female Anatomy by Deneen Signator - D.S. Wentworth
  • The Brain Reflex System And How It Works by Bobbitt, Ruby - Chalmers Elementary School
  • Using Your Senses by Daniels, Elizabeth A. - Collins High School
  • The Human Ear by Kall, Maureen
  • How Do Toxins Affect the Human Body? by Hale, Patricia - Nansen Elementary School
  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness by O'Malley, Paul - Senn Metro Academy
  • What's Covering You? and Why? by Weathersby, Dorothy - Sherwood School
  • To Have Or Not To Have Oxygen (Part I - Fermentation) by West, Anna - DuSable High School
  • The Bone Connection by Artis, Emma - Emmet School
  • Nutrition by Gilmore, Marie - Raster School
  • Genetic Variations in Hand Span Size by Richard Chilton - Chicago Vocational High School
  • Comparison of Respired Air Volume by Matthew F. Mendyk - Steinmetz High School
  • The Eye and Color Images by Lacy Grigsby - Paul Robeson High School

    Zoology



  • Embryology: From Egg To Chick by Ben Butler Jr. - Laura Ward
  • Be A "Peder-Reader" - A Discovery Activity by Lilla E. Green - Hartigan Community Arts Specialty
  • Cool Coral Reefs by Frana L. Allen - Skinner School
  • Sea Activities by Pedro Rodriguez - Bateman School
  • Animals: Here and Now by Marvin W. Bragg - John Hope Community Academy
  • Insect Classification by Mushtaq Ali Khawaja - Bateman
  • Bernoulli's Principle and Winged Flight by Ben Stark - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Teeth Identification in Omnivores, Herbivores and Carnivores by Allen Nelson - John P. Altgeld
  • Insects: Grasshoppers by Wanda Williamson-Johnson - Crown Community Academy
  • Insect Inquiries by Allen Nelson - John P. Altgeld
  • Wonderful Worms by Judith Lessin - Rogers Elementary School
  • Know Your Cousins - Monotremas, Marsupials, and Placentals by Wilma Haynes - Ruggles School
  • A Fish Tale by Frances A. Henry - John Whistler School
  • Bird Beaks by Katherine Hill - Helen J. McCorkle
  • Sharks by Myrtie Bryan - Martha Ruggles
  • Dinosaurs---Read All About Them! by Roberta Fried - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Making Your Dog Your Best Friend by Patricia Guthrie - May Community Academy
  • Testing Fats in Food by Patricia A. Banks - Rosa L. Parks Middle School
  • Toothpick Worms by Judy Hobson - TAMS
  • The Earthworm by Carolyn Matthews - Curie High School
  • The Amazing Starfish by Doris Agbefe - South Shore Community Academy High School
  • A Guinea Pig Makes An Excellent Classroom Pet by Curtis Brasfield - Horace Mann
  • Animal Behavior: "Groggy Goldfish" by Pearlie M. Hayes - Henry Clay Elementary
  • What Can You Learn From A Mealworm? by Jessie Rucker - Curie High School
  • Animal Life Histories Derived From Morphology by Charles Buzek - Spry Elementary School
  • Marine Life: Whales by Myrtle Guice - Powell Elementary School
  • Marine Life: Anatomy of a Humpback by Carolyn Hawkins - Adam Clayton Powell Elementary School
  • Classification of an Echinoderm by Dill, Henry - Kennedy High School
  • But, Why SEX? by McVeigh, Steve - Dunbar VHS
  • Owl Pellets by Robles, M. Elena - Kenwood Academy
  • Animals and Their Coverings by Sorenson, Beverly - Darwin School
  • Animal Behavior by Turner, Homer D. - Hubbard High School
  • Classification of an invertebrate:Sponge by Giles, Carol - Collins High School
  • The Acetate Animal Hunt by Carter, Linda - DuSable High School
  • Reconstructing A Fossil Pterosaur by Elder, Nathan R. - Farragut Career Academy
  • How and Why Chameleons Change Colors by Ross, Shirley - Neil School

    Botany



  • Let It Grow by Virginia T. O'Brien - Higgins Community Academy
  • Which Sex is it? by Pamela Moy - Morgan Park High School
  • Fun Activities Using Seeds by Imara Abdullah - Douglas Academy
  • Data-gathering Activities Relating to Trees in Their Environment by Charles Buzek - John Spry School
  • Investigating the Structure of the Flower by Charles Buzek - John Spry School
  • Transportation in Plants by Matthew Gibson - Joliet West High School
  • Structure Of A Plant by Sheila Mckinnon - Sherman School
  • Structure of Seeds and Effects of Fertilizer on Plant Growth by Ben Stark - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • A Close Encounter of the Tree Kind by Charles T. Buzek - Spry School
  • Aztec Floating Gardens by Vanessa Villalobos - Oscar Mayer Elementary
  • How Plants Spice Up Our Lives by Trudy S. Moore - Scott Joplin Elementary School
  • Plant Actions by Angelica Wright - Robert Fulton
  • How Buds on Trees Survive the Cold (and Related Mysteries) by Ben Stark - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Structure and Function of Seeds by Ben Stark - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Seed Germination by Calvin Harris - Bethune Elementary
  • The Structure of A Flower by Dorothy J. Brandon - Anton Dvorak Elem. School
  • Birth of a Plant From a Seed by Janet A. Elkins - Douglass Middle S & M Academy
  • Indoor Gardening by Patricia H. Haynes - Wirth Elementary School
  • Photosynthesis by Karen F. Adams - Burnside Scholastic Academy
  • Tree Identification by the Use of Leaves by Elaine E. Messal - Henry Clay Elementary
  • Seeds-Seed Sort by Anna Summers - Henry Clay Elementary School
  • Algae--Where does it Live? by Mary Ellen Dote - St. Cletus School
  • What are Some Substances That Will Cause Algae To Grow? by Liz Jones - Yale School Elementary
  • The Parts of A Perfect Flower by Guinevere Miller - Englewood High School
  • Photosynthesis: A Controlled Experiment by Coley, Juana - Rosa Parks Middle School
  • Four Parts of a Green Plant and the Functions of each Part by Hawthorne, Sarah F. - Coles Elem. School
  • The Effects of Light & Temperature on the Growth & Development of Plants by Robinson, Minnie - Fenger High School
  • From Flower to Fruit by Ward, Joy A. - Hope Community Academy
  • Growth of Plants and Bacteria by Chaffin, Mildred C. - Hyde Park Career Acad.HS.
  • Showing Nature's Way-Plant Development & the Plant Parts We Eat by Ewers, Katherine - Burke Elementary School
  • Germination: Name That Seed by Blonzella Campbell - Chicago Vocational High School

    Microbiology



  • Cell Structure and Function by Barbara J. Baker - Doolittle West Primary School
  • Mold Investigations by Ben Stark - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Micro-organisms by Janet Elkins - F.A. Douglass Middle Math & Science Academy
  • Micro-organisms by Janet Elkins - F.A. Douglass Middle Math & Science Academy
  • Cell Division and Mitosis by Nicholas DiGiovanni - Naperville Central High School
  • Cell Size and Division or How Big Would You Want To Be by Nicholas DiGiovanni - Naperville Central High School
  • The Effects Of Osmotic Balance And Imbalance In Living Cells by Wayne Brown - Collins High School
  • Cells, The Structural and Functional Units of Life by Carollyn V. Warlick - South Shore High School
  • A Hands-On Approach to Teaching the DNA Structure and FUNCTION by Carter, Linda - DuSable High School
  • Plant and Animal Cells by Will White - Copernicus School

    Genetics



  • People Are Like Peas in a Pod by Eartha Sherrill - Daniel Hale Williams School
  • DNA Extraction with Kitchen Chemistry by Donna M. Bronson - John B. Drake
  • Monstrous Mutations by Pamela S. Moy - Morgan Park High School
  • DNA/Genetics by Sandra E. Broomes - William T. Sherman School
  • Groovy DNA Beads by Celestine M. Jeffreys - Hales Franciscan High School
  • Wearing My Genes: Basic Principles of Heredity by Anita Jacobs - Horace Mann
  • Inheritance in Maize (Indian Corn) by Renee Allen - Louis Wirth Experimental
  • Traits by Jennifer Wesley - Scammon Elementary School
  • Principles of Heredity by Williamson, Morris - Esmond School
  • Beans and Genes/Genetic Probability by Joyce Craft - Hyde Park Academy

    Environmental Studies & Ecology



  • Saving Humpty Dumpty by Christine Etapa - Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy
  • Life in a Drop of Water by Marva L. Anyanwu - Wendell E. Green
  • Topics in Environmental Science by Willie Hoskins - Williams School
  • How Pollution Disrupts Our Natural Environment by Sheila Mckinnon - Sherman Elementary School
  • Recycling by Shirley A. Knight - John Whistler Elementary
  • Building A Biome by Kelly Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
  • Zebra Mussels and Water Pollution by Allen Nelson - John P. Altgeld School
  • Soil Examination by Allen Nelson - John P. Altgeld Elementary School
  • Food Webs by Kelly Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
  • The Effect of Automobile Exhaust on Hydra in an Environmental Chamber by Donald H. Anderson - Foreman High School
  • The Effects of Trash and Garbage On the Environment by Bernadette M. Gilbert - Charles Kozminski Community Academy
  • Population Study and Applications Using PTC Paper by Susan H. Smigla - Leslie Lewis Elementary
  • Biological Communities by Jimmie Whitney - Lucy Flower Vocational High School
  • The Effects of Pesticides on the Food Chain by Betty Conley - Byrd Academy
  • The Properties of Air by Dores H. Cook - Gallistel Language Academy
  • How Organisms Respond To Changes In Their Environment by Carmella Gordon - Farragut High School
  • Recycling by Brad Wohlgemuth - Thornton Twp. H.S.
  • Urban Effects On Inshore Plankton by Arnam, Steve - Roosevelt H.S.
  • Acid Rain And How It Affects Our Environment by Iftner, George - Schools, various
  • Filtering Water To Prevent Pollution by Ander, Perry - Robeson High
  • Living Organisms As Indicators of Pollutants In Fresh Water Ecosystems by Hubers, Hendriekje - Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences
  • Air Pollution by Levine, Stephen - Gordon Upper Grade Center
  • Water Purification by Wilson, Wardell - Raster School

    Biochemistry



  • Photosynthesis, Respiration, and the ATP-ADP Cycle by Clovis O. Price Jr. - Lucy Flower High School
  • What's the Matter? by Earline Muhammad - Louis Wirth Academy of International Studies
  • What's the Matter? by Earline Muhammad - Louis Wirth Academy of International Studies
  • The Chemistry of Water by Virginia Harris - DuSable High School
  • Chromosome Karyotyping by Gray, JoAnne S. - George Henry Corliss High School
  • The Role of Enzymes by Rucker, Jessie B. - Curie Metro High School
  • The Coding of Protein Molecules By D.N.A. by Glenn, Georgia S. - Bogan High School
  • Natural and Synthetic Fiber by Grant, Erskine - Washington High School
  • Molecular Shuffle by Johnson, Betty - Haugan Elementary School
  • Constructing A Dichotomous Key by Margaret Bankhead - Robert A. Black Magnet School
  • Active Transport Across The Plasma Membrane by Dorothy Sarmiento - Lindbloom Technical High School

    General Biology



  • Food Chain by Lyvonia G. Hearns who is Retired and feeling Wonderful!
  • Memory and Learning by Mary A. Mason - Clay Elementary School
  • Cells Are Us by Cheryl L. Trammell - Delano Elementary School
  • Enquirer-type Newspapers Have Many Uses by Russ Osantowski - Carter Elementary
  • Living and Non-Living by Ollie L. Jamison - Delano Elementary School
  • Freshwater Sharks Bite Children at 35th Beach. A Play by Russ Osantowski - Carter Elementary
  • Food For Energy - Four Food Groups by Anna M. Rembert - Faraday Elementary School
  • Classification by Bobbie Dixon Heard - McCorkle Elementary School
  • A Biology Game To Promote Classification And Observation by Charles T. Buzek - Spry School
  • Introduction to the Scientific Method by Maureen P. Kall - Hillcrest H.S.
  • A Demonstration of Photo-and Geotaxes in nauplii of Artemia salina by Daniel C. Koblick - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Nutrition by Donna Lynn Attinello - Gallistel Language Academy
  • Biology Trivia Questions by Carol Giles - Collins High School
  • Biology Trivia by Carol Giles - Collins High School
  • The Characteristics of Living Things by Mary Hopkins - Edward Coles School
  • Watercycle by Clara Phillips - Dawes Elementary
  • Diffusion by Charles, Harold - Farragut Career Academy
  • Biology Trivia by Giles, Carol - Collins High School
  • Nutrition Awareness by Cora, Luis - Lake View High School
  • Observations (collecting data) by English, James - Simeon H.S.
  • Diffusion by Gupta, Raj - Schurz High School
  • Problem Solving: Dots, Symbols, Words, and Proteins by Sims, MaryLouise - Farragut Career Academy

    Miscellaneous



  • Clouds - Movement and Type by Tanisha Guterz-Kwaaning - John Farren
  • Natural Cleaners by Jeannine Frazier - Farren Fine Arts
  • Rock Formation by Therese Donatello - St. Edward School
  • Land Formations by Barbara J. Baker - Doolittle West
  • Oceans AWAY by Frana L. Allen - M. T. Elementary School
  • Somethin' Sweet by Angela Patrick - Crown Academy
  • Can Young Children Distinguish Between Living and Non-living Things? by Joyce E. Combest - Daniel Dale Williams School
  • Stacking The Deck on Nutrition by Elaine Pauline Agusto-Laster - Daniel Hale Williams Elementary School
  • Calorie Connection by Imara Abdullah - Douglas Community Academy
  • Biological Flight by Russell C. Osantowski - Bateman Elementary
  • A Taste of Our Classroom by Carisa R. Bryant - W. K. Sullivan Specialty Elementary School
  • Usefulness of Irrigation by Gloria T. Bond - Coles School
  • Water Conditions by Kelly Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
  • Measuring Matter by Jessie D. Barnes - Henry Clay Elementary School
  • Dinosaur Tracks and Critical Thinking by Charles T. Buzek - Spry School
  • Discover Science by Claire Davis - Myra T. Bradwell Elem.
  • Data Sampling by Debra Dortch - Henry Suder Elementary
  • Physical And Chemical Change Of Six White Substances by Jacqueline Sanders - Myra Bradwell School
  • How Big Is Big? by Lucille Smith - Horace Mann Elementary School
  • Extra Sensory Perception by Heflin, Marie - Walter Dyett M.S.
  • For Safety's Sake: Introduction to Laboratory Safety in Science by Gaddis, Linda - Walter H. Dyett
  • The Frigid Gourmet by Drolson, Rochelle - Clemente High School
  • GenEng by English, Jami - Dyett Middle School
  • Paper Chromatography - Chemical and Mechanical by Valerie Young - Kenwood Academy


    Chemistry Lessons


    The Chemistry lessons are divided into the following categories: Basic Tools And Principles, Atomic and Molecular Structure (Including Moles), States of Matter, Types and Control of Chemical Reactions and Chemistry of Elements, Compounds and Materials.

    Basic Tools And Principles



  • What Objects Sink and What Objects Float by Michael Young - Jane A. Neil School
  • Surface Tension (Soap Boat) by John J. Scavo - Richards Career Academy
  • Changing the Freezing Point of Water with Salt by Shirley Hatcher - Daniel Hale Williams School
  • The Relationship Between Salinity and the Density of Water by Therese Donatello - St. Edward School
  • Metrics by Angela Smith - Julia Ward Howe Elementary
  • Scientific Method - The Big Ahah by Lorna J. Holliday - Horace Mann School
  • Passing The Heat Along by Anthony Love - Robert Fulton
  • Reading The Periodic Table by Evelyn Williams - John Hope Community Academy
  • Is More Expensive More Absorbent? by Robert D. Wilson - Hermann Raster Elementary School
  • Dispersement of Particles: Diffusion and Osmosis by Marge Rockwood - Horace Greeley
  • Densities by Ellice M. Norman - Teachers Academy for Math and Science
  • The Magnificent Breathing Machine by Evangelyn R. Lilly - Ray School
  • The Conservation Of Mass (The Mass Of Gas) by Jake Carter - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Discovering C.A.S.T. (Cohesion, Adhesion and Surface Tension) by Elise S. Greene - Teachers Acad. For Math and Science
  • Bubbles: Science or Fun? by Paula Z. Jones - Charles Brownell
  • Electricity: Static And Current by Catherine Coughlin - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Measurement by Therese Donatello - Archbishop Weber High School
  • The Scientific Method Using Mystery Powders by Gail Gavin - Chicago H. S. For Agri. Sciences
  • Physical And Chemical Changes by Carolus Love - Hoyne School
  • Density by Barbara Pawela - May Academy
  • Density And Volume by Linda Cooper - Nathan Davis School
  • Can You Measure Up! by Valerie Hardy - Horace Mann School
  • Density of Liquids by Patricia Doyle - Peck School
  • Density as a Unique Physical Property by Teresa Granito - Von Steuben M.S.C.
  • Everyone has Problems, but Chemists have Solutions by Kathy Kreidler - Thornridge High School
  • Just How Thick Is Aluminum Foil Anyway??? by Patricia A. Riley - Lincoln Park High School
  • Physical And Chemical Changes by Ann Sims - Dyett Middle School
  • Mass/Weight/Data/Graphing - "WHAT IS THE MASS OF A DINOSAUR?" by Alan Tobecksen - Fenger HS
  • Indirect Observation by Belvon Walker - Frazier School
  • Density Determination by Marcea Anderson - Thornton Township High School
  • Using Density to Identify Metals by Elaine Hunter - Zenos Colman School
  • Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures by Marcea Anderson - Thornton Township High School
  • Eye Safety by Robert Cholewick - Whitney Young A/C
  • Estimation and Significant Figures by Dick Trent - Elk Grove High School
  • Computer Software and ACS Materials For Chemistry by Brandon, Larry L. - Thornwood High School
  • Metrics in the Home and in the Store by Granderson, Mary - Senn Metro Academy
  • Grab Bag Experiment by Lee, Lucile - Warren Palm School
  • Popcorn by Robinson, Veronices - Beasley Academic Center
  • Can Cruncher by Schaumburg, Carl - Von Stueben MSC
  • Discovering Gravity: What Goes Up Must Come Down by Marsha Craig, Debra Lester, Connie Henderson, Mary Granderson
  • The World of Molecules by Therese Donatello, Harendra Gupta, Mattie Mayfield, Veronices Robinson
  • Density - Qualitative and Quantitative by Bahner, Stan - Whitney Young High School
  • Density Phenomena - Using the concept of density by Bahner, Stan - Whitney Young High School
  • Sewer Lice by Jones, Mamie - Rosa Parks Middle School
  • Burning vs Heating: by Schaumburg, Carl - Von Steuben High School
  • The Amazing Apple by Smith, Bonnie - Nansen Elementary School
  • Physical and Chemical Changes In Matter by Wilcox, Azzie - Edward Hartigan
  • Balancing Equations by Lorraine Pettigrew - George Washington High School
  • Conservation of Energy by Ruby Bowen - Hyde Park Career Academy
  • Periodicity (The Periodic Table) by Alvin Wilson - Wendell Phillips High School
  • Thermodynamics by Marilyn L. Mayfield - Lindbloom Tech. H.S.
  • Relative Masses by John Schwartz - Senn Metropolitan Academy
  • Acid/Base Indicators by Ilene J. Wagner - O. A. Thorp

    Atomic and Molecular Structure (Including Moles)



  • Strong Ice by Barbara Pawela who is Retired!
  • The structure of the periodic table by Therese Donatello - Weber High School
  • Moles, Moles, Moles by Patricia A. Riley - Lincoln Park High School
  • Color, Light and Excited Electrons by Lorna Paisley - Lincoln-Way High School
  • Crystals by Therese Donatello - Archbishop Weber H. S.
  • Radiation Energy by Doris Watkins - John Hope School
  • How Strong Is The Solution? by Ernestine C. Davis - Horace Mann Elementary School
  • Aspects of Weather by Janine Garrett - Crown Academy
  • Density - An Introduction by Therese R. Tobecksen - St. Andrew the Apostle
  • Surface Tension of Water by Barbara Pawela - Retired
  • Concentration vs Solubility by Therese Donatello - Archbishop Weber H. S.
  • The Science of Color and Light by Janine Garrett - Crown Academy
  • Density: Floating, Sinking, and Suspending by Ayodeji Griffin - Robert Fulton Elementary School
  • What's The Attraction by Elizabeth A. Abioro - Delano Elementary
  • The Marvels of the Molecule by Douglas Xavier Key - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Polymer by Sherrie L. Birts - Teachers Acad. of Math and Science
  • Atomic Structure and Ionic Bonding (A Visual Approach) by David Harazin - Jamieson Elementary School
  • What's The Matter? by Shikilia Tukes - Ninos Heroes
  • Mystery: Structure of the Atom - A Case for Indirect Evidence by Miriam Meade - Saint Joseph School
  • Composition of the Atom by Carol Zimmerman - Lane Tech High School
  • Mole Relations by Samuel E. Hall, Jr. - Chgo H. S. for Ag. Sciences
  • Growing Crystals from Solutions by Delores E. Jackson - Richard Byrd School
  • Structure of the Atom by Donatello, Therese - Weber High School
  • Models of Hydrocarbons by Sklowdowski, William - Gage Park High
  • Stereoisomers by Kreidler, Kathy - Thornridge High School
  • Chemistry is Crystal Clear by Root, Linda - Everett Elementary
  • Ion (Derstand) Bonding through Energy Level Diagrams by Turbov, Jane - St. Viator High School
  • Periodic Table by Walton, Malcolm - Chicago Vocational High School
  • Why Are Electrons Important? by Brandon, Larry L. - Thornwood High School
  • Atomic Structure by Bristow, Sadie - Volta School
  • Classification of the Chemical Elements by Purham, James - Chicago Vocational High School
  • The Mole by Stringer, S. C. - Morgan Park High School
  • Molecular Architecture by Larry L. Brandon - Thornwood High School

    States of Matter



  • Solid, Liquid or Gas? by Dena R. Hall - Milton Brunson School
  • It's the States of Matter by Carl E. Martikean - Lew Wallace High School
  • It's a Gas! by Barbara Pawela - Retired
  • We All Scream For Ice Cream by Virginia T. O'Brien - Higgins Community Academy
  • The Water Cycle by Delores Jean Brooks - Percy Lavon Julian High School
  • Learning About Matter And Energy by Marjorie Fields - Ella Flag Young
  • Weather by Charlene Clark - Fulton Elementary School
  • As a "Matter" of Fact by Alfreda Freeman - Perkins Bass Elementary School
  • What A Gas! by Trudy S. Moore - Scott Joplin Elementary School
  • Introduction to Gases by Barbara Pawela - Retired
  • Matter and Molecular Motion by Susan Schwartz - DeWitt Clinton Elementary School
  • The Vibrational Nature of Sound by Lorna J. Holliday and Eugenia L. Sampson - Horace Mann School
  • Osmosis by Sandra E. Broomes - W. T. Sherman Elementary School
  • States of Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gases by Eugenia L. Sampson - Horace Mann School
  • Weather by Brenda Lewis - George M. Pullman Elementary School
  • States of Matter by Herbert C. Favors - Wendell Smith School
  • Density In A Wave Machine by Deloris Braham - Horace Mann
  • Sublimation by Amelia D. Witherspoon - Mays Academy
  • States of Matter For Grades Kg-8 by Ruthie Banks - Carter Elementary School
  • Diffusion Through Balloons by Angela Patrick - Crown Community Academy
  • Frozen Solids by Evangelyn Lilly - William H. Ray
  • Crystals by Alyce Sutton Miller - Julia W. Howe Middle School
  • Crystal Painting by Patricia Ann Riley - Lincoln Park High School
  • States of Matter by Barbara Pawela - Retired
  • Air and Air Pressure by Mildred L.Butler - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Air Exerting Pressure by Mable McMiller - Reavis Elementary School
  • Surface Tension Of Water by Anita J. Smith - Joseph Warren School
  • Selling The Molecular Kinetic Theory by Edward S. Guzdziol - Worth Junior High
  • The Three States of Matter by Mary Allen - Joseph Warren
  • States of Matter by Barbara Pawela - May School
  • Recycling by Alice Stacker - Morton Career Academy
  • The Chemistry of Bigger Bubbles by Yvonne Tuck - Ericson Academy
  • Life Means Water Environment by Algimuntas Vailokaitis - Chicago Board Of Education
  • Pressure and Volume of Gases by Sister Stephanie Blaszczynski - Resurrection High School
  • Change Of State by Bernard Hudson - Morton Career Academy
  • Soap Bubble Chemistry by Theresa Colby, Al Oldenburg, Al Tobecksen
  • Relationships: Pressure, Volume, and Temperature by Samuel E. Hall, Jr. - Chicago H. S. for Ag Sciences
  • What Is a Gas? by DeYoung, Robert - Joliet Twp. H. S. - West
  • Physical Changes of Water by Zuger, Nancy - Hanson Park School
  • Gas Laws by concepcion Millet-Rivera, William Sklodowski, Nancy Zuger
  • Let's Get Fizzical by Stan Bahner, Larry O'Connell, Linda Root
  • Chemistry Is A Gas by Blake, Thelma B. - Louis Worth Experimental School
  • Using A Spreadsheet To Solve Gas Law Problems by Branch, Arthur - Tilden H.S.
  • Popcorn Is A Gas by Katz, Linda - Orr Academy
  • Molecular Forces At Work: Creating Soap Bubbles by Laz, Jerome - Everett School
  • Solubility of Gases In Liquids by Sticha, Frank J. - Saint Ignatius College Prep

    Types and Control of Chemical Reactions



  • Chemical Reaction Rates by Ken Schug - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Equilibrium: What is it? by Patricia Ann Riley - Lincoln Park High School
  • World Of Plastics And Polymers by Marva Anyanwu - Wendell E. Green
  • Water from a Match: The Principles of Combustion by Ben Stark - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Reaction Rates - Catalysis, Concentration, Surface Area, and Temperature by Kenneth Schug - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Acids/Bases by Chandra E. Price - Burnham/Anthony Inclusive
  • Secret Message by Stephen W. Ha - James Ward School
  • Introductory Lesson on How pH Levels Are Determined by Jeri Chavis - Langston Hughes Elementary
  • Bubble Festival by Lyvonia G. Hearns - Asa Philip Randolph
  • Acid Rain Environment Pollution by Helen Porter - Morrill School
  • POLYMERS - GREAAAAAAT BIIIIIIG MOLECUUUUUULES by Kenneth Schug - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • The Chemistry of Fire and Other Oxidation Reactions by Barbara Pawela - Retired
  • Chemistry is pHun by Michelle Jones - Morgan Park High School
  • The Color Of Your Own: Mixing Paint by Toni Spooner - Horace Mann School
  • Chemical Changes by Geraldine Smith - Delano School
  • Chemical Changes by Stella L. Harvey - Horace Mann School
  • Chemical Reactions With Vinegar by Lucille Denmark - Rudyard Kipling School
  • Chemical Change and Physical Change by Vince Davis Sr. - William Penn School
  • How to Make Invisible Ink by Linda Casey - Whistler Elementary School
  • Electrolytic Titration by Patricia A. Riley - Lincoln Park High School
  • The Difference Between Acids and Bases Using Different Indicators by Lejon Ross - Betsy Ross Elementary School
  • Evaporation and Temperature Change by Dorian J. Price - Horatio May Academy
  • Acids, Bases, and Indicators by Edwin A. Metzl - Lincoln Park High School
  • Rate of Solubility by Sharon Barfield - Perkins Bass
  • Indicators For Acids And Bases by Marian Johnson - Morton Career Academy
  • Electrochemistry by Bruce Kitsuse - Peirce School
  • pH Neutralization For Pollution Control by Mahesh Parikh - Daniel Boone
  • Measuring the Heat Energy of a Chemical Change by Patricia Riley - Lincoln Park High School
  • Can Acids And Bases Remedy The Body? by Bev Tatum - Beethoven Elementary
  • Solubility by Loretta Davis - St. Agnes Consolidated School
  • Calories by Sandra M. Green - Frazier School
  • Chemical Changes by Bonnie J. Hickerson - Horace Mann
  • Voil! C'est La Magie De La Chimie by Pamela Jackson - Horace Mann School
  • The History of Creation by Therese Colby - Montessori Elementary School
  • Calorimetry by Albert Oldenburg - Lindblom Tech. H.S.
  • The Need for Normality by Carl Schaumburg - Von Steuben M.S.C.
  • An Introduction to Acids and Bases by Therese Tobecksen - Saint Andrew the Apostle
  • Chemical Equilibrium by Nancy Zipprich - D.D. Eisenhower H.S.
  • Chromatography by Sr. Stephanie Blaszczynski, Barbara Daiker, Nancy Zipprich
  • Separation Of Mixtures And Compounds For K Through 12 by Patricia A. Riley, Viva Henson, Patricia Doyle
  • Combining Elements to Form a Compound by Judith Brakes - Byrd Academy
  • The Six Solution Problem by Larry Brandon - Thornwood High School
  • Cooperative Learning Experience Through the Flipping Lid Demo by Robert Cholewick - Whitney Young A/C
  • Bleach Chemical Reactions by Verdell Marie Henderson - John Calhoun Elementary
  • Acids And Bases by Joseph Humphrey - Seward School
  • Getting Down to Basics (and Acidics) by Deborah Lewis - Hinton School
  • Oxidation and Reduction by Edwina Nelson - William W. Carter
  • Rate Determining Step and Catalysts by Dick Trent - Elk Grove High School
  • Acid(s)-Base(s) Detective by Gupta, Harendra Kumar - Hyde Park Career Academy H.S.
  • Oxidation: How Can It Be Proved? by Henderson, Connie - Eli Whitney Elem. School
  • Activation Energy by Kreidler, Kathy - Thornridge High School
  • Mystical Membrane by Lester, Debra
  • Coke Soda, Hot VS. Cold by Mayfield, Mattie - Thomas Chalmers School
  • Cleaning Of A Metal by Millet-Rivera, Concepcion - Schurz High School
  • Energy and Changes of State by Robert DeYoung, Lucile Lee, Alisa Ferrell
  • Osmosis by Urbanek, Robert A. - Corliss High School
  • Household Acids and Bases by Veasley, Joyce - Nansen Elementary
  • Over-the-Counter Antacids by Kreidler, Kathy - Thornridge High School
  • Properties of Matter by Raymond Zmaczynski - Senn Metropolitan Academy
  • Redox Reactions by Jean Mason - Maria High School
  • Empirical Formulas by Arzie R. Thomas - G. W. Carver Area High School
  • Exothermic And Endothermic Reactions by Herbert Tarnor - Du Sable High School

    Chemistry of Elements, Compounds and Materials



  • Reuse, Reduce, Recycle Paper by Lynnette Millner - Robert H. Lawrence School
  • Biodegradable by Darryl Matthew Bonaparte - Stockton Elementary
  • Recycling by Donna L. Mead - Bass Elementary School
  • What The Peanuts Say: Catabolism and Calories by Clovis O. Price Jr. - Lucy Flower High School
  • Solubility and Bonding I and II by Patricia A. Riley - Lincoln Park High School
  • Oobleck/Slime War by Karen Malhiot - Jenner Academy of the Arts
  • Combustion in a Test Tube by Zoris A. Soderberg - Daniel Webster
  • Gases, Pressure, and Volume by Patricia A. Riley - Lincoln Park High School
  • Making Mayonnaise-An Edible Emulsion by Angela D. Patrick - Crown Community Fine Arts Academy
  • Milk Glue by Michelle Jones - Morgan Park High School
  • Air Pressure by Ruthie L. Banks - Carter School
  • Paper Chromatography by Alonzo L. Stallings - Teachers Acad. For Math and Science
  • Chromatography - Chemical Separation of Colors by Vickie Townsend - Crown Fine Arts Academy
  • Amazing Salt by Ruby Bell - Park Manor
  • Polymers: The Discovery by M. Elaine Granger - Beethoven Elementary
  • Pollution - What is it doing to us? by Dalila M. Johnson - Charles Sumner Academy
  • Classic Trash by Carol Colby - Oak Lawn Community High School
  • Esters: The Secret of Natural and Synthetic Fragrances by Marianne Dlugo - St. Cletus School
  • Mining an Ore by Teresa Granito - Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center
  • Playful Polymers by Nancy Mosher - Infant Jesus of Prague School
  • What is Soap? by Barbara Daiker - Brookwood Junior High
  • Flame Test by Theresa Fichera - Frazier Elementary School
  • Chemistry in Foods by Viva Henson - Andrew Jackson
  • Starches and Fats by Alean Stancil - St. Gelasius Elementary School
  • The Tests of Fluids for Excess Glucose, Amino Acids and salicyclic acid by Russell C. Osantowski - Carter
  • Fermentation Of Apple Cider by Marie Samuel - Colman School
  • They Call Me Slime - A.K.A. PLASTIC by Verdell Marie Henderson - John Calhoun Elementary
  • Chemistry In The Kitchen by Craig, Marsha A. - Everett Elementary
  • Properties of Soaps by Ferrell, Alisa - Whitney Young H.S.
  • Eggshells by Gaines, Patricia A. - O. W. Holmes School
  • Pesticides by Gutter, Nadine - Robeson High School
  • Preparation of Artificial Flavorings and Fragrances by Kammin, Sandra - Resurrection Lutheran School
  • Chemical Composition of American Coins by O'Connell, Lawrence P. - Lincoln Park High School
  • Cereals by Gaines, Patricia A. - O. W. Holmes School
  • The Determination of the Presence of Reducing Sugars by Brekke, Stewart E. - Robeson High School
  • Polymers by O'Toole, Jim - Corliss H.S.
  • Acidity Of Foods by Larry Alofs - Kenwood Academy
  • Why Cheerios Don't Sink by Christine S. Smith - Englewood High School
  • Electrochemical Cells by James Miller


    Mathematics Lessons


    The Mathematics lessons are divided into the following categories: Geometry and Measurement, Patterns and Logic, Probability and Statistics, Recreational and Creative Math, Practical and Applied Math, Arithmetic, Graphs and Visuals, Algebra and Trigonometry, and Miscellaneous.
    Geometry and Measurement

  • The Pythagorean Puzzle by Earl Zwicker - Illinois Institute of Technology - Dedicated to Prof. Harald Jensen, Lake Forest College
  • Areas of States - Estimation by Janice C. Harvey - Carver Middle School
  • Liquid Volume by Robert Foote - Disney Magnet
  • Spherical Geometry: A Global Perspective by William R. Colson - Morgan Park High School
  • Geometry Distance of Triangles using a Protractor by Eileen Lally - A. Philip Randolph Magnet School
  • Circles - Diameter, Circumference, Radius and the Discovery of Pi by Kathleen Ryan - Randolph Magnet School
  • How To Measure Area by Levi Johnson - James Otis
  • An Introduction to Pi and the Area of a Circle by Edwina R. Justice - Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy
  • Area and Perimeter by Monica Starks - John Fiske Elementary
  • Shapes (Geometric) (Lesson 2) by Violet M. Nash - Spencer Math and Science Academy
  • Shapes (Geometric) (Lesson 1) by Violet M. Nash - Spencer Math and Science Academy
  • Measurements: Inches by Joyce McCoy - Spencer Math & Science Academy
  • Getting To Know You by Kathy Koval - Randolph School
  • Inch by Inch and Centimeter by Centimeter Extravaganza by Pamela J. Bates-Hines - Ninos Heroes Academy
  • Interior Design by Sally Hill - Horatio May Community Academy
  • Maximizing & Minimizing the Area of Rectangles Given a Fixed Perimeter by Tim Amrein - Franklin Fine Arts Center
  • Phenomenological Pizza by Robert Foote - Disney Magnet School
  • An Introduction To Volume by Linda James Woods - Harold Washington Elementary School
  • Measurement of Volume by Richard Murray - Gage Park High School
  • Volume and Surface Area by Charlotte Goldwater - Kenwood Academy
  • An Introduction to Area and Perimeter by Edwina R. Justice - Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy
  • An Introduction to Estimation and Measurements by Christeen Brown - Robert Fulton Elementary
  • Circumferences, Diameters, and Radii by Dwayne Belle - Fuller School
  • Measuring in Inches and Centimeters by Debra Thomas - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Estimation by Iona Greenfield - Carnegie Elementary School
  • Measurement of Objects Using Similar Triangles in The Plane by John Gabrielson - Chicago H.S. for Agri. Science
  • Travel Triangles by Sarah Barrett - Mars Hill School
  • Measurement-What is it? by Claudy E. Chapman - Hartigan School
  • Finding the Sum of the Exterior and Interior Angles of a Polygon by David Drymiller - Morgan Park High School
  • Forming, Measuring and Labeling Angles by Essie Lee May - May Community Academy
  • What's My Area? by Karen L. Mickel - William Carter Elementary School
  • Geometry and the Geoboard by Jacqueline Darling - Simmye Anderson Community Academy
  • An Introduction to Angles by Samuel A. Anoma - Hyde Park Career Academy
  • Use A Chair To Teach Math by Laura B. Reed - Rosa L. Parks
  • Measurement (cup, pt, qt, gal) by JoAnn Campbell - Leslie Lewis School
  • Measurements In The Metric System by Christine Fair - Farragut Career Academy
  • The Area of a Circle (Version 2.0) by Edwina R. Justice - Gunsaulus Academy
  • The Surface Area of a Cylinder (Version 2.0) by Justice, Edwina - Gunsaulus Academy
  • Similarity by Kee, Natalia - Harlan Community Academy H.S.
  • Polygons Made To Order by Malone, Loretta - Washington High School
  • Properties Of Quadrilaterals by Olson, Margaret A. - Morgan Park High School
  • Parallel lines and Angles by Singleton, Earl M. III - Daniel Hale Williams
  • The Surface Area of a Cylinder by Justice, Edwina - Gunsaulus Academy
  • Soap Film Models by Pintozzi, Joan - Curie Metro. H.S.
  • Primary Geometry by Pitra, Barbara - Marconi Community Academy
  • Proving Pi by Williams, Gwendolyn D. - Paul Robeson High School
  • The Solar System by Fred J. Schaal - Lane Tech High School
  • How Many Regular Polyhedrons Are There In This or Any Universe? by Lawrence E Freeman - Kenwood Academy
  • The Area Of A Circle by Edwina R. Justice - Gunsaulus Academy

    Patterns and Logic

  • M&M MATH by Barbara P. Lorde - Crispus Attucks Academy
  • Using Symmetry to Create A Community Quilt by Beverly Brown - Hedges West
  • Sorting and Analyzing by Vickie Townsend - Crown Fine Arts Community Academy
  • Sorting Through Life! by Barbette Flennoy - Joseph Stockton
  • Number Patterns in Pascal's Triangle by Ulysses Harrison - Dunbar Vocational High School
  • Visuals Patterns in Pascal's Triangle by Ulysses Harrison - Dunbar Vocational High School
  • To Classify Beans And Peas by Gwendolyn Williams - Adam Clayton Powell
  • Chess Math by Louis C. Jackson - Lincoln Elementary School
  • TESSELLATIONS: An Application Of Simple Regular Polygons by Mary Racky - Kenwood
  • Logic and Reasoning by Pearline Scott - Greeley School
  • Tower of Hanoi by Paul Eubanks - Washington High School
  • Logic by M. Elaine Granger - Irvin C. Mollison
  • Counting Triangles by Mamie P. Scott - Coles School
  • Using Diagrams in Problem Solutions by Angel L. Torres - Peabody School
  • Formula Determination by Odom, Clark - Collins H.S.
  • Classification by Wilburn, Delores B. - Shakespeare School
  • ="Learning by Logic - Total Surface Area by Boyd, Carolyne - Bennett Elementary

    Probability and Statistics

  • Laws of Probability: Mutually Exclusive-vs-Mutually Inclusive Draws by Mikail A. Siddiq - Raymond School
  • Probability by Ana Timbers - Stockton
  • Probability of Childhood Games by Robert Foote - Disney Magnet School
  • Probability by Sandy Reed - Robert Fulton School
  • Phenomenological Probability by Robert Foote - Disney Magnet School
  • Mean, Median, Mode, etc. by Charlotte Goldwater - Kenwood Academy
  • Paper Toss Shootout by Edwina R. Justice - Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy
  • Statistics of Mars* by Wilhelm L. Lilly - Kenwood Academy
  • Averaging by Sharon Thomas - Emmanuel Christian School
  • Probability by Turner, Emily - Joplin Elementary School
  • Probability by Moss, Laura Willis - South Shore Community Academy
  • Modeling Permutation Group by Mary Margaret Nee - Von Stueben Science Center

    Recreational and Creative Math

  • Boomerang by Wilhelm L. Lilly - Kenwood Academy High School
  • How Much is a Million? by Sharon Simmons - Joseph Stockton Elementary
  • Rocket High by Elizabeth Kelly - Pilsen Community Academy
  • Making Ice Cream by Vickie Townsend - Crown Fine Arts Community Academy
  • Games Using Multiplication by Amaechi Onyeali - Carter Elementary
  • Napier's Rods by Irene Santos - Alexander Graham School
  • The Golden Rectangle by Edwina R. Justice - Gunsaulus Academy
  • Paper Folding to Make Cubes by Koshy Kanicherilnalil - Chicago Public Schools
  • Integer: Tic-Tac-Toe Four In A Row! by Conchita A. Little - Terrell School
  • Fractions and Paper Folding by Bill Wagner - Hyde Park Career Academy
  • Number Up by Ernestine Bickham - Maria Saucedo Magnet School
  • Math Game Using A Tic-Tac-Toe Board by Gertrude Franklin - William Penn
  • The Moebius Strip by Arnita Newton - Kenwood Academy
  • Fraperdec* by Connie Taylor - Holy Angels School
  • How To Use An Abacus by William Gordon - John Hope Academy
  • A Fibonacci Primer by Freeman, Larry - Kenwood Academy
  • Geometric designs in the game of "Life". by Byrne, Willaim - Martin Luther King H.S.
  • Paper Pool by Williams, Barbara - Cook Elementary School
  • Graphing Game by Lalagos, Thomas - Hyde Park Career Academy
  • Geometric Bingo by Lawrence, Anne - Wells Community Academy

    Practical and Applied Math

  • What Does Greatest Common Factor Mean to Me? by Stephen Ha - Lloyd Elementary School
  • Learning with Links by Winnie Koo - Ravenswood School
  • Data Collection - Primary Poster by Amelia Witherspoon - New Concept School
  • How do You Stack Up? Revisited by Robert Foote - Walt Disney Magnet School
  • Measuring for Cookies by Sally J Hill - Roberto Clemente Community Academy
  • Ratio, Percent & Proportions by Rosalyn Winston - Walt Disney Magnet School
  • MISSION: POSSIBLE by Mary Terhune - Rachel Carson School
  • Dream Home Mathematics by Dennis W. Montgomery - Lyman Trumbull Academy
  • Temperature by Patricia A. Calloway - Spencer Math and Science Academy
  • Sales Tax by Allen Batts, Jr. - Jane A. Neil School
  • Money Matters by Barbette Flennoy - Joseph Stockton
  • Budgeting Money by Yolanda Smith - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Converting Celsius To Fahrenheit by Amaechi Onyeali - Carter Elementary
  • Percents by Albert Michael - Robert Fulton Elementary School
  • Uncorking Work Problems by David Drymiller - Marie Sklodowska Curie Metro H.S.
  • Mass and Weight in the Metric System by Janet L. Powe - Harold Washington Elem.
  • Uniform-Motion Problems: Just Playing With Cars by David Drymiller - Morgan Park High School
  • Estimating and Counting Money by Omega L. Minor-Clark - R. Nathaniel Dett Elementary School
  • Estimation by Theresa W. Akpan - Wells Community Academy
  • Using A Round-O-Meter To Estimate by Kathleen M.K. Pidrak - Edward H. White
  • Flight Angles Of Inclination by Marie C. Smith - Anthony Overton Elementary School
  • Money Sense by Marie Bijou Wong - Joseph Warren Elementary School
  • Percents: (An application to real life problems) by Lucille H. Chambers - Trumbull School
  • Real Numbers in the Real World by Ulysses Harrison - Dunbar Vocational High School
  • Manipulating Formulae...Using Recipes To Understand by Nancy Ressler - Oakton
  • Problem Solving Using Percentages by Thelma A. Rex - Rosa L. Parks Middle School
  • Whole Language Approach in Solving Word Problems by Barbara Thomas - Langston Hughes School
  • Effective Use of Living Space by William L. Brown - Parkside Community Academy
  • Making Predictions by Lucille Chambers - Lyman Trumbull School
  • Estimation Contest by Sandra A. King-Bryson - Saucedo Magnet School
  • Finding area & perimeter in a miniature house using standardized units by June Muhammad - Park Manor
  • Ratios and Proportions by Mamie P. Scott - Edward Coles Elementary School
  • Draining the Swimming Pool by William Byrne - Martin Luther King
  • Sales Tax and Discounts by Denise Folk - Richard E. Byrd Academy
  • Mixture Problems by Alphonso Kennedy - Lindblom Tech. H. S.
  • An Introduction to Percent by Kenneth Surdell - Lewis School
  • Solving Word Problems by Barbara Trotter - O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy
  • Problem Solving: Steps and Strategies by Barrett, Sarah G. - Mars Hill School
  • Time by Davenport, Gracie - Spalding School
  • Problem Solving by McCree, Marilyn - District 12
  • Ratios by Murray, Richard - Gage Park High School
  • Learning ratios and proportions through scale drawings. by Laskey, Erwin - Eugene Field School
  • Problem Solving by Rogers, Patricia - Edward Hartigan
  • Ratio and Proportions by Trotter, Barbara - Ole A. Thorp
  • From Hypothesis To Conclusion...Reading Maps To Understand Proofs by Blaszak, Maryann - South Shore Community Academy
  • Triangulation by Brandon, Ann M. W. - Oak Forest High School
  • Cuisenaire Rods And Math by Linda Easter - Dewitt Clinton Elementary School

    Arithmetic

  • Introduction To The Number Line by Sheila Alexander - Manley School
  • Extending Our Knowledge of Place Value by Angie Morris - Burnham School
  • Filling the Glass (Water, Air, and Fractions) by William R. Colson - Morgan Park High School
  • Having Fun working With Fractions by Brian Cagle - John W. Cook
  • Number Addition Race by Janice Schaults - Randolph Magnet School
  • Lesson for Multiplying and Dividing Fractions with Post It Notes by Robert Foote - Disney Magnet School
  • Adding Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators by Camille Gales - Edward Coles Elementary School
  • Multiplication by Virginia Muhammad - John Hope Community Academy
  • Putting the Pieces Together (Making a Fractional Quilt) by Demetria E. McKnight - Bateman Elementary School
  • Factors by Edwina R. Justice - Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy
  • Place Value by Dwayne Belle - Fuller School
  • Percentages by Emma Taylor - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Counting and Place Value by Carole Gills - Edward Coles School
  • Ratio and Proportion by Valesta Cobbs - John Fiske Elementary School
  • Introduction to Fractions Using Cuisenaire Rods by Gwendolyn M. Manson - Benjamin Banneker
  • Measuring Mixed Numbers by Karen Trout - Sumner Math and Science Academy
  • A "New Set of Numbers" (An Introduction of Integers) by Barbara Barlow - Caldwell School
  • Primary Understanding and Use of Place Value by Eleanor Brzozowski - Hanson Park School
  • Introduction To Equivalent Fractions by Rose Cartwright - Lyman Trumbull School
  • Fickled Fractions by Elizabeth Chambers - Keller Gifted Magnet Center
  • Addition and Subtraction of Signed Numbers by David Drymiller - Morgan Park High School
  • Working with Cuisenaire Rods In Mathematics by Willis Grace - O. A. Thorp Academy
  • The Generation Of Fractions by June Muhammad - Park Manor School
  • A Method of Front-End Arithmetic by Eddie Newton - Carver Area High School
  • Money: Demonstrating Coin Values up to $1.00 by Camille Gales - Coles Elementary School
  • How Divine Is My Proportion? by Edwina R. Justice - Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy
  • Equivalent Fractions by Gertrude Lockett - Emmanuel Christian School
  • Division For Third Graders by Savannah Walker - Mason School
  • Prime and Composite Numbers by Charlotte Goldwater - Kenwood Academy
  • A Fictional History of Place Value by Bette B. Jarrow - Goudy Elementary
  • Fundamentals of Multiplication by Carl D. Mason - Suder School
  • Place Value by Ceopal Porter - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche
  • Fractions, Simplifying Parts of Shapes -- One-Half, One-Third, One-Fourth by Austin, Sarah - Mary Bethune
  • Fraction Message by Harper, Charles - Goldblatt Elementary School
  • Identification of Equivalent Fractions by Jarrow, Bette B. - Gaudy School
  • Introducing Powers and Models-I by Barrett, Sarah - Mars Hill School
  • Math Technique in Multiplication and Division of Fractions by Garth, Frieda - Farragut Career Academy
  • Introduction to Fractions on the Numberline by Jones, Claudia R. - Crane High School
  • Equivalent Fractions by Williams, Flora - O. A. Thorp
  • Introducing Powers And Models-II by Barrett, Sarah - Mars Hill School
  • Understanding Fractions by Bradley, Florida - Hartigan
  • Odometers and the Place Value Chart by Bronson-Cochran, Donna - George B. Swift
  • Basic Mathematical Operations Using Mathtiles by Jones, Claudia R. - Farragut Career Academy
  • Adding Integers by Thomas, John Charles - N. F. Simeon Voc. H. S.
  • Locating Rational Numbers On the Number Line by Winebrenner, William - Dunbar Vocational
  • Continued Fractions With A Calculator by Fred J. Schaal - Lane Tech High School

    Graphs and Visuals

  • Collecting Data and Graphing by John Ramsey, Jr. - Morton Career Academy
  • Environmental Graphing/Eco Graphs by Chandra E. Price - Burnham Inclusive Academy
  • The Ups and Downs of Graphing by Frana Allen - Skinner School
  • Teaching Arithmetic and Math Concepts To Headstarters by Jamal Brown - Daniel Hale Williams
  • Watermelon Graphing by Shirley Hatcher - Daniel Hale Williams
  • History Of Our Solar System on a Time Line by Richard Murray - Gage Park High School
  • Graphing Speed by Yolanda Smith - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • History Of Our Solar System on a Time Line by Richard Murray - Gage Park High School
  • The Statistics of M&Ms by Charlotte Goldwater - Kenwood Academy
  • An Introduction to Data Reading and Computations by Christeen Brown - Robert Fulton Elementary
  • Counting And Graphing by Vernita Smith - Mahalia Jackson Elementary School
  • Locating IIT Using Ordered Pairs by Diane Yvette Branch - Harold Washington Elementary School
  • Collecting Data and Graphing by John Ramsey, Jr. - Teacher's Acad. For Math and Science
  • Apples A Peel To Me by Olga Moreno - Horace Greeley School
  • History Of Our Solar System on a Time Line by Richard Murray - Gage Park High School
  • Locating Points Using Cartesian Coordinates by Mercedes Rodriguez - Clemente Community Academy H. S.
  • Getting the Goods on Graphing by Velma Elois Rouse - DeWitt Clinton
  • Introduction to Curve Stitching - Line Designs by Wilhelm L. Lilly - Kenwood Academy
  • Junk Food Math by Sharon Ross - DeWitt Clinton School
  • Rotations by Nash, Susan - Lake View High School
  • Graphing Equations From Software by Webb, James - Harlan H.S.

    Algebra and Trigonometry

  • The Cuisenaire Four-Pan Algebra Balance: Limitations & Suggestions by Bill Colson - Morgan Park High School
  • The Pythagorean Puzzle by Earl Zwicker - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Sorting Pennies, A Wagering Activity for Algebra 1 by David Drymiller - Marie Sklodowska Curie Metro H.S.
  • Trigonometric Functions by Lesia Smith - Michael M. Byrne School
  • Equalities And Inequalities by Perry Lemon - Shoop School
  • Draining The Swimming Pool by Byrne, William - Martin Luther King H.S.
  • Inequalities by Butler, Ben Jr. - Gage Park High School
  • Linear Equations by Ennis, Beatrix U. - Senn Academy High School
  • Algebraic Addition by Junievicz, Alex - Kelly H.S.
  • Simplifying Equations of the Form ax+b=cx+d by Wagner, William F. - Hyde Park Career Academy
  • Rules of Sign Change by Zuger, Joel P. - Chicago Metro High School
  • Using the Balance by Davis, Marie - Marconi Community Academy
  • Multiplying and Factoring Polynomials Using Algebra Tiles by Marshall, Regina - Curie Metro High School
  • Vision Props of Signed Numbers by McMiller, Mable - South Shore High School
  • Positive and Negative Numbers by Siegel, Lincoln R. - Cregier High School
  • Positive-Negative Charge Model For Integers by Williams, Barbara - J. N. Thorp School
  • The Sine Function by Ronald G. Sienkiewicz - Prosser Vocational High School
  • Visual Structure of Postulates and Axioms in Algebraic Operations by Sanford Olshan - Roosevelt High School
  • Introduction To Solving Equations by Mary Lynn Bochenek - Central Junior High
  • Order Of Operations by Bernice E. Holloway - Bellwood School District #88
  • Commutative, Associative And Distributive Properties by James E. Breashears - Robeson High School

    Miscellaneous

  • It's About Time by Vernita Smith - Mahalia Jackson Elementary School
  • Multiplication and Areas by Albert Michael - Robert Fulton Elementary School
  • Zone Out! by Willie Mae Wilson - Hartigan Elementary School
  • Elapsed Time by Bernice Joyce Henry - Edward H. White
  • Telling Time in Different Time Zone by Borita Khim - Stockton Elementary School
  • Area, Arithmetic and Algebra by Larry Freeman - Kenwood Academy
  • Area, Arithmetic and Algebra by Larry Freeman - Kenwood Academy
  • Tony's Tiger BITES by Maudestine McLeary - John Hope
  • Properties of Numbers by Steinfelds, Leon - King High School
  • Make-and-Take: Staff Development by Pintozzi, Joan - Curie Metro. H.S.
  • StudyWeb Award An Introduction To Sets by Belton, John P. - Jones Metro. H. S.
  • Discovering New Units by Jenkins, Kay - James Shields Elementary School
  • Play Ball by Roslyn N. Matthews - South Shore High School
  • Using Variables And Ratios To Get You In The Right Gear by George K. Smith - Dunbar VHS


    Physics Lessons


    The Physics lessons are divided into the following categories: Matter, Mechanics, Fluids, Electricity & Magnetism, Waves, Sound and Optics, and Miscellaneous.
    Matter

  • Introduction to the Periodic Table by Estellvenia Sanders - Chicago Vocational
  • Tempting Temperatures by Marjorie Fields - Ella Flagg Young
  • Air: Demonstrating Its Presence and Effects by Porter Johnson - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Density by Marilyn Martello - Clinton
  • Air Movement by Lisa C. Ingram - Frederick Douglass Middle Academy
  • Gases Lighter and Heavier than Air by Bonnie Anderson - Libby School Annex
  • States of Matter by Kathleen Moore - O. W. Holmes
  • Temperature by Jackie Baker - Crown Community Academy
  • Exploring the Properties of Matter in the Preschool by Lorraine Watt - Brian Piccolo Elementary School
  • The Air Out There by Gladys Allen - Louis Wirth Experimental School
  • Comparing Densities of Different Liquids by Elaine Messal - Henry Clay Elementary
  • The Three States Of Matter by Sharon R. West - Edward Hurley
  • Solids, liquids and gases by Donna Armstrong - Frazier Elementary
  • Density in Relation to Float and Sink by Carolyn C. Roberson-Ellis - Morton Career Academy

    Mechanics

  • Gravity Lesson by Leticia Rodriguez - Henry D. Lloyd
  • The Great Tin Race by Bernina L. Norton - Abbott School
  • Center of Gravity by Wanda Pitts - Douglas Community Academy
  • The Inertial Balance by Carl E. Martikean - Lew Wallace High School
  • Bouncing Balls by Porter Johnson - the Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Mass vs Weight by Earnest S. Garrison - Jones Academic Magnet
  • Bouncing Superball Physics - part 1 by Porter W. Johnson - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Superball Physics Revisited by Porter Johnson - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • The Jensen Bar - What is it and how do you make one by Earl Zwicker - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Linear Motion: Speed, Velocity & Acceleration by Richard J. Watson - Orr High School
  • Energy by Wanda Pitts - Douglas Academy
  • Potential Energy: How is It Related to Kinetic Energy? by Camille Gales - Edward Coles Elementary School
  • Mass/Acceleration by Renee M Allen - Louis Wirth
  • It's So Simple by Kimberly Baker-Brownfield - Jacques Marquette Branch
  • The Soup Roll by Christine Fair - Farragut High School
  • Straight Line Motion in Two Parts by Ann M. W. Brandon - Joliet West High School
  • Aviation by Portia Conaway - Farren Fine Arts School
  • Newton's Third Law by Jerri Chavis - Langston Hughes
  • Motion of a Bowling Ball by John J. Miller - Maine Township High School East
  • Strings and Springs by Michael McIntosh - Whitney Young Magnet High School
  • Super-Ball Physics by Porter W. Johnson - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Inertia by Peter Insley - Retired
  • Momentum by Sandi Sorkin - Newton Bateman
  • Kinetic Energy and Work by Yolanda Mc Gehee - Lincoln Park High School
  • How to speed up a slow Grandfather - The Pendulum by Arthur Hermann - Fiske Middle School
  • Newton's Third Law Of Motion by Lilla E. Green - Hartigan Elementary School
  • Objects Race 500 by Eloise Dillon - Newton Bateman
  • Newton's Second Law; M - A Relationship with Dynamics Carts by D. James Chichester - Lincoln-Way High School
  • Potential Energy by LaToya Bennett - Robert H. Lawrence
  • Momentum by Sandra Tucker - Crown Fine Arts Academy
  • Projectiles by Rochelle Ingram - Delano School
  • Newton's Second Law of Motion by Cynthia D'Souza - De La Salle Institute
  • Tops by Sandra Tucker - Crown Fine Arts Academy
  • Periodic Motion - The Pendulum by Deborah Lojkutz - Joliet West High School
  • Inertia by Peter Insley - Retired
  • Rockets by Rochelle Ingram - Delano School
  • Weightlessness by Cynthia D'Souza - De La Salle Institute
  • Simple Machines by Bonnie Anderson - Libby School Annex
  • Vectors by Eileen Wild - Retired
  • Inertia by Maeola Walker - Chicago Board of Education
  • Torque by Larry L. Smart - Helen Hefferan Elem.School
  • Give Me Energy by April Luehmann - Zion Lutheran School
  • Newton's Third Law of Motion by John E. McCoy - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Pendulums by John J. Miller - Maine East High School
  • Bouncing Balls by Porter W. Johnson - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Friction - What a Drag by John J. Miller - Maine East High School
  • Momentum Conserved by Savannah Walker - Mason School
  • Momentum And Colliding Spheres by Robert Watkins - Beethoven Elementary School
  • Straight Line Motion with a Stomper by Ann Brandon - Joliet West High School
  • Periodic Motion - The Pendulum by Deborah Lojkutz - Joliet West High School
  • Why Use Seat Belts? by Larry Brandon - Thornwood High School
  • Reaction Time by Roy Coleman - Morgan Park High School
  • Projectile Motion by Jan Dudzik - Riverside-Brookfield High School
  • Sports in Physics: Measuring Velocity in a Mini-Olympics by Marion T. Hill - Disney Magnet School
  • So You Want to Hit a Home Run? by Karlene Joseph - Walther Lutheran High School
  • Center of Gravity by Minnie E. Bounds - Dyett Middle School
  • Friction by Kathleen Cummings Dominguez - Sabin Magnet
  • Circular Motion: by Jan Dudzik - Whitney Young H.S.
  • Rolling Spheres on Inclined Planes by Kenneth Guzik - O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy
  • Orbital Motion by Eleanor Kopsian - Franklin E. Frazier
  • Positioning the Fulcrum in Class One Levers by Janis Gary Sullivan - A. O. Sexton School
  • Action and Reaction by Mitzie Wilkins - Enrico Fermi Elementary School
  • Rotational Inertia by Corla Jean Wilson-Hawkins - Bethune Elementary School
  • Projectile Motion (or You Bet Your Grade) by Roy Coleman - Morgan Park High School
  • Physics Lab Rockets by Joseph Dogadalski - Austin Community Academy H. S.
  • Stress and Strain by Therese Donatello - Weber High School
  • Simple Machines by Susan Frazier - Fort Dearborn
  • Demonstrating The Kinds of Energy by Willie L. Gray - Adam C. Powell
  • Come Fly With Me by Karlene Kurth - Walther Lutheran High School
  • Forces and Acceleration by Marvin Orr - Lincoln-Way High School
  • Determining A Spring Constant by Fred Pannell - Luther Burbank School
  • Helicopter by Banks, Albert L. - Martin L. King High School
  • Projectile Motion by Cunningham, Mary M. - Resurrection High School
  • Newton's Laws of Motion by Harris, Wanda - Raster Main Elementary School
  • Simple Machines by Jensen, Tom - Bloom High School
  • Retrograde Motion by Katich, Rodney - Bowen High School
  • Inertia by Monegain, Louise J. - Park Manor
  • Coefficient of Rebound by Winston, Rosalyn - Walt Disney Magnet
  • Inertia by Bowen, Sheila J. - Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High
  • Pendulum Problems by Carlson, Robert - Providence Catholic H.S.
  • Sitting on Nails-Boyle's Law by Cieslik, Daniel - Mather High School
  • Newton's Third Law of Motion by McCoy, Carrol R. H. - Chicago Board of Ed.
  • Balance and Gravity by Stevenson, Mark - James H. Bowen High School
  • Friction by Tobecksen, Alan - Fenger H.S.
  • What Is Work? by Economou, Alex - Chicago Vocational H. S.
  • Oscillations by Foreman, Dorothy - Joplin School
  • Acceleration by Oldenburg, Albert - Lindblom Tech High School
  • Momentum and Energy Loss of Collisions On Various Surfaces by Rich, Loretta - South Shore High School
  • Demostrations of Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum by Tisdale, Robert W. - Percy L. Julian High School
  • Centripetual Force by Garrison, Ernest - Schurz High School
  • Flight Physics by Antoinette Rabalcaba, Loretta Rich, Renee Russell, Eric Skalinder
  • Conservation Of Momentum by Ann M.W. Brandon - Thornwood High School
  • Work, Power And Entropy by Norbert L. Zarumba - Marengo Community High School
  • The Center Of Mass by Joan C. Preer - Beasley Academic Center
  • Measuring The Gravitational Constant, G by Joel Hofslund - Kenwood Academy
  • Vectors by Albert Oldenburg - Lindblom Tech High School
  • Friction by Jim Szeszol - Mendel Catholic High School

    Fluids

  • The Bernoulli Effect - Conceptually by Earl Zwicker - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Surface Tension by Pamela S. Moy - Morgan Park High School
  • Compared to What? Comparing the Density of Different Liquids by Camille Gales - Coles Elementary School
  • Buoyancy: What will float and what will sink by Suzzanne' O'Quinn - Phillips Alternative High School
  • Air Pressure by Brian Cagle - John W. Cook
  • Buoyant Force by Thomas J. Billups - Delano Elementary
  • Do You Sink or Float? by Jackie Baker - Crown Community Academy
  • Bernoulli Effect by Michael McIntosh - Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
  • Bubbleology Mickey Mouse Style by Paula Z. Jones - Black Magnet
  • Pressure in Fluids by Porter W Johnson - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Surface Tension by Lisa C. Ingram - Frederick Douglass Middle Academy
  • Displacement by Thomas J. Billups - Delano Elementary
  • Sinking And Floating by Tunya Alexander - Frank L. Gillespie School
  • The Unmixables: Investigating Immiscible Liquids by Joyce Cohen - Shakespeare-Elementary School
  • Surface Tension by Amina Grant - Shakespeare
  • Viscosity by Gale Hunter - Dyett Middle School
  • Does AIR Really Exist? by Elyse Futterman - Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School
  • Air Pressure by Gloria Heard - Willams Carter
  • Air Pressure by Allen, George - Austin Community Academy
  • The Pressure Of A Liquid by Bradley, Patricia - John Hope Community Academy
  • Liquid Conductors by Perry, Jean M. - Oakton Elementary School
  • Liquid Pressure by Johnson, Leon - D. H. Williams Elementary School
  • Bathtub Physics - Density, Buoyancy and Flotation by Russell, Renee - South Shore High School
  • How To Make Water Run Uphill by Edgar Boyd, Dorothy Foreman and Earnest Garrison

    Electricity & Magnetism

  • Fish and Clip by Winnie Koo - Ravenswood School
  • Series and Parallel Circuits by Janet M. Sheard - West School
  • Simple Circuitry and series circuit by Stephen W. Ha - James Ward School
  • About Magnets by Barbara J. Baker - Doolittle West School
  • Magnet Muscles by Deborah Barnes - Robert H. Lawrence School
  • Electrostatics by Alyce Glauner- Community Academy
  • Electrostatics by Jan Dudzik - Riverside Brookfield High School
  • Batteries and Bulbs by Beverly Gregor - Oglesby School
  • Electromagnets by Shirley Porter-Cesair - Charles R. Henderson
  • Electromagnets by Tanya English - O'Keeffe Elementary School
  • Electrostatics by John J. Miller - Maine East High School
  • Introduction To Magnets by Sheila McKinnon - Sherman School
  • Electricity by Tanya English - O'Keeffe Elementary School
  • Electricity by Julian Levey - Teachers Acad. for Math and Science
  • Resistances In Series And Parallel Circuits by Austin E. Barnett - Bogan High School
  • Magnets, Electromagnets & Fields of Force by John J. Czerwiec - Kenwood Academy
    How Smart Are You About Electricity,
  • Batteries And Conductors? by Lorraine Epps - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Introduction to Elementary Circuits by Michael D. Jackson - W.H. Carter
  • Electricity by Marie McCadd - Coles Elementary School
  • Magnets, Electromagnets, and Motors by Lynne Nolan - Naperville Central High School
  • Magnets by Hoi Huynh - Clemente Community Academy
  • Exploring Series and Parallel Circuits by Pamela Schneider - Luther East High School
  • Magnets by Mina Valenzuela - O. A. Thorp Scholastic Academy
  • Electron Current Flow by Greg Zipprich - Bloom Trail High School
  • Conductors and Insulators by Leona Williams - Cregier Vocational High School
  • Ohm's Law by Anderson, Herbert D. - Hermann Raster Elementary School
  • Electric Currents and Circuits by Williams, Claudette - Dever Elementary School
  • Magnetism by Gilmore, Marie - Raster School
  • What Is Electricity by Oldenburg, Albert - Lindblom Tech High School
  • The Millikan L'Eggs Experiment by Coleman, Roy - Morgan Park High School
  • Electrochemistry by Allen, Donna L. - Bowen High School
  • Electric and Magnetic Fields by Garrison, Earnest S. - Schurz H.S.
  • Current-Carrying Coils In Magnetic Fields by Landato, Janet - St. Viator High School
  • Coulomb's Law by Austin A.Winther - Paul Robeson High School

    Waves, Sound and Optics

  • Sound: The Vibration of Materials by Camille Gales - Coles Elementary
  • Now Hear This! by Juliette M. Walker - Crown Community Academy
  • Mixing Primary Colors by Pamela Lopez - Betsy Ross Elementary School
  • Light and Vision by Nathaniel M. Brown Jr. - Robert Fulton Elementary School
  • Polarization of Light by D. James Chichester - Lincoln-Way High School
  • Light by Winnie Koo - Ravenswood School
  • Mixing Colors With Light Beams by Angela President - Chicago Public School
  • Sound by Winnie Koo - Ravenswood School
  • Polarized Light by Scott R. Welty - Maine East High School
  • Sound by Christine Scott - Beethoven School
  • Color by Cecelia Brown - Anton Dvorak Specialty Academy
  • Sound by Kathleen Moore - O. W. Holmes
  • Lenses by Carol Bible - Carter Elementary
  • Mirror Symmetry/Mirror Images by Alan Tobecksen - Henry Clay Elementary School
  • Color by Sandra E. Broomes - Sherman
  • Light by Ozell Bonds - Ignace Paderewski School
  • Make Waves by Carol Bible - Carter Elementary
  • Homemade Instruments by Clara Williams - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Understanding Waves by Renee Allen - Louis Wirth Experimental
  • Making Sounds by Bettye J. Banks - Horace Mann Elementary School
  • Light - Reflection - Illusion by George Brydie - Edward White School
  • Sound by Anne Chamberlain - Bethune Elementary
  • An Awareness Of Light Made Simply Fun by Marian Hunter - Morrill Elementary School
  • Pitch by Rosalyn Winston - Walt Disney Magnet
  • Plane Mirror Images by Ann Brandon - Joliet West High School
  • Hear The Light? by Jane F Long - McAuliffe Elementary
  • Comparison of Images Formed by Plane, Cylindrical and Spherical Mirrors by Jim Szezol - Naperville High School
  • I Can See A Rainbow! by Lorraine I. Crump - Lawndale Community Academy
  • You may now enter the Holodeck. by April Luehmann - Zion Lutheran School
  • Sound by Cynthia R. Newman - Washington Elementary
  • Sound/Pitch by Joan Cwiklik - O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy
  • Reflection Relay by Lillian Degand - Peterson Elementary
  • Wave Motion by Susan Frazier - Fort Dearborn Elementary
  • How Sound Travels by Joyce Janovec - St. Gelasius
  • Mystery of the Mirrors by Lyvonia Hearns - A. Philip Randolph
  • Light by Pennie Machnick - Dirksen School
  • Light And Color by Lillie Mae Rayborn - John D. Shoop School
  • Spherical Mirrors by Bryan, Bill - Joliet Catholic H.S.
  • Polarized Light by Springer, Ellen - Nazareth Academy
  • Colors by Schaumburg, Carl - Von Stueben MSC
  • Reflections Of by Fowler, Elva House - Cook Elementary School
  • Polarization by Hasegawa, Harry - Lawndale Community Academy
  • Waves by Johnson, Levi - James Otis
  • Guitar Waves by Kulak, Tim - Thornwood High School
  • From Vibration To Sound by Persons, Pamela - Walt Disney Magnet School
  • Comparison of Images Formed by Plane, Cylindrical and Spherical Mirrors by Springer, Ellen - Nazareth Academy
  • Alternate Theory of Color Perception by Szeszol, Jim - Naperville Central H.S.
  • Microscopes and Telescopes by Vanderjack, Karisa - Dwight D. Eisenhower H. S.
  • Optical Illusions by Boyd Edgar - F.L.Gillespie
  • Reflections With Mirrors by Rubalcaba, Antoinette - Inter-American Magnet School
  • Color Mixing by Springer, Ellen - Nazareth Academy
  • Comparison of Images Formed By Plane and Curved Mirrors by Ellen Springer, Robert Tisdale, Levi Johnson and Alex Economou
  • Laser Holography by Carol Zimmerman - Hyde Park Career Academy
  • Computer Interfacing: Frequency Measurement - The Doppler Effect by John Bozovsky - Bowen High School

    Miscellaneous

  • The Pythagorean Puzzle by Earl Zwicker - Illinois Institute of Technology - Dedicated to Prof. Harald Jensen, Lake Forest College
  • Identify And Construct A Constellation by Barbara J. Hill - Fernwood
  • Simple Machines make work easier. by Mikail A. Siddiq - Raymond School
  • Moon Phases by Kimberly Baker - Marquette East
  • Let's Outrage The Bull by Lilla E. Green - Hartigan Community Arts Specialty School
  • Building A Straw Power Tower by Lyvonia Hearns - Asa Philip Randolph
  • 10 (or more) Cheap or Free Science Tips by Roy Coleman - Morgan Park High School
  • Physics at the Zoo by Peter Insley - Retired
  • Shop projects Summer Smile Program by F. Lee Slick - Morgan Park High School/IIT Staff
  • Heat by Lynnette Millner - Robert H. Lawrence School for Math & Science
  • Measurement by Tina Hudson - Garrett A. Morgan
  • Probability by Mary J. Holder - Sherwood Elementary School
  • The Effects of Solar Energy by Jacqueline A. Davis - Anton Dvorak Specialty Academy
  • Airplanes by Sandra E. Broomes - Sherman
  • Thermal Energy Transfer - Conduction by Eileen Wild - Retired
  • Radioactive Decay Curve by Alan L. Tobecksen - Henry Clay Elementary School
  • Cooperation Blocks by Alan L. Tobecksen - Henry Clay Elementary School
  • Circles Minilab by Alan L. Tobecksen - Henry Clay Elementary School
  • Probability by L'Ouverture Perkins - William S. Carter Elementary School
  • Metric Olympic Games by Angela E. Scott - Wm. T. Sherman Elementary School
  • View Tube Triangulation by Pete Insley - Jones Metropolitan H. S.
  • Models of the Earth and the Moon by Anne Chamberlain - Bethune Elementary School
  • Paper Mache Solar System by Fe Andres Juachon - Alexander Hamilton
  • Earthquake Waves And Their Destructions by Sharione O. Mays - Donald Morrill
  • Plate Tectonics by Phyllis J. Robinson - Mount Vernon Elementary School
  • The Science of Airplane Flight by Charles Watson - William H Brown School
  • Aerodynamics by Carole Janda - O. A. Thorp Scholastic Academy
  • The Puzzle by Tom Jensen - Bloom High School
  • Kinds of Weather And What to Wear by Margaret Ann Thornton - Cardenas Elementary School
  • Heat Absorption by Marvice Box - Lawndale Community Academy
  • Radioactive Decay/Half-Life by Sallie M. Fladger - John Hope Academy
  • Weather Facts by Dorothy Parker - Beasley Academic Center
  • Using the Senses as a Means of Observation by Joe Scales - Brennemann
  • Reading a Weather Map by Robert A. Urbanek - Bloom Township H.S.
  • Vectors Via the Calculator (For Non-Math Students) by Junievicz, Alex - Gordon Tech
  • Calorimetry by Martin, Daniel - Chicago H.S. for Agricultural Sciences
  • 10Huh? by Coleman, Roy - Morgan Park High School
  • To Construct An "ALTITUDE LOCATOR" To Find Various Heights by Desai, Jyotiben - Schurz High School
  • Measurement by Johnson, Levi - James Otis Elementary
  • Using A Video Camera In the Physics Classroom by Skalinder, Eric - Francis W. Parker
  • A Potpourri of Science Ideas - Finding Pi by Group Mini Teach by Foreman, Dorothy - Joplin School
  • Computerized Problem Review by Group Teach by Donna Allen, Joytiben Desai and Albert Oldenburg
  • An Alternative Temperature Measurement by V. K. Brown - Lindbloom T. H. S.
  • Persistence Of Vision by Rudy Keil - Schurz High School


    SMILE PLUS Lessons


    The following is a collection of single concept lessons developed during the SMILE PLUS program. These lessons may be freely copied and used in a classroom but they remain the copyright property of the author.

  • A Landing Craft Egg Drop by Jake Carter - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Wonderful You by Janet Elkins - Douglass Middle Math & Science Academy
  • Simple Machines by Lorraine J. Epps - Douglass Middle Math & Science Academy
  • Experiments in Probability by Robert Foote - Disney Magnet School
  • Bubbles Bubbles and More Bubbles by Sandra M. Green - Frazier School
  • Does Air Exist? by Gloria Heard - Carter School
  • MuscleMania by Celestine Miller Jeffreys - Beethoven Academic Center
  • Let's Make A Graph by Audrey Laufman - Walt Disney Magnet School
  • What's the Matter?: The Three Phases of Matter by Lee McLaurin - Edward Franklin Frazier School
  • Can you invent or make a musical instrument? by Karen Mickel - Carter School
  • Introducing Attributes by Marcella Morrison - Disney Magnet School
  • What is Displacement? - Move Me Up! by Edwina Nelson - Carter Elementary
  • Performance Assessment by Russell Osantowski - Carter Elementary
  • Sliding Along by L'Ouverture Perkins - Carter Elementary School
  • Static Electricity by Catherine Walker - John Hope Academy
  • Moving, Pushing and Pulling by Joy Kitchen Ward - Hope Academy
  • Two Basic Types of Energy by Clara Williams - Douglass Middle Math & Science Academy
  • Changes in Matter by Evelyn Williams - John Hope Community Academy
  • Starch Test in Foods by Susan Wimberly - Frazier Elementary School
  • Water by Carmelita Austinberry - John Hope Community Academy
  • Recognizing Cardinal Numbers by Beverly Clayton - Walt Disney Magnet School
  • Step into the Magic of Colors by Janine Garrett - Crown Academy
  • Same Symmetry by Ruth Goodman - Walt Disney Magnet School
  • Investigations with Bubbles by Sandra M Green - Frazier School
  • OH DEER! by Elise S. Greene - John Hope Community Academy
  • Water Holding Abilities by Bunny Guy - John Fiske School
  • Pendulums by Lisa Ingram - Frederick Douglass Middle Academy
  • Math Games by Amaechi Onyeali - Carter Elementary
  • Making Mayonnaise-An Edible Emulsion by Angela D. Patrick - Crown Community Fine Arts Academy
  • Bending White Light by L'Ouverture Perkins - William W.Carter
  • Graphing Exercise by Yolanda F. Smith - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Graphing by Monica Starks - John Fiske School
  • Count The Skittles by Vernita Smith - Mahalia Jackson Elementary School
  • Who's The Culprit? by Evelyn Williams - John Hope Academy
  • How To Integrate The Curriculum And A Lesson Plan by Lillie Childs - Douglass Math and Science Academy
  • Formation With Playdough by Tenna Davis - Douglass Math And Science Academy
  • How Do You Stack Up? by Robert Foote - Walt Disney Magnet School
  • Patterns of Living Things - Animals by Joy Ward-Drew - John Hope Community Academy
  • The Scientific Method Form by Jake Carter - Frederick A. Douglass
  • Biological Classification by Clestine Miller Jeffreys - Beethoven Academic Center
  • Nature's Airfoils by Eileen Wild - Retired
  • How to Make a Flying Saucer Spacecraft (hovercraft) by Russell C. Osantowski - Carter Elementary
  • Paper Columns by Renee Allen - Louis Wirth Experimental
  • Estimating Using Numerical Relationships by Christeen Brown, Sandy Reed and Gloria Cheers - Fulton School
  • Sky High by Gladys Allen - Louis Wirth Experimental School
  • Recycling In The Classroom: Litter Value Bag by Judy Lerner, Belinda Rawls and Christina Noran - Delano School
  • Changes In Matter by Sheila McKinnon, Sandra Brooms and Angela Scott - Sherman School
  • Recycle In The Classroom: THE GREAT PAPER WASTE by Belinda Rawls, Christina Noran and Judy Lerner - Delano Elementary School
  • Recycling In The Classroom: Sorting Through Garbage by Christina Noran, Judy Lerner and Belinda Rawls - Delano Elementary School
  • The Three Property of Matter by Angela Scott, Sandra Brooms and Shelia McKinnon - William T. Sherman Elementary School
  • You Have A Pulse by Kathy Threatt - Louis Wirth School
  • Incredible Plants by Juliette M. Walker, Angela Patrick and Victor McFarlene - Crown Community Academy
  • Phemenological Extravaganza by Porter W Johnson - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • TTO Demonstration by Kenneth Schug - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Substances and Properties by Mark Wagner - Mark Sheridan
  • Recycling Math by Michelle Jones and Bob Foote
  • MILK KALEIDOSCOPE by Victor M. McFarlane - Kanoon Magnet School
  • Balloons In Science by Ilene Wagner and Celistine Jeffreys


    Science Fair


    The following files provide a series of time lines, sample letters, forms and references for organizing and running a school Science Fair. Readers are, however, encouraged to use their local libraries, consultants and resources as their primary source of information about how their particular Principal or district operates. Introduction and justification for a Science Fair.

    General information and timelines.

    Organizational Timeline for running a Science Fair.

    Student Timelines for preparing to participate in a Science Fair.

    Samle letter to parents about the Science Fair.

    Sample letters to judges.

    Sample judging forms.

    Sample judging criterion and guidelines.

    References for science projects.

    Interesting Web addresses.


    An extensive list of general science and math references.


    The SMILE, SMILE+ and ISPP groups have developed a source list for hands on classroom materials and supplies which are inexpensive and useful. Since this list was developed by Chicago area groups, most of the sources are in the Chicago area. This list is by no means complete and readers are urged to send their favorite sources to either this address (smile@iit.edu) or Dr. Porter Johnson at the address listed on the home page.

    Brief advice about the configuration needed for a computer for classroom administration (grading, test writing, etc.) outside of the classroom is provided through a computer configuration table. Note that this table was developed in the fall of 1994 and may be somewhat out of date but it will give the reader some idea as to what you might need at home to run two of the programs that each of these groups was provided. The two shareware programs we provide are available through many sources. The first is GRADE GUIDE (Ver 2.5 from Jon Kane, 2814 Regent St. Madison, Wisconsin 53705) which is a gradebook type of program. All of our teachers are strongly encouraged to keep their records on some type of computerized spreadsheet/data base. The second is PC-Write (Ver 2.71), a word processor. Again, the participants are encouraged to use some type of word processor to produce and save their materials. There are also several places which have inexpensive used computer hardware.
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