Search Over 150,000 Teacher Reviewed Lesson Plans and 75,000 Worksheets
- Grade Range
- 6th
- Rating

Students, in groups, learn the morphology and function of organelles within plant and animal cells. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
- Rating

Students watch a Nova program examining the earliest in habitants of the Americas. In groups. they take notes on various topics covered in the program. Among the topics covered are: the Clovis people, Solutrean culture, migration routes, and genetic evidence. to conclude the lesson, students role-play as forensic scientists solving a missing persobns case through the evidence of mtDNA. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
- Rating

Students explore the cell and cell processes. They create "cytoplasm", make a model of the cell and its organelles, and simulate the osmosis and the diffusion of materials into and out of the cell. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
- Rating

Students identify parts and functions of microscope. Students watch video, Cells and Life about cell parts with actual pictures and actual cells. Students discuss video and identify parts of the cells that animals and plants have in common. Students draw a plant and animal cell illustrating similar and different parts. Students set up their own experiment and generate their own hypotheses. Students create cell pizzas and compose a recipe to go with each pizza. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating

Students take measurements of the distance between the objective and the slide when in focus with each objective. They determine the diameter of the field of view at each power in order to determine the size of the cells being observed. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
- Rating

Students investigate DNA and codes for proteins. They explore the following concepts: mitochondrial DNA, jumping genes, junk DNA, introns, genomic imprinting, anticipation, the "not-so-universal" genetic code, and directed mutations. They refer to a study guide to accompany reference articles on these anomalies. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
- Rating

Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the gaining of knowledge about computer programming. They complete a lesson to practice the A+ computer programming language. Students also investigate the different career contexts where this skill can be used. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
- Rating

Students investigate the concept of finding the perimeter, area, and volume of different geometric solids. They practice finding the calculations using pyramids, cylinders, prisms, cones, and spheres. Students also practice using the pythagorean theorem. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
- Rating

Students investigate a lesson used in Mathematics. The teacher could use this template for a lesson plan. It has helpful examples that are meant to help create new ideas that can be used. The teacher thinks reflectively while using this template for a lesson plan. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
- Rating

Students investigate the concept of having a student store in the classroom. They use objects brought to class. The items can be bought for prices set by the students. The store is ran and maintained by them as a class project. Full Review »

