Curated OER
Echinoderms and Invertebrate Chordates
In this invertebrate learning exercise, students will review 11 vocabulary words associated with the characteristics of echinoderms and invertebrate chordates. This learning exercise is a crossword puzzle.
Curated OER
Plankton
Learners explore how to collect plankton and use microscopes to observe and identify it. They collect the plankton sample and classify the various components of the plankton. Students identify organisms in the plankton and draw...
Curated OER
Changing With the Tide
Young scholars describe three different aspects or life forms of the salt marsh. They compare and contrast the low and high marsh. Students explain what happens in different areas of the marsh at low and high tide; and explain the roles...
Tramline
A Desert Virtual Field Trip
Travel with your students on a virtual field trip and explore the deserts of the world! This is site is interactive and informative.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Global Carbon Cycle
Interactive learning activity examines the global carbon cycle and describes the exchanges of carbon between the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, land and fossil fuels.
Other
Water on the Web
Water on the Web (WOW) is an advanced site allowing students to actively participate in data analysis from real research sites. Lesson plans on a range of topics are provided. There is also a tutorial for using Excel to graph WOW data.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Carnival Parade: Rio De Janeiro: What Happens When Living Things Die?
Join Rick on this carnival parade, and find out more about what happens when animals and plants die.