Rice University
Rice University: Web Adventures: Reconstructors: A Plaguing Problem
Online adventure game consisting of five consecutive episodes where you become a member of a team of scientists who investigate pain relieving drugs to see if they are safe. Episodes should be played in order; however, they can be...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: The Process of Science
An introduction to scientific process and thinking like a scientist.
Other
Nasa: Iss Earth Kam
Students get a whole new perspective of the world through images obtained from the International Space Station. Students can even request images to be taken through ISS EarthKAM. Activities and educator guides are provided.
Google
Google for Education: Machine Testing
Students test the functionality of a mysterious new machine whose operations are described to the class, but cannot be opened up for further investigation. Students come up with a testing strategy for this machine, test it according to...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Lab Safety Equipment
Given investigation scenarios, students will select appropriate preventative safety equipment.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Measurement
Given investigation quantitative data, students will determine its degree of precision and/or accuracy and causes for uncertainties in measured data.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Scientific Notation
Given quantitative data students will express and manipulate chemical quantities using scientific notation.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Scientific Models
Given a description or illustration of various models, students will describe how these models represent the natural world and evaluate the advantages and limitations of the models.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Theories
Given laboratory investigation scenarios, students will distinguish between scientific hypotheses and scientific theories.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Historical Treasure Chests
After learning to distinguish between primary and secondary sources, young scholars will examine four primary documents and address a set of questions for each.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Dissolving Sugar Class Science Fair Project
Second graders work together as a class to generate a science fair project.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Hero Elementary
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Hero Elementary.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Quiz: The Scientific Method
Take this ten-question review quiz over the Scientific Method. Read more about each question after an incorrect answer is given.
Nature Research
Nature: Online Video Streaming Archive
A collection of video articles about current events having to do with nature. Each video features a science topic in the news.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Eggs and the Equinox
In this guided inquiry activity, students work to address the myth, "Eggs will balance on end on the equinox." Students to come up with their own procedure to test this question and perform the experiment.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: The Nature of Science: Self Check Quiz
Answer five comprehension check questions about the nature of science in this interactive quiz.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Independent Samples T Test: Chips Ahoy vs. Supermarket Brand
A hands-on investigation where students count the number of chips in cookies in order to carry out an independent samples t-test to see if Chips Ahoy brand cookies have a higher, lower, or different mean number of chips per cookie than a...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Designing and Carrying Out Your Very Own Animal Behavior Experiment
Students review the process of science and then use the scientific process to design and carry out an experiment using pill bugs.
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: What's Wrong With These Pictures?
An assessment that will test your ability to see patterns. You will look at a set of objects (usually 3-5) and decide which one doesn't belong.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Data Analysis
Given laboratory investigation data in the form of tables, charts, and graphs, students will analyze and predict trends from the data.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Data Organization
Given field and laboratory scenarios and laboratory data, students will construct data tables and graphs, using repeated trials and means to organize data.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Plant Kingdom: Two Approaches to Learn About Nature
Take one of two approaches when investigating nature, using either inductive or deductive reasoning.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Kids Do Ecology: Data and Science
Learn about conducting your own investigation with these tips on following the scientific method. Find out how to state hypothesis, make observations, collect and analyze data, and display data to share results and conclusions of your...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Digging Up Details on Worms: Using Science in an Inquiry Study
A lesson plan based on a study unit of earthworms, using the inquiry model to integrate scientific processes with literacy practices. Instruction plans, related resources, and standards are included.