Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Currency Exchange

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Take your class on a North American adventure with a currency conversion problem. Pupils are asked to change US dollars into Canadian dollars and then to Mexican pesos. The commentary includes two solutions, converting by unit rates and...
Activity
Serendip

Diffusion and Cell Size and Shape

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is your class ready to size up the topic of diffusion? Help them get cell shape savvy with a well-written handout. The resource covers how substances such as oxygen passively move through the cell membrane and how cell size and shape...
Lesson Plan
Serendip

Should States Repeal Their Laws Banning First Cousin Marriage?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Around half of the states in the US ban first cousin marriage, but does science support that ban? Scholars work through genetic analysis of the risks to understand if more states should ban the practice—or if some should remove it. They...
Lesson Plan
Serendip

Understanding the Biology of Cancer

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
After initial exposure to a carcinogen, a cancer diagnosis often takes more than a decade due to the slow buildup of mutated cells in the body. Scholars learn about the biology of cancer with a worksheet and discussion questions. They...
Lesson Plan
Serendip

The Ecology of Lyme Disease

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Areas that previously included no risk of Lyme disease now have cases every year. Scholars learn about the spread of Lyme disease and the relationship with ecological succession. Then, they discuss possible solutions using the known food...
Activity
Mesa Public Schools

Country Project

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Give your young learners the chance to discover more about countries in their world community with a research project. Class members write reports on an assigned country and include such major features as geography, important historical...
Activity
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Coordination Chemistry: Kinetics of Ligand Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, you will complete the study of the mechanism of ligand exchange. The reaction will be followed colorimetrically and the rates of exchange and ligand isomerization will be measured. Requires Java plug-in.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Body Cooling Rate of Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make two models to stimulate the cooling rate of different skin surface areas. They use a Temperature Sensor to measure the cooling rate of the models. The students also compare the cooling rates of the models to determine the...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: A Day at the Beach Adventure 9

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare the heating rates of wet sand and dry sand and study the effect of evaporation on heating rates. They create, interpret and analyze graphs of data. They also relate slope to rate of change.
Activity
Bryn Mawr College

Serendip: Alcoholic Fermentation in Yeast

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A text summary of what students learn in the Alcoholic Fermentation in Yeast lab, along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF or Word formats. Aerobic cellular respiration and alcoholic fermentation...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Beating Hearts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students' will use a heart rate monitor to measure their heart rate in beats per minute (BPM) while they exercise. They will understand the effect of exercise on heart rate and learn how to measure differences in heart...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Absorption and Radiation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Different surfaces absorb and radiate radiation at different rates. In this activity you will analyze the absorption and radiation rates of two surfaces by monitoring the temperature changes of each of them.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Amazing Fetal Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity you will: graph data of human fetal growth and describe the rate of human fetal growth.
Activity
Other

Applied Thermodynamics: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
Heat transfer, rates of heat exchange,conduction, radiation and convection are defined and discussed at this site from Applied Thermodynamics. Well illustrated.
Activity
Tutor2u

Tutor2u: Sources of Comparative Advantage

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes how comparative advantage and specialization cause international trade.

Other popular searches