Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solar S'Mores

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students see that solar energy is the energy given off by the sun. They explain that when light energy is absorbed by objects it is changed to heat energy and that dark-colored objects absorb more light and store more heat from sunlight.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Turned on the Lights?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss how energy is transformed from one form to another. In this physics lesson, 7th graders design and build their own hydro generator. They identify the factors that affect its energy production.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solar S'Mores

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students investigate solar energy. In this solar energy lesson plan, students compare how heat is absorbed in light-colored objects and dark-colored objects by making S'mores.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solar S’Mores

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students cook with the power of the sun. In this solar energy lesson plan, students explore solar cooking as they apply scientific principles to cook s'mores.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electromagnetic Spectrum/Spectroscopy

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the electromagnetic spectrum and demonstrate the elements within.  In this investigative instructional activity students complete a demonstration and calculate the energy of a photon. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore how a nuclear accident can affect biological systems. They examine the case of the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown in 1986.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Energy Debate - Conclusion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars write a persuasive essay about the choices in the energy debate. They comprehend the environmental consequences that accompany the decision. Students predict how they will power their future.
PPT
Curated OER

The Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A huge collection of slides introduces chemistry learners to the periodic table of elements, electron configuration, and electronegativity. It opens with the history of today's periodic table, and then details the arrangement. After...
Organizer
Curated OER

Water Pollution

For Students 7th - 10th
Examine water pollution and legislation through this reading comprehension worksheet, intended to correspond with a specific text but valuable even without it. Learners read 10 sentences, unscrambling the bold word to complete each (i.e....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Nuclear Power

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this nuclear power worksheet, students compare fission and fusion. Students learn about the different kinds of radiation. This worksheet has 2 short answer questions and 10 matching questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Electrical Energy

For Students 6th - 12th
In this electrical energy worksheet, students will review currents and electrical circuits, including how electrical energy is measured. This worksheet has 6 words scrambles, 6 fill in the blank, 5 multiple choice, and 4 short answer...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Effects and Applications of Nuclear Chemistry

For Students Higher Ed
For this nuclear chemistry worksheet, students determine the biological effects and the applications of nuclear chemistry. Then students use Einstein's theory of special relativity to complete 3 problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ENERGY USE ADDS UP!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils investigate the amount of power used in your home and what appliances use the most. They analyze the concept that producing energy costs us money, affects our environment and produces waste products. Students come up with three...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transforming Energy

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study about alternate energy sources and discuss with their neighbor how alternative energy sources affect environmental conditions so that an entire species could be affected.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan: Korea

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that has the primary concern of the controversy that surrounds the Korean Nuclear Program. The viewpoints of various stakeholders from other nations is considered.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

There Must Be Something in the Water

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read a New York Times article as a class and discuss how groundwater near a nuclear test site may have been contaminated. They explore how groundwater contamination can spread through aquifers by participating in a simulation.
Lesson Plan
American Institute of Physics

African Americans and Life in a Secret City

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Imagine the lure of being offered a job at a secret site, working on a secret project, and earning higher wages! Such was the approach used to recruit African Americans to Hanford, Washington, one of several sites used to develop...
eBook
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Utah Open Textbook: Chemistry

For Students 9th - 12th
Technology can help save money and add convenience. The resource offers a free textbook for a complete Chemistry course. The text begins with a review of the scientific method and continues to explain topics such as chemical bonding,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Craters are a Blast!

For Students 9th - 11th
In this craters worksheet, students solve 3 problems including converting units of Joules into a number equivalent to a one-megaton nuclear bomb, finding the diameters of craters in a given picture and determining the energy needed to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Iranian Uranium?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how Iran's uranium enrichment-related activities has caused a rift between Russia, the United States, and Europe. They stage a mock summitt to discuss Iran's nuclear program.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

CONVECTION

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars experiment to produce a visual convection current in the classroom and compare it to the images taken of convection cells in the Sun. They analyze the source of the Sun's energy and this type of energy transport.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Black Hole Power...X

For Students 9th - 12th
In this power of black holes worksheet, learners solve 6 problems including finding the surface area of a black hole, determining the amount of matter in the black hole shell, finding the rest mass energy and determining the time it...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Radiation Crossword Puzzle

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this radiation activity, learners complete a crossword puzzle by figuring out the vocabulary terms associated with the 25 clues given.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Nuclear Fusion

For Students 9th - 12th
In this nuclear fusion worksheet, students look at the energy released when nuclear fusion occurs. Students determine how scientists are trying to harness fusion to produce electricity. This worksheet has 3 fill in the blank and 9 short...

Other popular searches