Curated OER
Make Sense of Nature
Students participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
Curated OER
Women's History Crossword
In this women's history instructional activity, students complete a 14 word crossword puzzle, using clues given at the bottom of the page about women's history.
Curated OER
Women's History Spiral Puzzle Worksheet
In this women's history puzzle worksheet, students complete a puzzle, using a set of 8 clues given at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
It's About Time
Young scholars create their own timeline. For this social science lesson, students write the important events that happened in their lives on their timeline and then compare their timeline to Earth's timeline.
Curated OER
Welcome to Populations!
Students define what population is in their own words. In this biology instructional activity, students explain different ways to measure population density. They interpret population graphs.
Curated OER
My Favorite Thing to Do
Young scholars realize that a paragraph is a short piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Every story, essay, article, or book is like a patchwork quilt made of little paragraphs stitched together
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Living Things and Their Needs: We Need Water
This lesson focuses on living things' need for water. Students make lemonade and learn that water can be found in liquids other than a glass of water, and is also found in plants. The lesson can be downloaded in PDF format.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Needs of Living Things: Pre Assessment
This is a pre-assessment to be done at the beginning of a unit on the needs of living things. Students draw themselves and what they need to survive. The lesson can be downloaded in PDF format.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Human Biology Basics
A learning module that is "designed to give you basic information needed to build a foundation that will allow you to have a better understanding of many human biology concepts. You will understand how organisms are classified, get an...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Bio Benefits
What does it take to keep our planet livable? What are the things we need to sustain life? The Bio-Benefits site answers these questions and others pertaining to basic life needs. Click on the hyperlinked words to see interactive...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Basic Ingredients of the Us Economy
Every economic system tries to anticipate and then meet human needs through the production and distribution of goods and services. The economic system is the mechanism that brings together natural resources, the labor supply, technology,...
Other
Human Rights Web: Convention on the Rights of the Child
This site from the Human Rights Web is the United Nations Convention, passed in 1989, which outlines the basic needs and rights of children everywhere.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Seeds, Soil, and Surprises
This site has excellent resources for teaching students about plants. It has a guide to scientific investigation and a glossary of plant terms. There are three lessons that each include a slideshow on the parts of a plant, the needs of...
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health: Potential Uses of Human Stem Cells
Stem cell therapy holds a great deal of promise, but years of intensive research are needed to develop their full potential. This informative site looks at the possibilities and challenges related to the potential uses of stem cells.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Antibiotics Work
Students are introduced to a challenge question. Towards answering the question, they generate ideas for what they need to know about medicines and how they move through our bodies, watch a few short videos to gain multiple perspectives,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Endangered Species
The topic of endangered species is one that needs to be addressed with every student. As more and more plants and animals become extinct, students, as inhabitants of this ecosystem, need to be aware that human actions affect the planet....