Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Will There Be Ozone Tomorrow

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners collect and analyze real time data. They make comparisons and determinations about the status of ozone in their local area and predict the Ozone level for the next day
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Humidity and Air Saturation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students experiment with air saturation. In this earth science activity, students first complete an activity which teaches humidity. Then they use the scientific method to create their own experiments to test how long it takes...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Life Cycle of Trees

For Students 4th - 5th
For this Life Cycle of Trees instructional activity, students read one page about the life cycle of a trees. Students define 12 terms from the reading.
Lesson Plan
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Rain Reasons

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore how climatic factors influence the growth of plants. They create an experiment to find how variations in water, light, and temperature affect plant growth and describe how precipitation and geography can affect the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rotating Rings of Ice

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students work together to develop a model of Saturn and its rings. They identify what types of materials make up the rings and how they revolve around Saturn. They write a short paragraph describing the rings.
Lesson Plan
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Water Quality Monitoring

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...
Lesson Plan
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Land Use

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine ecosystems that covered Illinois 200 years ago, investigate some living and non-living components of ecosystems, identify components of prairie system, create food webs, and observe human effects on environment. Lessons...
Lesson Plan
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A Comparison of Land and Water Temperature

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use the NASA website's Live Access Server to create a graph of surface temperature at two locations on earth. They analyze the data and then answer specific questions provided in this lesson plan. They also examine and compare...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Most Troublesome Exotic Invasive Plant Species Web Quest

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in a Web Quest activity in which they identify common exotic invasive plant species of the Southern Appalachian Region. After identifying the top 10 exotic invasive species, they choose one to research in depth.
Worksheet
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Fourth Grade Science Concepts Practice

For Students 4th
For this grade 4 science worksheet, 4th graders complete 25 multiple choice questions covering a variety of 4th grade science concepts. An answer key is included.
Lesson Plan
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TAKING APART OWL PELLETS

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students dissect and owl pellet and then reconstruct small rodents on a presentation board using a textbook picture as a guide.
Lesson Plan
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Exploring Space Fact

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students visit web sites to gather information about space and space exploration.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sundials and Shadows - What Can They Teach Us About Seasons?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students collect and analyze data relating to seasonal changes. They view a video, research web sites and build a sundial to collect their data.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Taxonomy Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students act as a taxonomist and, given a certain situation, classify existing organisms.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Fourth Grade Science

For Students 4th
In this science worksheet, 4th graders complete multiple choice questions about day lengths, light and dark, food, recycling, and more. Students complete 25 questions.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Explore the Solar System With Theater [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students build upon prior knowledge of the planets in the solar system by becoming aliens living on the planets. As aliens, they learn about their planets and create advertisements to persuade someone to visit them there.
Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Learning About the Solar System [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Learning about the Solar System" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about scientists and learning about our solar system and how it works. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide...
Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Solar System Science

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Each student becomes the "ambassador" for a planet and prepares by researching their planet, then meets with other ambassadors to form new mini-solar systems.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Sun and the Moon Tutorial

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the sun and the moon straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive tutorial.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Renewable Energy Living Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students become familiar with the online Renewable Energy Living Lab interface and access its real-world solar energy data to evaluate the potential for solar generation in various U.S. locations. They become familiar with where the most...