Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes promoting an interest in science for students, to use critical thinking skills, and to use graphic organizers.

Cryopreservation-storing seeds in ultra-cold liquid nitrogen-is one method for maintaining plant genetic stocks in seed banks. The purpose of this project is to observe the characteristics and outcomes of cryogenically frozen seedlings...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the "dead zone," an area in the Guld of Mexico where no fish can live due to pollution from fertilizer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the disappearing Amazon rain forest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the brain registers a ticklish situation. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how elephants communicate with each other. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about some new animals to live at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about endangered animals and a zoo that is working to try to help them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about different types of March weather including: clouds, blizzards, thunder, lightning, and rainbows. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the water cycle and the importance of water. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about hunting for gem stones including diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and more. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about two states working together to regulate their sheep and moose populations. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

Students learn about what happens inside the Earth to cause an earthquake, how earthquakes are measured, their impact on the surface, and safety precautions to take during an earthquake.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifies causes and effects of landslides and mudslides and explains how slump and creep occur.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the causes and effects of heat waves and droughts.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the causes and effects of heat waves and droughts.

Students measure effects of elasticity by dropping rubber balls, graphing the height of the bounces, and making conclusions about the causes and effects of the bounces.

Media-rich interactive explores Earth's climate, investigating what might be causing the climate to change and how to prepare for it in the future.

In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn about cause and effect in disease occurrence.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The causes and effects of acid rain.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The causes and effects of acid rain.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the devastating effects from a volcanic eruption in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...

Students learn about the human body's system components, specifically its sensory systems, nervous system and brain, while comparing them to robot system components, such as sensors and computers. The unit's life sciences-to-engineering...

An introduction to the science behind lightning, its causes, and effects. If you follow links, there are also pages on the medical risks associated with getting struck by lightning.