Interactive
Concord Consortium

Chain Reaction Between Hydrogen and Oxygen

For Students 9th - 12th
Looking for a simple way to teach conservation of energy in chemical reactions? Pupils can observe energy changes as water forms during a chain reaction between oxygen and hydrogen using an interactive. The resource instructs users to...
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Cells of the Immune System

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
You won't be able to resist the content of a great presentation! Young immunologists discover the variety of cells involved in keeping our bodies free from pathogens with a resource that contains both slides and video clips. The included...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2001 AP® Computer Science A Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th
Develop an array of solutions. The released questions provide an insight on how to use C++ programming to work with arrays. Pupils respond to the questions by creating lines of code to accomplish specific tasks. The 2001 exam uses the...
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Curated OER

Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students watch and learn the different levels of "viscosity" in liquids to explain molten lava after viewing a video of a Hawaiian volcano.
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Curated OER

Caverns: Drip Rate Analysis

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars tour a cave and collect water samples. They measure the drip rate from several locations inside the cave and discover the part water plays in cave formation.
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Curated OER

Balancing a Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate living expenses for a non-traditional career choice. They examine interest, balancing a checkbook, and financing cars and homes.
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Curated OER

Aquatic Field Data

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners use laptops and sensors to measure water quality and graph their results.  In this aquatics lesson students post their results to a website or email. 
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PBS

Could You Start a Business?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
High schoolers learn how a business starts and finds financial independence. For this lesson, students learn the struggle of financial management, the costs of running a business and how to keep a budget.
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Curated OER

Technical Literacy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the components of the transference of technological information through this ten lesson plan unit. The applications to specific careers, the determination of responsible use of technology, and the affects of technology...
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Curated OER

Factual Writing: Instructions

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students write step-by-step instructions for tasks. In this factual writing activity, students complete an online activity. Each group also writes directions for completing a task. A worksheet is available for more practice.
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Curated OER

Movement of Air Mind Map Activity

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students explore the movement of air.  In this air lesson, students discuss and give examples of air ventilation.  Students compare outdoor and indoor air quality.  Students create mind maps as a visual representation of...
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Curated OER

Build a Block Model

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students construct a block model of the Space Station. They develop a description of their procedures, complete flow diagrams of their processes, develop a budget, and present their block model to the class.
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Curated OER

Tobacco: Exploring Tobacco Culture

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to the tobacco planting process. Using primary sources, they identify the steps necessary to grow the popular crop. They create a flow map to organize the process graphically. They discuss the...
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Curated OER

"Global Relations"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explain the difference between each of three major ecosystems. They determine the flow of water in the St. Mary's River as it flows out of the river into the bay, and finally out into the Atlantic Ocean and identify...
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Curated OER

And Then What Happened, Inspector?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students further their understanding of the United Nations inspections in Iraq. They develop flow charts to organize ideas for interactive scenarios about the inspections in which the choices made determine the outcome.
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Curated OER

Red River of the North Flooding 1997

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students describe factors that affect the flow of rivers and explain their relationships. They research the factors involved in flooding events. describe the effects of present and future practices in land use, and river control methods.
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Curated OER

International and Development Banking

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Pupils engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of banking in a local and international marketplace. They conduct research using a variety of resources with the end result being a demonstration of a flowchart of how capital...
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Curated OER

Wonderful Water

For Teachers K
Students identify the various states of water and its natural flow downward. As a class, students take digital pictures of different forms of water and create a multimedia presentation describing their photographs. Groups of students...
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Curated OER

Pineapple Stars

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students watch a demonstration on how to create pineapple stars. As a class, they review the different types of fabrics and the best ones to use for this activity. They share their creation with the class and ask for constructive...
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Curated OER

The Heart

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to the parts of the heart and the flow of blood through the heart.
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Curated OER

Web of Wonder Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars learn how all living things in an ecosystem are connected in some way. By building their own "web" your class look at energy flow through the food web system and how environmental changes disrupt the system.
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Curated OER

Understanding Lava Layers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders trace the lava flow of an erupting volcano. In this earth science lesson, 7th graders experiment using baking soda and vinegar. They record and share their observations.
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Curated OER

Discovering the Oasis

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate riverbanks and oxbox ecosystem at the Truckee River. They observe the plants, animals, insects and water organisms located there. Students document water samples, flow and then categorize them in class. This...
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Curated OER

Density Currents

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students experiment with currents caused by temperature variations that simulate the origins and flow of polar bottom currents. They discover water density is affected by temperature and salinity, resulting in deep water currents.