Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Education for Global Peace

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners survey the class and graph the results. In this graphing and data collection lesson, students conduct a survey to see where their shirts were produced. Individuals use software to graph the results and create a written...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spyglass

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students distinguish between visualization and scientific visualization. They use the software program Spygalss to create images from two-dimensional arrays of numbers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Waste and Our World Technology Project

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders recognize that human activity can lead to the production of waste, and identify alternatives for the responsible use and disposal of materials. They use technology to investigate and then present a multimedia presentation.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tides - The Ins and Outs of Tides

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Get your junior oceanographers to generate tidal prediction graphs on an interactive website. They will feel like experts in the field, or shall we say, experts in the ocean! This is a brief, but worthwhile activity that could be used to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Magnetic Discovery Bottle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils examine how to conduct simple investigations and use simple equipment to gather data.  In this magnet lesson plan students decide what types of objects are attracted to magnets. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Landfill Project

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars explore impact of garbage on environment, examine waste management operations and how they can directly impact environment, implement ways to lower household garbage, and make STELLA Model about garbage flow and use model...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

??Discovering Patterns and Trends of the Periodic Table using PDAs??

For Teachers 10th
For this lesson, 10th graders research the elements within a particular period of the periodic table of elements. Students gather data from PDA for each element and join other individuals to decpher the patterns in the peridoc table.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fishing Game: Stella PC and Mac

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Pupils play The Fishing Game as a manager in the national fish and wildlife service charged with the responsibility of making policy suggestions regarding the management of a fishery surrounding national borders.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating and Restoring Health Forests

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils explore how to create and restore healthy forests. Given a scenario, teams of students create a management plan to assist the forest in becoming healthy, safe, and appealing. Pupils consider the ecosystem, adaptations of the...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Amazing Adaptations - Probing Pinnipeds

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders collect data about the habitats of pinniped adaptations using digital probes. They determine how pinnipeds make adaptations to their natural environment by completing an experiment to determine how human and pinniped...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flush It! Throw It! Out of Sight, Out of Mind!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe disposal procedures by reviewing water and solid waste disposal cycles and what happens when one step is omitted. They examine the connection between industry and human health.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to the Planets

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students become familiar with the members of the solar system and planetary order. They identify differences and characteristics of individual planets. Finally students visualize the great size of the solar system and make the image more...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How to Make Histograms

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners collect data and plot it using a histogram. In this statistics lesson, students interpret histograms. They find the frequency, percents and density.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sixth Grade is a Ball!

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars discuss the responsibilities of advancing in grade and participating in more activities. In this grade transition lesson, students watch a 'ball juggling' demonstration to visually identify the responsibilities they have...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where's the Beach?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use beach profile data to analyze how erosion and sediment transport changed seashore slopes. In this geology lesson, students plot the data provided and analyze erosion patterns. They also assess coastal erosion management...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Polystyrene Containers

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students conduct experiments to determine the effectiveness of polystyrene containers at preventing heat loss. In this polymers lesson, students design an experiment to determine how effective Styrofoam burger containers are at...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I'm Warm Now

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders graph how much water is wasted while waiting for it to get warm in the spigot in the sink. In this graphing lesson plan, student first predict how much water is wasted. That night they test it out at home and the next day...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Collective Compromise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson plan, students examine what to do with waste as they plan and implement a strategy for controlling their school's trash.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Seafood: For the Love of Fish

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars role play a scenario specific to decision making in seafood management and conservation. In this marine science lesson, students estimate seafood consumption in their state. They recommend new regulations for better...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Watershed Management

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of a watershed. They conduct research into the concept using a variety of resources. Students take a field trip to a local watershed to make observations. The outcome is a report concerning the outside...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Day of Kindness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine and discuss the different types of violence and anger present in their daily lives. As a class, they share their experiences of violent situations they have been in or witnessed. They develop non-violent solutions to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Is The Concept?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students systemically determine the concept that the waste items placed in a "yes" category are biodegradable and those in the "no" category are not. This activity is a motivating way to introduce a unit on wastes by having students use...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Shaking? Three-Lesson Unit

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Your young architects use the Internet to research tall structures or sky scrapers to help in the design of their scale drawings. This is lesson one of three in which learners design, build, and test model skyscrapers for seismic safety....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ch-Ch-Ching Cafe: Play Restaurant Make Change

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make change by participating in a role-play restaurant activity. In this making change lesson, 4th graders use their math skills to compare prices and compute bills in a role play restaurant activity.

Other popular searches