Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mapping the Canyon

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers compare and contrast topographic maps and bathymetric maps. They investigate how bathymetric maps are made and how to interpret one.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Living in Extreme Environments: Havens on the Deep Sea Floor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the characteristics of an extreme environment in the deep ocean and consider what organisms need to survive in these elements. They research sampling and data collection methods in this environment.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding the Way

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and research navigational tools used in deep sea explorations. They are introduced to a compass, the Global Positioning System and sonar technology and then describe their uses in underwater exploration.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Deep Sea Coral Biodiversity

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research life forms of both tropical coral reefs and deep-sea coral reefs to discover the biodiversity of the ecosystems. They compare and contrast the diversity and adaptations of the two eco-systems, and draw a picture showing...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lon Chaney: Three Faces of Lon Chaney

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch the Lon Chaney episode of American Masters, read chapters from three original books on which Chaney's films were based, and use a reading strategy called Reader's Theater to adapt each chapter into a script. After...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Journey To the Unkown

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the ocean rift habitat off the Galapagos through an audio expedition, Internet research on deep sea animals, an explorer game and simulation of the exploration of the deep sea bottom. They focus on the actual NOAA...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Speech and Language Samples

For Teachers K - 12th
Students tell a story, describe a picture, share about a favorite toy from home and are recorded using an iPod with a voice recorder. They create a playlist of their voice and reading samples to illustrate progression over time.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What To Be or Not To Be

For Teachers K
Students discuss and learn about jobs and workers found in their school and then in the world around them. Through the activities presented in the lesson, students will become familiar with various workers and their tools. The describe...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sound

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this sound worksheet, students understand how sound is created and how the human ear "hears." Students compare the frequency, amplitude, and speed of sound. Then students complete 10 matching, 7 fill in the blank, and 11 short answer...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Things People Couldn't Do

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this things people couldn't do worksheet, students read context clues about famous people to determine which words in a word blank complete sentences. Students choose four answers to fill in the blanks.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dogs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this worksheet about dogs, students fill in the blanks with adjectives, answer reading comprehension questions, and tell characteristics of special dogs. Students write ten answers.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sound

For Students 9th - 12th
In this sound instructional activity, students read about sound waves, how they are graphed, what frequency is and how it's related to pitch and the speed of sound. Students solve 8 sections of problems including matching terms related...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

History's Thermometers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explain the concept of paleoclimatological proxies. In this oxygen isotope instructional activity, students interpret data and make inferences about climate changes in the geologic past.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Submersible Designer

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners work in groups to design, build, and test a submersible prototype. In this engineering lesson, students learn about the importance and design of submersible vessels and apply their knowledge by building one of their own. They...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Journey to the Unknown

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the ocean depths. In this scenario based lesson, students pretend they are on a submarine in an unknown part of the ocean. By using clues the class discusses and determines where they are in the ocean. They follow up...
Lesson Plan
NOAA

What's New?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Biodiversity in some areas is more diverse than one might think. Using a two-day lesson, pupils consider the biodiversity of the Hudson Canyon and the characteristics of one organism. They begin with an analysis of the common earthworm...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What on Earth is That and How Can I Get One?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine how we use submersibles. In this technology based instructional activity, students examine various technologies used by submersibles in ocean exploration.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Taster of Non-Taster?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate their own inherited traits by using taste papers. In this genetic traits lesson, students test their ability to taste various substances, which is determined by inherited genetic traits. They take home taste papers...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Helen Keller- Book Marks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students learn about the life of Helen Keller. In this cultural and disability awareness instructional activity, students read a biography about Helen Keller and discuss the differences in her life and theirs. Students discuss which...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Opposite Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Opposite Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

the biggest Plates on Earth

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students understand the movement of tectonic plates. In this tectonic plates instructional activity, students access prior knowledge of convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.  Students discuss energy transfer involved in...
Interactive
Curated OER

Word Formation

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online interactive forming words activity, students complete 15 sentences online by typing in the correct form of each word in parenthesis.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Elements of Fables

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the attributes of fables. In this literature lesson, students read several fables and identify the moral lesson, characterization, and figurative language in each. Students then retell their favorite fables in their own...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Set a Poem to Music

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students consider the role of rhythm and meter in poetry. In this integrated arts lesson, students discuss the attributes of poetry and use their music skills to set picture book poetry to music by creating "singable" poems.

Other popular searches