Some microbes are beneficial for humans. This resource asks learners to identify beverages that contain healthy microbes. There are six beverages shown, and pupils must place a check mark next to the ones they think contain healthy...

Readers of Measure for Measure use words from Act II, scene 2 to complete a magic squares vocabulary exercise.  An answer sheet is included.

Where this is not exactly a lesson plan, it is a terrific outline of how to generate biogas from an animal manure sample. If you are up for the challenge, the generator can be built by your class as a concluding project at the end of an...

Through the use of an interactive Web site, students explore C-14 and C-14 dating. Then students analyze an article written about the C-14 dating of the Shroud of Turin and draw conclusions.

Learners study the difference between types of ionizing radiation and how elements are transmuted. They determine that radiation is normal and surrounds us. They calculate the amounts of alpha, beta and gamma radiation emitted from a...

In this half-life worksheet, learners use a given table of half lives, mass, time and amount of original sample to solve for unknowns in nine given half-life problems.

Students investigate the concept of half-life by conducting an M&M experiment. In this chemistry lesson, students differentiate nuclear fusion and fission. They present investigation findings to class.

Students examine nurse logs with hand lenses and identify animals.  For this ecosystem lesson, students gain understanding of the rainforest by studying nurse logs.  Students become familiar with vocabulary through their study...

Students use this hands-on activity to demonstrate the production of coke, one of the most widely used raw materials derived from coal. They are also stimulated to do research into the differences in coal types and coal products.

In this International Space Station worksheet, students are given the altitude changes in the space station on a graph from 2000-2004. Students answer 5 questions about the trends in the graph, the changes in altitude, the reason for the...

Students research separate elements of the theory of Plate Tectonics, then share that information with each other, drawing conclusions from the culminated information.

High schoolers read and discuss an article about carbon dating, then participate in a hands-on lab to discover how carbon dating works. Students also write a letter to a friend explaining the process, and how archeologists use the...

In this math worksheet, students solve three digit addition problems. Some of the addition problems require regrouping. The problems are set up to solve vertically.

Students share ideas about how scientists know about dinosaurs, then read a news article about the recently found remains of a hadrosaur. For this dinosaur lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a class discussion and...

In this carbon dating worksheet, students read about how carbon-14 is used to date historical paintings. They answer questions about carbon dating and its importance.

In this dissolving solids and gases worksheet, students learn that the process of dissolving gas is opposite of the process of dissolving solids. Students answer 3 critical thinking questions about dissolving gases and solids in solutions.

In this environmental problems and solutions worksheet, students are given a list of 25 environmental problems. They match them with a given solution and paste the matching pairs to a piece of construction paper.

Students create a mummy using the mummification process. In this mummy lesson, students peel an apple and place the peeling in a baby food jar. They carve a face into their apple, dry it in salt and wrap it in toilet paper to bury. 

In this algebra worksheet, learners graph exponential equations and use the formula to translate the graph on a coordinate plane. There are 3 word problems.

Students study what regolith is and how it contrasts with weathering on Earth.  In this weathering instructional activity students divide into groups, hypothesize and confirm their guesses. 

Students consider the interdependency of life in a temperate forest by studying selected organisms from an Asian temperate forest and creating a food web.

Students demonstrate the right way to brush their teeth and why its important to keep them clean.

Students examine primary sources in order to draw conclusions about the influence of Greek classical art and philosophy on the French Revolution. They compare the goals of the French Revolution to those of Neoclassical artists.