Lesson Plan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

What is My Carbon Footprint?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Here is a lesson that walks youth through an online carbon footprint calculator produced by the University of California, Berkeley. Once learners finish inputting information, they compete a worksheet with the results. This is simple,...
Lesson Plan
NASA

Biology Training Conclusion

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Gravity is just one consideration when determining human habitability on a new planet. The lesson connects four different units and starts with connecting the various systems: planetary systems, human body systems, etc. After scholars...
Lesson Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

Ten Mile Day

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Get your class working on the railroad with this detailed and interactive activity. After reading and discussing Ten Mile Day, learners explore division of labor, human capital, and productivity with a hands-on group activity in which...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Extending Human Ability Through Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how technology has been used to enhance human abilities. Using the internet, they watch a short video about prosthetics. They compare and contrast how prosthetics have changed over the years as technology has become...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biology: Systems of the Human Body

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the different systems of the human body and how they work independently and cooperatively. They complete sevral online interactive projects designed to reinforce how the systems work alone and together. Students make...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The High Cost of Chemical Dependency

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore, analyze and study the effect and impact that humans have on the environment based on their choices as individuals, businesses and governments. They assess the balance between human activities and aquatic pollution.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Hydrogen Bonds: A Special Type of Attraction

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How does hydrogen bonding explain ice crystals? An engaging interactive answers just that. Scholars explore how polar molecules interact and observe the changes as temperature fluctuates as well as the hydrogen bond attraction.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chocolate Chip Cookie Mining

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
To understand the impact coal mining has on the environment, pupils will extract chocolate chips from a cookie. Imagine the cookie is the environment and the chips are the coal. Instruct them to mine as many chips as they can, then have...
Lesson Plan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Population Dynamics

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Will human population growth always be exponential, or will we find a limiting factor we can't avoid? Young scientists learn about both exponential and logistic growth models in various animal populations. They use case studies to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interacting With Animals

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the proper way to interact with animals. In this animal welfare lesson, students view pre-made picture cards of illustrations of people interacting with animals. Students categorize the cards into an "acceptable" and...
Interactive
Curated OER

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume.
Unit Plan
Curated OER

The Human Body

For Teachers 5th
Students explore human growth and development as they participate in class activities, reading and discussion. Worksheet and handouts are included in the lesson.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Prehistory

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars discuss the history of humans.  In this human history lesson, students describe how the placement of the continents changed and where the humans began and traveled to. They discuss interaction with Neanderthals and...
Interactive
Curated OER

Quiz on Human Reproductive System

For Students 6th - 9th
In this human reproduction worksheet, students complete an online interactive quiz about hormones, sexual development and human reproduction. There is also an option for a paper and pencil version.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Gulf of Maine

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the effect of limiting factors, especially when it comes to human beings. They examine data from the Gulf of Maine area.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mammal Morphology - Bats, People, and Other

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this physical characteristics worksheet, students compare bats and humans by putting a + sign in the chart for whether or not bats and humans have the same characteristics. Students do this for 17 characteristics and answer 3 questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Busy Brain

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore biology by completing a human body worksheet. In this human brain lesson, students identify the different anatomy within the brain and the functions those pieces form. Students read an article about signals in the brain...
Interactive
Curated OER

Circulatory System Crossword

For Students 8th - 12th
In this interactive crossword, learners identify parts and function of the circulatory system. Hints and answers are available.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Managing Wildlife

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the relationship between wildlife and humans in northern New England. They also brainstorm ideas on why they think some species are greater in population than others in a given area.
Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Mysteries of Anatomy

For Students 5th - 7th
Consider this online interactive activity as a way to practice the names that often accompany human anatomy, such as the crown of the head and the roof of the mouth. Learners select an anatomy word with a double meaning from a drop-down...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Organ System Interactions

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders who have studied all of the organ systems now discover how they all are related and work together in the human body. They discuss a variety of situations in which more than one system plays a part. They identify the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Human Body Systems - Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify the following organ systems in the human body and state their functions: muscular, skeletal, circulatory, respiratory, digestive.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Anatomy and Physiology

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students study human anatomy and physiology.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Human Body

For Students 6th - 12th
In this human body activity, students will review the characteristics of the body systems: skeletal, circulatory, muscular, digestive, urinary, endocrine, reproductive, lymphatic, and respiratory systems. This activity has 12 fill in the...

Other popular searches