Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Did You Do After the War, Grandpa?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students consider how World War II impacted Europe and European soldiers. In this Victory in Europe lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about the war, its conditions, and the celebration that ensued...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Myth and the Reality: Pioneering in the Midwest

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Pupils examine the myth and reality of settlement in the Upper Midwest during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Insects

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners study the characteristics and basic needs of insects. They compare and describe similarities among insects. They examine the body structure, covering, and movement of insects and also, examine insect life cycles in this unit of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Read, Write and Talk

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore electricity by reading a story in their class. In this research technique lesson, 4th graders read a Magic School Bus book together and decide which elements of the story are the most important when asked about...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How to Recycle a Rock

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the rock cycle and explore how rocks are made, changed, destroyed and recreated. They create representations of these processes with hands-on activities.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Testing the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony

For Students 9th - 10th
Think back to the last time you went to the grocery store. How well can you describe the person who was ahead of you in the check-out line? How many details do you remember about the person? Here is a project to investigate the accuracy...
Primary
Ibis Communications

Eyewitness to History: Aboard a Slave Ship, 1829

For Students 9th - 10th
A historically significant account of what Reverend Robert Walsh observed on a slave ship off the African coast in 1829.