Curated OER
Precalculus Exam
In this precalc lesson, students write out definitions, identify functions, solve integrals and derivatives and graph trig functions as they relate to angles. This is a final exam for precalculus. There are 80 questions on this exam.
Curated OER
Pulsating
Students explore how activity and lack of activity has an effect on a persons' heart rate. They receive instruction and practice in taking and recording their pulse rate. Students also incorporate a variety of music while taking their...
Curated OER
Fire Safety (Stop, Drop & Roll)
Third graders review what to do in case they are faced with a fire in their homes or school. They review what to do if they are faced with moving safely within a structure that is on fire. Students play a Tag Game together to reinforce...
Curated OER
Valentine Volley
Students choose one half of a heart and a balloon at random. Theybegin traveling on the teachers signal or when music begins to find someone who has the other half.
Curated OER
Foot Tag
Students use a yarn or fleece ball. On the signal (whistle, music) students move around trying to hit as many different classmates feet as possible.
Curated OER
What Do You See?
Students listen to "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" and then act out the events in the story. They demonstrate what a bear looks like, and discuss the different locomotor movements a bear would use. As they listen to the story, each student...
Curated OER
Soccer Scatter
Students practice dribbling the ball with his/her feet and passing to a partner.
Curated OER
Nutrition (Low Fat/High Fat Foods)
Students explain that a low fat diet, accompanied by being physically active, help them live longer and healthier lives.
Curated OER
Fire Chief
Young scholars respond to motion cues from the "Fire Chief" (teacher). In this physical education lesson, students participate in a fire safety game which promotes locomotor skills.
Curated OER
"Braiding and Weaving" Dance Lesson Plan
Fourth graders explore braiding and weaving through dance. They create their own braiding and weaving dance.
Curated OER
Introduction to Fractals: Infinity, Self-Similarity and Recursion.
This lesson introduces students to the ideas involved in understanding fractals. They develop a sense of infinity, self-similarity and recursion and
Curated OER
Health Medicine Lab
Dtudents become familiar with medicine labels for common drugs and medicines. They rotate from station to station in a group of 2 or 3 people and find the answers to questions.
Curated OER
Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination
Students describe the complementary relationships between pollinators and the plants they pollinate, identify adaptations that flowers have developed to "encourage" pollination, and create and draw their own "designer" flowers.
Curated OER
The Rise and Fall of the Mammoths
Students develop an understanding of the evolution of species in the context of the woolly mammoth. They examine the fossil record to explain natural selection.
Curated OER
Mineral Scavenger Hunt
Students complete a scavenger hunt worksheet as they find examples in their classroom, at home, etc., of minerals. Excellent worksheet!
Curated OER
Create a Classroom Exhibit: Rocks and Minerals
Students bring in rocks and minerals from home. They observe them and describe them carefully, completing a worksheet. Finally, a classroom exhibit is created.
Curated OER
Letters from the Japanese American Internment
Learners examine letters of Japanese-American children during internment in World War II. They discover what it was like in the camps and how they were treated once they were released. They also view photographs of the camps.
Curated OER
Inertia
Students conduct a simple inertia demonstration by spinning a hardboiled and raw egg. They push a wagon to demonstrate inertia. They explore Newton's first and second laws of motion.
Curated OER
WHALES: GIANTS OF THE DEEP
Students study humpback whale migrations, feeding, social organization, population, scientific investigations and compare humpback whales , research to explore a specific type of whale, and create their own replica of a whale.
Curated OER
Fires and Fire Suppression
Students examine their assumptions about forest fires. They explore the conflicts involved with the forest service's new strategy. in addition, they will study one case where a prescribed natural burn had a significant impact on a later,...
Curated OER
Co-evolution of Plants and Pollinators
Young scholars explore biological evolution and natural selection and its evolutionary consequences. They also explore how organisms are interdependent on one another.
Curated OER
Shadow Puppets
Learners examine the role of shadow puppets. They create their own puppet and put on a play.
Curated OER
Bacteria: Friend or Foe?
Young scholars examine a variety of environmental and industrial roles of bacteria. explore where bacteria can be found and distinguish bacteria from other organisms.