Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Can Fun Gus Help Plants/Trees Grow?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in an experiment in which they test the growth of different types of plants. They discover how growth rates vary using inoculum. They draw pictures and are read books about plants to end the lesson.
PPT
Mr. E. Science

Manned Space Exploration: From Apollo to Present

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
How did the manned space mission program progress? The presentation covers American space exploration from the Apollo missions through the International Space Station. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Three Easy Steps To a Fungus Feast

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students discover the relationship between the leaf cutter ant and fungus. Students perform an investigation, following specific directions. Note: This investigation requires an ant colony of 700,000 ants, plus...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Classroom Composting

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover the benefits of composting. They identify the steps of decomposition as well. They are read a book and discuss what items decompose.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mendel and Meiosis

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this meiosis worksheet, students review vocabulary words associated with genetics, fertilization, heredity, phenotype and genotype. This worksheet has 6 matching and 9 fill in the blank questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Theory of Evolution

For Students 9th - 12th
In this theory of evolution instructional activity, students review vocabulary words associated with evolution including the different types of evolution patters. This instructional activity has 5 true or false and 5 matching questions.
Website
NASA

Nasa: Virgil "Gus" Grissom Gemini 3 Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief outline of the Gemini 3 mission. Links to other NASA websites are available.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: Remembering the Apollo 1 Tragedy

For Students 9th - 10th
When NASA's first fatal spacecraft accident occurred 50 years ago, it happened not in deep space but right on the launch pad. The three men set to blast off on Apollo 1 -- rookie astronaut Roger Chaffee and veterans Virgil "Gus" Grissom...
Website
A&E Television

History.com: Nasa Introduces America's First Astronauts

For Students 3rd - 8th
On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) introduces America's first astronauts to the press. Learn more about Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil (Gus) Grissom, Walter...
Primary
NASA

Nasa: Ed White Apollo 1 Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA report on Apollo 1 where Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Ed White II were killed in a fire inside the Command Module of the Apollo spacecraft. Links to other Web sites with more information are included.
Website
NASA

Nasa: Second Suborbital Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides details of the preparation for the second flight of a Mercury spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7.
Primary
NASA

Nasa: Liberty Bell Tolls

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a detailed description of the second flight of a Mercury spacecraft and the second American to travel in space.

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