Activity
Cornell University

Celebrate Urban Birds

For Students 3rd - 8th
Set up a 50x50 square foot area in a space at school and choose three days to go outside and observe the birds seen in a 10 minute span. The activity has learners tapping into their observation skills and creates awareness of the birds...
Lesson Plan
NASA

The Invisible Sun: How Hot Is It?

For Students 9th - 12th
It's getting hot in here! The first in a series of six lessons has learners model nuclear fusion with a simple lab investigation. Groups collect data and analyze results, comparing their models to the actual process along the way.
Writing
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K12 Reader

The Little Lost Wolf

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Oh no! Little Woof, the wolf pup, has gone missing in the woods. What happens next? Young writers practice narrative writing with an interesting prompt.
Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

Water We Going To Do? Floodplains And Watershed Management

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How has human activity affected Earth's watersheds? An action-packed lesson plan, part of the K20 Center, examines water's ability to go with the flow regardless of what is in its path. Scholars build model watersheds, examine time-lapse...
Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

Transformers Parts 2-5 - Algebra 2 Parent Functions: Function Transformations

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Dive into an activity that may cause a little reflection! Building from the first instructional activity in the series of two, learners explore transformation using unfamiliar functions. The key takeaway is that applying transformations...
Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Lactase Persistence: Evidence for Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What's the link between lactase persistence and dairy farming? Biology scholars analyze data to find evidence of the connection, then relate this to human adaptation. Working individually and in small groups, learners view short video...
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Microarray Manufacturing Technology

For Students 9th - 12th
Microarray technology has made advances in scientific research possible. Watch as the videos reveal the manufacturing process of these microarrays. One video shows the automated process while another explains the science behind the...
Activity
BBC

Julius Caesar Teacher Pack

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A great actor has the ability to make or break a play. A series of lesson plans related to William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar looks closely at the choices actors make during a production of the play to help provide insight into the...
Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Coral Reefs in Hot Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Global warming is leaving coral reefs in hot water. What does that mean for their survival? Find out as scholars use authentic satellite data to explore the issue. Learners look for global trends in the data and research the effects the...
Assessment
Mathed Up!

Collecting Like Terms

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Gather all similar terms together. Initially created to aid in the review of the General Certificate of Secondary Education, the resource provides opportunities to practice collecting like terms in algebraic expressions and multiplying...
Assessment
Mathed Up!

Loci and Constructions

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
A General Certificate of Secondary Education math review has class members make basic constructions. Using a protractor and a ruler along with a compass, pupils develop drawings of triangles with given measurements. Scholars use their...
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Color the Nouns: Octopus

For Students K - 2nd Standards
An octopus has eight arms—but how many nouns can your learners find on this activity? A color-by-grammar activity unveils a smiling octopus when scholars color all nouns green. 
AP Test Prep
College Board

AP® Calculus: Special Focus - Infinite Series

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Read a series to develop an understanding of series. The special focus professional development on infinite series consists of eight articles. Articles contain information strictly for teachers along with aspects to incorporate into the...
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns: Words That End in CH and SH

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Have you done the dishes? Or closed the hatches? A practice worksheet invites learners to check 20 words with different endings, and to add either -s or -es to each.
Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

The Westing Game: Novel Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
A legacy lives on. Even though Samuel Will Westing, a character in the The Westing Game, has passed away, his love for games lives on through the unusual selection in his will. Scholars read of the mystery, learn 10 new vocabulary words,...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2004 AP® Statistics Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Over the years, data analysis has been important. Looking back to the 2004 AP® Statistics Form B free-response questions, pupils and teachers see the importance of analysis of data sets. The six questions contain analysis of data on...
Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Cancer Discovery Activities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the genetic component of the second-leading cause of death in the world using a hands-on activity. After watching a video discussing the basics of cancer, learners complete activities that study the genes involved in cancer. The...
Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Mapping Genes to Traits in Dogs Using SNPs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Genetic analysis has gone to the dogs! Learners use real DNA information collected from dog saliva to study the relationship between genotypes and phenotypes. They analyze alleles to determine correlations to coat color, length, and...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Overview of Percents: Play Checkers

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Bet classes didn't know playing checkers help with understanding percents. An interesting interactive has pupils consider a series of moves in checkers. It then requires them to answer a set of challenge questions on percentages...
Assessment
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New York State Education Department

Global History and Geography Examination: June 2011

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
People in Ukraine, Rwanda, and Cambodia have all faced challenges to their human rights and even genocide. Using primary and secondary sources, scholars evaluate these challenges and the international community's role in them. The...
Lesson Plan
Science Matters

Series Circuit and Switches

For Teachers 4th
Lights out! Scholars build on their understanding of a simple circuit by adding a switch and creating schematic drawings. The eighth lesson plan in a series of 14 has pupils use everyday materials to create circuits and make observations...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Catch-22: Satirize This!

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Some assignments are great, some can become great, and some have greatness thrust upon them. This one is great. After completing Joseph Heller's classic satire, Catch-22, groups craft and present their own political satire.
Unit Plan
Radford University

The Puppy’s Empire

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Dogs can't do math ... but people sure can! A set of five lessons has scholars apply math concepts to solve problems related to buying a new dog, such as designing a fence and a dog house, estimating how large the dog will become, and...
Unit Plan
Radford University

Transformational Graphing in the Real World: Air Traffic Control

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
You're cleared to learn about absolute value functions. An interesting lesson has scholars investigate transformations of the graphs of absolute value functions. They look at air traffic control as an application of the concept.

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