Curated OER
Trading in the Silk Road Cities
Students explore elements of trade along the Silk Roads by examining the products of various locations along the route.
Curated OER
Mission "Possible" Fitness
Students elevate their heart rate and practice fitness skills. They work together to complete a list of exercises simultaneously.
Curated OER
Science: Exploration Tubs
First graders develop skills of scientific inquiry. They determine which objects float and which sink.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Highlights for High School Students
AP Biology, AP Calculus, and AP Physics online resources are provided for both teachers and students. These resources are designed to prepare high school students for their AP exams.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Strategies to Build Engaging Digital Lessons for High School Students
In this blog, a teacher offers strategies for building engaging digital lessons as a result of the Covid Pandemic. My first task is to figure out how to make my lessons clear. I am working without the benefit of being able to circle the...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Science Ambassador Fellowship: Lesson Plans
This site gives many lesson plans for teaching middle and high school students about current and relevant science topics like autism, ADHD, Diabetes, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, birth defects, genetics, and more. The lessons are based on...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Free Fall and Air Resistance
This lesson in high school physics on Newton's Second Law of Motion provides a discussion of free fall and air resistance, and answers, "Why do objects which encounter air resistance ultimately reach a terminal velocity?" and "In...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: The Doppler Effect and Shock Waves
This high school physics lesson focuses on the application of the Doppler effect to sound. Discusses what the Doppler effect is, offers examples of its occurrence, and explains what shock waves and sonic boom are.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Describing Motion With Words
This lesson from the Glenbrook South High School gives a nice review and detailed explanation of velocity, speed, distance, displacement, and acceleration. A good introduction to the "language of Kinematics."
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Image Formation for Plane Mirrors
Scroll down to Lesson 2 for a tutorial on image formation in plane mirrors. The tutorial from Glenbrook South High School provides lessons on why and how an image is formed, image characteristics for plane mirrors, ray diagrams, plus more.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Two Point Source Interference
This lesson from the Glenbrook South High School discusses two-point source interference. It gives detail on the difference between constructive and destructive interference, what a two-point source interference is and what happens when...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Periodic Motion, the Pendulum
The Illinois Institute of Technology offers this lesson plan to teach high school students the concept of periodic motion and relate it to the movement of a pendulum.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Series and Parallel Circuits
A teacher lesson plan which could be easily converted into an idea for a student project or presentation. Ideal for pre-high school students. This page describes an activity in which the history of electric circuits, the nature of...
PE Central
Pe Central: Toss and Hit (Striking)
Through this activity, pupils work in pairs and practice striking balls of various sizes with different types of bats. A great lesson to precede a gym unit on baseball, "Striking - Toss and Hit" can be modified for use in elementary and...
PE Central
Pe Central: High Middle School Pe Lesson Ideas: Progressive Bowling
Students work together in "progressive bowling" to knock down all ten pins. This activity requires students to work together and to practice their rolling technique. Includes ideas for varying this activity and assessing students...