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And Justice for All?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the history of the environmental justice movement. They examine how discrimination promotes environmental illness in low income communities. Students explain why minority and low income groups have less economic and...
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Exploring Geometric Mean

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve problems using geometric means. In this geometry lesson, students create altitudes in right triangles. They use Cabri software to move the triangle around and observe different sides and angles.
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Exploring Geometric Mean

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Student identify the solution using geometric mean. In this geometry lesson, students create right triangles where the altitude of the triangle is the side containing the right angle. They modify shapes using Cabri software and observe...
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Layers of The Past

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify methods archaeologists use to date soil layers. They interpret soil profiles and discuss the examination of soil at a dig site. They discuss texture and color of soil.
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Yeast Fermentation

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students measure the temperature change involved in the production of carbon dioxide by yeast. They also identify products and reactants in a chemical and balance the equation.
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Coastal Weather Issues: Planning for a Hurricane

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders utilize internet resources to gather, analyze, and interpret hurricane data. They develop a public information booklet that be used as a guide for the community to use when preparing for a hurricane.
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Understanding Digestion

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students analyze data from their primary literature (textbook) and explore multiple aspects of digestion by generating alternative or multiple explanations for questions posed during the instructional activity. This instructional...
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Food Forensics: A Case of Mistaken Identity

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the specific reaction between an antigen and the antibody that recognizes it. They carry out an exploratory experiment leading to the concept of specificity.
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Space

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine space in this unit of lessons. They create a KWL chart and write in their journals about space. They also examine the phases of the moon and identify the constellations.
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What Does My Bacteria Look Like?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria using staining techniques. Students research importance of identification of bacterial types in diagnosing bacterial diseases.
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Energy in a Clean Environment

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the efficiency of each alternative energy source as well as what limitations exist in terms of extracting the usable energy. They determine which energy source is most effective to the economy and the environment in the...
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Archaeology Vocabulary Sampling

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners predict how many words out of ten they accurately define. They match the definitions to the correct vocabulary words and make a bar graph showing how many definitions were matched to the correct words. The write their group...
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Sex & Reproduction

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students examine animal reproduction by interpreting data and making arguments and then create their own graphs to explore relationships of organ systems. This lesson includes an individual worksheet and a reflective review question for...
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What Is Art?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners discuss the definition of "Art" and are introduced to the richness and complexity of the visual arts in this Art or Art appreciation instructional activity for grades 7 through 12. The instructional activity can be adapted for...
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An Encyclo-ME-dia for Every Child

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a digital scrapbook that shows information-text and pictures that are specific to each child. They make charts and graphs. They use digital cameras, scanners, software, to write captions, stories, poems, letters, and...
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Systems of the Body

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders gather information by questioning, forming hypothesis, collecting and analyzing data, reaching conclusions and evaluating results, and communicating procedures and findings to others. Then they demonstrate an understanding...
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Rooting One's Way To Meaning

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Pupils use a thesaurus on the internet to explore the meanings of Greek and Latin roots. They find definitions of given words, draw a concept map for root words, and write four synonyms for each word. Students discover how Latin and...
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Exploring the Physical and Chemical Properties of Polymers

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify the physical and chemical properties and explore the differences.  In physical and chemical property instructional activity students test polymers for the differences between the physical and chemical properties,...
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Yeast Cells and their Environment

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils study the scientific method and explore how to design an experiment.  In this investigative lesson students explore and hypothesis an experiment then carry it out to find the results. 
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Kinetic Theory

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe how molecules of the different phases of matter move according to the Kinetic Theory. In this chemistry instructional activity, students observe and participate in teacher demos. They give real world applications of the...
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Electric Field Mapping in 3D

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students create a 3D vector field map of an electric field. In this physics lesson, students measure the voltage inside an aquarium with water. They present their findings and map to class..
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Voyage to the Planets

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students examine the planets in the solar system.  In this planetatry lesson students complete a project using a WebQuest program.
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Investigating Pythagorean Triples

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners investigate and solve Pythagorean triples. In this geometry activity, students find the missing sides and angles of a right triangle. They graph right triangles and move the sides around to create different angles.
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Investigating the Pythagorean Triples

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the Pythagorean triples. In this geometry lesson, students solve for different parts of a right triangle. They identify the missing side or angle using the pythagorean theorem.

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