Worksheet
Biology Junction

Cnidarians

For Students 9th - 12th
For this cnidarian worksheet, learners study the biology of the different species of cnidarians and complete a series of questions.
Organizer
Curated OER

Thinking About Technology: What Is It? How Can It Help Us?

For Students 5th - 6th
What is technology and how can it help us? Using a instructional activity, students read a list and choose practical applications of scientific knowledge, brainstorm examples of home, school and hospital technology, graph answers in a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning in Cockroaches

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students make scientific observations. In this stimulus response lesson, students make observations and collect data to determine if cockroaches can learn. A secondary purpose of this lesson is to provide students with the opportunity to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mealworm Metamorphosis

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe offspring (mealworms) that do not initially resemble their parent organism (darkling beetles) throughout complete metamorphosis. They also create and maintain an appropriate habitat for the mealworms.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Role of Fire in Healthy Prairie, Brush and Forest Lands

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read and discuss background information and brainstorm reasons for wildfires. They use a Venn Diagram to list the similarities and differences between wildfires and prescribed fires and then track the weather forecast for...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Quick Breads (Banana Muffins)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review what they know about quick breads and bananas. In this art lesson, students discover two different recipes for Banana Muffins off of the computer. Students prepare a recipe for Bananas Muffins carefully and clean up their...
PPT
Curated OER

Cellular Respiration: Electron Transport chain

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
If you need a clarification of the electron transport chain for your pupils, then this slide show will be a great help. There are nice images of the membranes and elaborations of chemiosmosis which will provide learners support with...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flowers, Pods, and Seeds

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students gain an understanding of living organisms. the complete a plant growth data log to chart plant growth and to make observations, predictions, and personal reflections.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Holy Habitats or Meet Metamorphosis

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine the metamorphosis of frogs and how it adapts to its environment. They research how world pollutants are effecting the amphibian population.
Worksheet
Biology Junction

Introduction to Plants

For Students 9th - 12th
In this biology lesson, learners identify the different types and parts of the plant. They complete a crossword puzzle with 37 questions about plants.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Butterfly Metamorphosis

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars read a story, watch a video, and interact with a butterfly website to learn about butterfly metamorphosis. In this butterfly lesson plan, students listen, discuss, and participate in activities relating the metamorphosis...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, and Roundworms

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this simple animals worksheet, learners review the characteristics of sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, and roundworms. This worksheet has 12 matching questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

From One Seed Grow Many Seeds

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice identifying plants by singing a song.  In this plant life activity, 1st graders sing the song "Parts of a Plant" which is based on the anatomy of sunflowers.  Students discover agriculture techniques...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Caterpillars to Butterflies"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students participate in a variety of activities about how caterpillers become butterflies.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Informational Reading: Electronics Are Made from Resources

For Students 4th - 6th
In this comprehension learning exercise, students read about the making of a computer: circuit boards, hard drives, monitors and plastic housings. Students then answer 3 multiples choice questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Technology has a Solution!

For Students 6th - 7th
In this technology instructional activity, learners summarize four things they learned about technology and the environment. Students then write a report that outlines how technology is solving environmental issues.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biomes: Freshwater & Seawater

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe organisms behavior and adaptations.  In this biomes lesson students conduct fieldwork to determine water quality and answer questions about the differences between different habitats. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hopi Culture: Parts of the Corn

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify the parts of the corn stalk in English and Hopi. They discuss the significance of corn to the Hopi culture, and examine a diagram of the corn stalk. They discuss the purposes of the parts of the corn stalk, then label...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Signs of Spring

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners identify the first signs of Spring. They track birds and butterflies on their journey North.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Development in Drosophila melanogaster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the least familiar aspect of development in Drosophila melanogaster; the development of the pupa. Students isolate and culture "First-day" pupae. They are dissected daily to study the progressive developmental changes.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Window Gardens

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use a plastic sandwich bag containing a damp paper towel taped to a window as a model system to observe the germination and early growth of radish seeds. They are challenged to pose a question about seed germination and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Publishing With Photos!

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners create books with photographs as illustrations. In this book making lesson, students create books for different subjects to accompany what they are learning. They take photographs to match what they have written. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nutrition and Body Image

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Pupils study nutrition and how to maintain a healthy diet.  In this adolescent nutrition lesson students complete several activities that allow them to see different nutrition scenarios.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Illnois River and Lake Mussel Habitat Diorama Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Learners identify the environmental elements of river and lake mussels. They compare the elements to the time before settlement and during industrialization. They also participate in a field trip to a mussel exhibit.

Other popular searches