NASA
Nasa: Apollo Lunar Surface Journal: Portable Life Support System
This site provides detailed technical diagrams of space suit components and very detailed explanations of how the Apollo Moon suits worked. Detailed close-up photographs of parts of the space suit are provided. You could probably build...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Water: H2 O = Life
This exhibition illuminates the concept of ecological balance and the challenge of managing the Earth's water supply. Its videos and images help explain just how important water is to sustaining life.
Channel 4 Learning
4 L: Science Essentials: Choose Life
A great review for understanding life cycles and many aspects of living things. Find topics and their main ideas, vocabulary review, quizzes, and complementary activities for teachers to use.
Other
Mars Society: Oregon Chapter: Controlled Ecological Mouse Support System
Explore a model environment which emulates the basic workings of a bio-regenerative system. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate advanced life support systems essential for future Mars self-sustaining environments.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Butterfly Life Cycle
Learn and review the life cycle of a butterfly, with slides for taking notes. Includes a link to a great YouTube Video!
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Is There Life in Space?
In this investigation, students will explore whether or not there can be life outside of Earth by using planet hunting models to discover how scientists find new planets. They will perform simulated spectroscopic measurements to...
NASA
Nasa Environmental Control and Life Support Systems Water Filtration Challenge
This educator guide provides students with a challenge to design, build, and test a water filtration system, simulating what is used in a spacecraft. Includes background information, lesson plans, and extension activities.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing About Life's Lessons
After reading A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park students complete a writing assignments. The writer first completes a graphic organizer about a life-changing experience or an experience from which a lesson plan has been learned. The...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: New England Colonies: Puritan Life
Find out about the life of the Puritans. Education was important, as well as church attendance. Read about the forms of punishment, and the ways Puritans had fun.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Engaging Parents to Support Academic Attainment Over Time
Chances for success are improved when adults offer children, starting at a young age, positive expectations and aspirations about what they can do and achieve. Learn ways to help parents support students' long-term success in school,...
PBS
Nova: Signs of Life
Can you find planets that will support life? This activity will give you data for different planets and challenge you to find one that supports life.
McREL International
Mc Rel: Life on Other Planets [Pdf]
An assessment question where students examine data about an imaginary planet to decide if it could support human life.
PBS
Pbs: Benjamin Franklin: An Extraordinary Life: Ben's Town
Learn lessons in civic responsibility from Benjamin Franklin, whose practical solutions to the problems of city living set the standard for civic engagement in the eighteenth century and today. Read about Franklin's support for public...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 5: Shutting Out the Sky
Focused on immigrant life in the United States and how families sought the American dream, this unit offers students an understanding of how members of a culture meld into communities while trying to maintain cultural identity and honor...
PBS
Pbs Kids Design Squad: Supporting Steady Hands
Have you heard of a disease called Parkinson's? When people have this disease they often show signs or symptoms, like shaking uncontrollably. This shaking can make doing simple things harder. Emma Lawton is a person with Parkinson's, and...
PBS
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
Created to support of PBS documentary, this site can stand alone in its offerings of other resources on Hasidism, clips from video and interviews, and background information on this Eastern European religious community.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Influences on Darwin
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When Darwin returned to England at the end of his voyage, he did not rush to announce his discoveries. He did not want to present any ideas unless he had strong...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Molecular Evidence for Evolution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Chimpanzees and humans turn out to be very similar - if you look at their DNA. When scientists determined the entire genetic code of both humans and chimpanzees,...
Other
Epa New England: Long Island Sound Facts, Figures, and Maps
Listing of various fact sheets created and published through the Long Island Sound Study. Topics include How Low Dissolved Oxygen Conditions Affect Marine Life in LI, Impact of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Long Island Sound, Sound...
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
At the online home of the National Endowment for the Arts, an independent agency of the federal government, find information about its grants-to-artists programs, its national initiatives in support of the arts, and its publications and...
Other
The National Fragile X Foundation
"Fragile X Syndrome is the most common, known cause of inherited mental impairment." Many aspects of the condition are explained at this very supportive site, and can be accessed through the menu down the left side of the page. The...
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: World War Ii
Describes the changes that took place in Texas during World War II, e.g., ways average Texans assisted in the war effort, and methods Governor Coke R. Stevenson used to promote Texas interests while also supporting the war. Also...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Aquatic Biomes and Ecology
Students explore Earth's most important natural resource, water, and learn about how the planet's aquatic biomes thrive and support life.
Curated OER
Cbc.ca: The Crucible Fighting From the Home Front
Canada went from a country in economic crisis to one of the world's most industrialized nations during WW11. Canada's economy was revitalized, women joined the work force, the war effort was actively supported; yet unfair times did exist...
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