Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teaching Nutrition Using the Food Guide Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how to make healthy eating choices. There are goals included for students to meet by the end of fifth grade.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science Careers Want Ads

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the important items that need to be included in a want ad. They create a want ad for a career in science.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Periodic Table of Elements

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study the use of the periodic table to develop a better understanding of the chemical elements.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Euglena

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this euglena worksheet, learners read information about these unicellular organisms. Students then color in the different structures of the euglena on a diagram. Learners complete 10 short answer questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Astronomy

For Students 4th - 5th
In this astronomy worksheet, students read a detailed text about our solar system. Students then answer 15 questions about the information presented.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Volcanoes Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science learning exercise, students look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. Spelling skills are worked on.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Four Sectors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the four sectors of society. They identify each business in the community as either a nonprofit, for-profit or governmental business. They discuss the importance of each sector to the community.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bark Casts

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students make a plaster cast of tree bark. They use plaster casts of tree bark to make a simple classification system. Also, they use plaster casts of tree bark to identify individual trees.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Are You Thirsty: The Effects of Pollution on Drinking Water

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the different causes of water pollution. For this ecology lesson, students brainstorm ways to purify polluted water. They formulate their conclusion based on the results of the experiments.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Locate and Classify Information [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
A blank T-Chart is provided for students to use as they sort facts into two categories. Students will classify science information with this aid.
Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Classify Facts and Opinions [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Students will find three lessons about facts and opinions in this learning module. The following topics are linked in the module: contrast and evaluate fact and opinion; classify facts and opinions; and locate and classify facts.
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Classify and Categorize 4th Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on classifying and categorizing through which learners learn how to organize research into an outline, use text features to locate information, and write a research report. Lessons...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Classify With the Library of Congress

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn about the Library of Congress Classification System by viewing online tutorials.Students will create visual aids to communicate an understanding of the system. Students will use the LCC to locate and organize books.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Graph Predictions for Position, Velocity and Acceleration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students interactively create predictions of position, velocity, and acceleration graphs using java applets. The applets automatically classify student answers, so instructors can create graphs of student predictions.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Persians

For Students 9th - 10th
Persians are an ethnic group defined primarily by language and location. The Persian language, also known as Farsi, which linguists classify in the Indo-Iranian Branch of the Indo-European Language Family, had about 23 million speakers...
Handout
Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Geological Ore Deposits

For Students 9th - 10th
Geoscience: the Earth presents this article on ore deposits. Read how deposits are found, formed and classified, and the economic viability of these deposits. Included are pictures of many rocks from different types of deposits.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Social Bookmarking

For Students 9th - 10th
This article introduces the reader to the concept of social bookmarking which organizes sites generally by the use of tags. Social bookmarking sites are an increasingly popular way to locate, classify, rank, and share Internet resources...