Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Electromagnetic Crane

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners explore electromagnetism, simple machines and the design process. They use the concepts of electromagnetism to design and build a device that uses an electromagnet, a pulley and a lever using the provided Engineering Design...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Plasmasphere

For Students 10th - 11th
In this plasmasphere worksheet, students determine how long the plasmasphere takes to rotate around the Earth using two satellite images taken three hours apart.
Interactive
Curated OER

Classifying and Sorting

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this English worksheet, students add the suffix "ic". Students form adjectives by adding the suffix to nouns. Students choose the noun or adjective to complete the sentence.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shh, Do Not Wake the Baby!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the /sh/ digraph and how it is a blending of the /s/ and /h/ sounds. They use letterbox manipulatives to spell 'sh' words and identify /sh/ words as they read a story. They 'fish' for 'sh' words to practice writing at...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet #11 Questions - European Crusades

For Students 7th - 8th
In this European Crusade worksheet, students examine several terms that relate to the aforementioned topic in ten fill in the blank questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Invention of Faraday Cage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate how Faraday's cage work by building their own electroscope. In this physics instructional activity, students explain how Faraday's cage work. They cite several applications of this principle in the real world.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Invention of the Telephone

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the history of the telephone and its inventor.  In this communications instructional activity students complete a tuning fork experiment to further demonstrate how sound is produced.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Plasma

For Students 6th - 8th
In this matter learning exercise, students review the states of matter, including plasma. Students read about where plasma is found and then complete 3 short answer questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Water - the (Nearly) Universal Solvent

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this solvent worksheet, students explore why water is considered a universal solvent. Students explore what can change dissolving rates. This worksheet has 8 matching, 3 short answer, 11 fill in the blank, and 4 problems to solve.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Political Legends and Map Symbols

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify the legend and map symbols. In this map skills lesson, students use a world map to find various locations using a map key.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling List 23: Sight Words, Long /u/ Words, and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, long u words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Timing An X-ray Pulsar

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students use X-ray data to identify an object as a rotating neutron star, and determine its period of rotation. They use XTE observations of the Crab Pulsar to determine the period of the light intensity, interpret this period as the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Go Fish

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in a story...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Sundial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are introduced to the sundial, its design and use.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Down by the Bay

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to teacher read books about fish and participate in activities in order to explore how to identify bluefish. They count and graph the numbers of fish they find in simulated fishing activities.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cracking Sticks

For Teachers K
Pupils explore the letter /k/ in this instructional activity, and identify the /k/ sound in words. They read a tongue twister emphasizing the /k/ sound, and discuss that two letters make the /k/ sound - c and k. They then practice...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Sundial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students receive an introduction to the sundial, its design and use.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Levitating Magnets: Floating Isn't Just for Magicians

For Students 3rd - 5th
If you ever seen a magician float an object in the air, you might think that levitation is just a magic trick, but the truth is you can use an invisible physical force to levitate a magnet. Try this simple, week-long science project to...
Article
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Magnets From Mini to Mighty

For Students 9th - 10th
If your knowledge of magnets ends with posting a to-do list on the fridge, add this to the list. Learn more about magnets! You can start here with a straightforward rundown of magnet types, uses and strengths, explained in a way that...
PPT
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Magnetism

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the basic concepts and vocabulary of magnetism.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Magnetism: What Are Magnets and Why Do They Attract or Repel

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this magnetism activity, students investigate why magnets attract certain objects and how the magnets can attract or repel each other by participating in a classroom activity. Students will observe, question, and investigate how the...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Forces on Moving Charges in Magnetic Fields

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial students will explore magnetic force. Students will observe interactions of magnets and study magnetic fields. The source of magnetic properties is believed to be moving charge. Since moving charge produces...
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating With Magnets: Attraction and Repelling

For Teachers K - 1st
In this fun lab activity, students will learn about the attraction and repulsion of magnets. Students will discover that like poles repel while unlike poles attract.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Magnetic Fields

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students visualize the magnetic field of a strong permanent magnet using a compass. The lesson begins with an analogy to the effect of the Earth's magnetic field on a compass. Students see the connection that the compass simply responds...