Curated OER
Solar Box Cooker
Learners explore solar power. In this solar power instructional activity, students build simple solar cookers after they study convection, conduction, and radiation. Learners transfer their knowledge of how the solar cooker works to...
Curated OER
The Beaufort Scale: A Local Model
Students study the Beaufort Scale and use it to study wind in their community. In this wind study lesson, students watch a DVD about climate change and learn about the Beaufort Scale. Students complete a worksheet for the topic.
Curated OER
Holey Clamshells
Students analyze data to make hypotheses and conclusions regarding the predator/prey relationship between moon snail and surf clams.
Curated OER
Keep It Cool
Students complete a science experiment to study insulation, heat transfer, and permafrost. In this permafrost study lesson, students design and test a soda insulator. Students graph their class data and discuss the results. Students...
Curated OER
Layering the Soil
Learners study and classify soil. In this soil science lesson plan, students classify soil by texture and size and study soil horizons. Learners label the soil types with their specific soil horizon and learn about permafrost. Students...
Curated OER
Teaching about Diel Temperature Variation
Students explore temperature variation in lakes and deal with the data.
Curated OER
Plant a Seed
Students complete a seed and plant growth activity. In this plant growth activity, students read about Lady Bird Johnson and then answer questions about her role in the beautification and the environment. Students participate in a seed...
Curated OER
Hazard Mitigation: Bioterrorism
Students discuss different ways to spread infectious diseases. In this bioterrorism lesson, students model the rate of smoke emission using CalRoad software. They analyze the effects of airborne release of biological...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Weather in Our Own Backyard
This instructional activity is divided up into three activities, two of which take place outside. By the end of the instructional activity students will be able to describe weather conditions on a given day and some of the factors that...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Recording Local Weather
Second graders will measure, record, graph and report changes in local weather utilizing Navajo, Ute, and Spanish words.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Weather Scope: A Study of Weather and Climate
Use real-time data to study factors that affect weather and climate, create weather instruments, and share data with students around the world.
NASA
Nasa: Using Radiosonde Data From a Weather Balloon Launch
This lesson plan allows students to learn about the layers of the atmosphere and to learn how to graph real atmospheric data.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Abiotic Factors [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which learners explore plant communities and observe different types of soil and weather conditions in an attempt to determine cause and effect relationships. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web...