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Pollinators and Wildflowers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore how plants depend on pollinators to reproduce.  In this pollination lesson students dissect a local flower and collect and identify pollinating insects. 
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Simulating the Greenhouse Effect in a Terrarium

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify what factors effect global warming and how the greenhouse effect occurs.  In this environmental lesson students view videos then complete an experiment using a terrarium to observe greenhouse gas.
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Magnetorheological Fluids

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars conduct a series of experiments on magnetorheological fluids. In this physics instructional activity, students explain how these fluids behave in varying magnetic field strength. They give practical applications of...
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The Founder of Electromagnetism

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners identify and study the founder of electromagnetism.  In this magnetism lesson students complete several experiments including building a galvanometer.
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Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Meiosis

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders describe the processes involved in mitosis and meiosis. In this life science lesson, 7th graders create chromosome models using strings and beads. They play a jeopardy team game at the end of the unit to review concepts...
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The Wonders of Bacteria

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars explore the evolution and features of bacteria through a series of activities. In this biology lesson, students collect data and graph bacterial growth. They design a brochure about bacteria's role in society.
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Constructing Food Chains

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Learners explore different habitats and the food chains within.   In this food web lesson students construct food chains for different habitats.
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Phytoplankton and Ocean Color

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify function of phytoplankton in the biospere by conducting experiments and simulations and reading for information. They detect the presence of phytoplankton in bodies of water by examining ocean in satellite images...
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What Is the Nature of Science?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars distinguish between scientific and everyday meanings of key words-theory, hypothesis, law, fact-and use in context. They recognize the variables that affect observation, data collection, and interpretation. They discover...
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Discover a Pond Food Web

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students study the biodiversity of animal life in a pond. They investigate the interdependence between pond organisms by completing a pond dipping activity and completing a checklist.
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Bird Eggs

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners perform an experiment with different types of bird eggs to determine what factors make them strong and able to stay on a cliff without rolling off.
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Investigating Animals in Soil

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate and observe small animal activity on a plot of land on their school grounds. In small groups they identify the five kingdoms of animals, stake out a small plot of ground, collect samples, record and analyze any data...
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Seashell Homes

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils listen to a story about seashells. They discuss shelled animals. Learners describe the function of seashell. Pupils relate the function of a seashell to their own dwelling. They differentiate between shelled animals that make...
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Euler's Method

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this calculus instructional activity, students answer 14 short-answer questions regarding Euler's Method, rate equations, initial conditions, and slope functions.
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Biodiversity of Ponds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study the biodiversity in pond water. In this biodiversity lesson plan, students observe 3 samples of pond water using a pond water identification sheet. They record their findings and identify the organisms they find, the...
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How HIV Infects Cells

For Students 8th - 9th
In this how HIV infects cells instructional activity, students read the given information about how HIV infects cells. Students explain the role of various structures in HIV infection. Students design a drug that might slow the rate of...
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The Language of Science

For Students 7th - 9th
For this language of science worksheet, students use the list provided to guess the meaning of each of the list. Students apply root words, prefixes, and suffixes to gain meaning of other science words.
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Observing Osmosis

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate osmosis using egg cells with the shells removed. In this osmosis lesson plan, students remove the shell of an egg by letting it soak in vinegar for two days. They take measurements and observe the cell. They soak the...
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Atoms and Static Electricity

For Students 6th - 8th
In this chemistry worksheet, middle schoolers learn about atoms and static electricity. They read about these topics and then use what they learned to answer the 11 questions on the page. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Mighty Microbes

For Students 4th - 6th
In this mighty microbes worksheet, students read for comprehension assessment. In this fill-in-the-blank and true and false worksheet, students answer ten questions.
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Fishy Fish

For Students 4th - 6th
In this fishy fish comprehension learning exercise, students read and assess understanding. In this true and false, fill in the blank, short answer, and multiple choice learning exercise, students answer ten question.
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Hand Writing: Three Letter Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this printing practice worksheet, students trace, form, and print three letter words. Students practice printing ten separate words.
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Organisms that Glow

For Students 8th - 11th
In this bioluminescence worksheet, students read about various organisms that glow on land and in the sea. They answer three critical thinking questions after reading about these chemical reactions.
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A Piece of Cake: Ocean Communities

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explain habitats. In this model based lesson students create a model to help describe a habitat that is typical of deep-water. Students will describe how organisms such as coral and sponges add to their habitat.

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