Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Atomic Structure: Elements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It's all relevant, really. Individuals use the scientific method to learn more about elements, atoms, and their placement on the periodic table. They conduct experiments using materials common in nature to explore how elements affect our...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Sunlight, Infrared, CO2, and the Ground

For Students 9th - 12th
How bright are your classes? An interactive lesson has scholars explore how light interacts with carbon dioxide in the air and the surface of the earth. They watch a temperature scale as light interacts with the environment.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Temperature-Volume Relationship

For Students 9th - 12th
What effect does temperature have on the volume of a gas? Observe the temperature-volume relationship through an animated simulation. The user controls the temperature, and a moveable piston reacts to increased or decreased thermal...
Lab Resource
Colorado State University

If Hot Air Rises, Why Is it Cold in the Mountains?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Investigate the relationship between temperature and pressure. Learners change the pressure of a sample of air and monitor its temperature. They learn that as air decreases its pressure, its thermal energy converts to kinetic energy.
Lesson Plan
NOAA

The Methane Circus

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Step right up! An engaging research-centered lesson, the third in a series of six, has young archaeologists study the amazing animals of the Cambrian explosion. Working in groups, they profile a breathtaking and odd creature and learn...
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The p53 Gene and Cancer

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Is understanding the p53 gene the key to kicking cancer? Introduce a most-important protein through a presentation with colorful diagrams, simulations, and brief lectures. Viewers discover how p53 works, the cellular processes it...
Unit Plan
Kenan Fellows

Unit 1: Introduction to Biotechnology

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Biotechnology is big! Introduce the uses of biotechnology to science scholars with a fascinating, fact-filled unit. The first installment in a series of four biotechnology units covers the role biotechnology plays in human and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Holy Moley!

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this chemistry worksheet, learners calculate to find the molar mass of water. Then they identify how many moles of hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms they would have in a beaker. Students also write the chemical formula of cholesterol.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Photosynthesis: Trapping the Sun's Energy

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this photosynthesis activity, students learn how plants trap the sun's energy and the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis which includes the Calvin cycle. This activity has 5 true or false, 6 fill in the blank, 2 short answer,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy in a Cell

For Students 9th - 12th
For this cell energy worksheet, students will use an energy map to investigate how cells create ATP to store energy and how ATP loses a phosphate to release the energy to the cell. Students will then complete 4 short answer questions.
Organizer
Curated OER

Proteins

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this proteins worksheet, students name the types of foods that supply proteins and determine how the body uses proteins. Students understand how to acquire complete proteins. This worksheet has 1 graphic organizer, 9 short answer, and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Acids and Bases in Water

For Students 9th - 12th
In this acids and bases worksheet, students read about what happens when an acid or base is added to water. Students complete 6 short answer questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cell Transport

For Students 9th
In this biology worksheet, 9th graders describe what osmosis is and how it explains the fact tat a watery syrup forms when you put sugar on strawberries. Then they describe how proteins made by ribosomes leave the cell. Students also...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Can we Measure the Rate of a Chemical Reaction?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine different types of chemical reactions. They explore how alcohol molecules affect the reaction rates. They answer discussion questions to end the lesson plan.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transcription, Translation, and the Genetics of Microbes

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students construct various virus models using Fruit loops and Alphabits to represent nucleotides and molecules. They constructs capsomeres using shoes as the capsomeres and discuss various viruses.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Causes of Differences in Density

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore what causes differences in density. They observe an models depecting atoms, compounds, and molecules. Students determine if there is air in between atomic bonds. They study the structure and spacing of molecular bonds.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

USING YEAST AS AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT MEASUREMENT TOOL

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students realize the importance of organisms as standards of measurement and experimentation.The first lab is a simple survival curve that demonstrates the effects of UV light on cells. The second lab looks at repair mechanisms of the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Nutrition

For Students 9th - 12th
In this health worksheet, high schoolers find the words that are related to the breakdown of molecules in food for energy. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Boron and Oxygen Atoms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this atom molecule worksheet, high schoolers will use a boron atom diagram to answer three fill-in-the-blank questions. Then students will label the protons, neutrons, and electrons on an oxygen atom diagram.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Moles

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this moles worksheet, students calculate molar ratios, moles, and mass of different molecules. This worksheet has 10 word problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemical Compounds

For Students Higher Ed
In this chemical compounds worksheet, students draw the Newman projections and the energy diagram for given molecules. Students draw the structure for different compounds. This worksheet has 4 drawing questions and 1 short answer question.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemical Bonding

For Students 10th - 12th
In this bonding worksheet, students review topics associated with chemical bonding including, ionic and covalent bonding, shapes of molecules, and writing chemical formulas. This worksheet has 8 problems to solve.
Organizer
Curated OER

Murder and a Meal

For Students 7th - 9th
In this murder and a meal worksheet, students read the given scenario and determine a procedure to test each organic macromolecule stated in the reading. Students write out the procedure for testing. Students complete a chart that...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Protein Synthesis: Transcription

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this transcription instructional activity, students color in a drawing of a DNA molecule that is going through the process of transcription.

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