Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Join teachers and students all over the country in observing the migratory patterns of birds and butterflies and the growth changes of plants as the climate changes. "Journey North" offers a wealth of resources to use as you investigate...
Activity
Other

Catch the Science Bug: Plant Observation Investigation [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 6th
Write down your observations about the different types of plants or flowers you see in their natural habit then record them on the data collection sheet.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Hero Elementary

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Hero Elementary.
Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: How Things Fly: Activities for Teaching Flight

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Through this series of three lessons, students will gain an understanding of the basics of flight. They will learn about the four forces of flight and practice their observation skills through a number of fun experiments. In addition,...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Chances With Wolves

For Teachers 8th
This lesson engages students in learning the differences among observations, facts, and inferences. Students will study about the reintroduction of wolves into the Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone Region. Students will work in small groups...
Lesson Plan
University of California

South Coast Science Project: Mimicking Plants and Animals Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, students are challenged to think about external features that animals and plants have that humans have copied. Students then apply their engineering skills to design a jacket. In addition, this activity introduces the...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tell Me About It

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will be able to describe familiar items and with prompting and support provide additional details by making Flubber. Making Flubber encourages students to engage in descriptive dialogue which helps develop the ability to provide...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Butterfly Life Cycles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This unit introduces learners to a study of life cycles by having them examine the life cycle of a butterfly. The students will observe, record and describe the changes in caterpillars as they become butterflies. The teacher will...
eBook
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: 4th Grade Use Details and Examples

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
This reference from the McGraw-Hill CCCS Literacy eHandbook discusses the importance of recalling explicit details. The importance of inferencing skills with a how-to graphic organizer for making inferences are included. Students may...
Activity
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Do Plants Need?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
In this lesson, students will understand that in order to grow healthy plants, soil, water, light, and air must be provided. Students will use math skills such as measurement and science process skills such as observation, comparing, and...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Dyslexia and High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An expert shares her observations of a dyslexic student struggling to learn at school. Also included are numerous proven examples of differentiated instruction and accommodations that can help a student to succeed.
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Using Keywords (K 2)

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students understand that keyword searching is an effective way to locate information on the Internet. They learn how to select keywords to produce the best search results to meet their goals. Then they...
Handout
Microscopy UK

Microscopy Uk: An Introduction to Microscopy

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the world of the microscope. Includes information about the instrument and the subjects you can study through the microscope.
Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Sink or Float?

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson plan is designed to have young children explore the concept of sinking vs. floating by using the skills of prediction, observation and classification.
Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Slime Mold Biology Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers instructions for a biology lab involving slime mold. Includes steps for the 5 day procedure and explains how students should evaluate their observations.
Unknown Type
EL Education

El Education: A Park Grows in Portland

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This field guide was a cross curricular project created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine. Students engaged in multiple fieldwork visits to the Deering Park (across the street), during which they observed trees, recording with...
Unknown Type
EL Education

El Education: Space Illustrated

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Students gather information through research, local experts, and personal observations to answer their questions about space. The information is then written into articles and students compile them as well as illustrations, games,...
Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Planting Seeds

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This simple lesson plan is designed to help young students be aware of how seeds sprout, and that seeds grow into plants.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Team Up!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the physical and psychological effect of stress and tension on human beings. They develop their observing, thinking, writing and teamwork skills by working on a group art project and reporting about it. They learn about...
Lesson Plan
George Mason University

Chnm: Differences Among Colonial Regions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars will explore the differences among the three colonial regions of New England, Mid-Atlantic/Middle, and the Southern colonies. In small groups for each region, students will observe and note details of pictures, maps, and...
Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Entropy

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of entropy that focuses on explaining entropy, how it applies to the second law of thermodynamics, and real-life observations of the existence of entropy.
Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Assessment of English Language Learners

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource includes a 45-minute webcast with George Mason University education professor Dr. Lorraine Valdez Pierce, discussion questions, sample assessment tools, and other resources. Sample assessment tools are available as...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Circular Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive activity featuring videos adapted from the Rutgers PAER Group, students will observe examples of circular motion. Students will then find a common reason why the objects and people presented move in a circle. Includes...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive activity adapted from Wake Forest University, students will observe the effect of mass on velocity and momentum in elastic and inelastic collisions. Includes background reading, a student handout, and discussion...

Other popular searches