Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Character Sketch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this language arts worksheet, learners use the chart of words as a tutorial for writing a formal character sketch. The words are meant to make the description more vivid.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Motion Picture Analysis Worksheet

For Students 6th - 7th
In this motion picture instructional activity, students analyze a motion picture and complete information for pre-viewing and then viewing the picture. Students also answer several post-viewing sections.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Soaring Through Space With a Kid Pix Slide Show

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a slide show on Kid Pix about space. In this space lesson plan, 1st graders will explore the earth, sun, moon, and planets. After exploring their motions and locations around the sun, they create a 4 page slide show...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Qualitative and Quantitative Data

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study the different ways that they have been evaluated over the years.  In this qualitative and quantitative instructional activity students complete a learning activity while in groups.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to the Barnegat Bay Estuary

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students research estuaries. In this estuaries lesson, students discuss the differences in a bay and an ocean. Students watch a PowerPoint of the properties of the estuaries and geography of Barnegat Bay. Students complete a worksheet...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Language Arts Written Drama Project: Creationism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create and perform science fiction drams based upon their knowledge of the solar system. In this solar system lesson students work in cooperative groups to create a short play and will also score the play.
Interactive
Curated OER

ESL Vegetable Activity

For Students 5th - 7th
In this ESL vegetables worksheet, students read descriptions of vegetables and determine which is being described. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Laws of the Jungle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners build a video game on predator-prey relationship. In this biology lesson, students identify the variables that affect this relationship. They write a short description and play each other's game. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hurricanes and the Importance of Wetlands

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners explain how wetlands minimize the impact of hurricanes. For this earth science lesson, students investigate how different materials affect the steam plume path. They complete their worksheet after the lab.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building Paper Bridges

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners construct a bridge that can hold 100 pennies. In this math lesson, students evaluate the strength of their bridges. They predict how much weight a bridge can hold based on its design.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hazard Mitigation: Bioterrorism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss different ways to spread infectious diseases. In this bioterrorism lesson plan, students model the rate of smoke emission using CalRoad software. They analyze the effects of airborne release of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mary Eliza Church Terrell -- Civil Rights Leader

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine writings of Mary Eliza Church Terrell. They role play themselves as an African American woman in the 19th century. They describe her actions and how they benefited minorities.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Glidden's Patent Application for Barbed Wire

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners discuss the invention of barbed wire and how it affected various groups of peoples in the U.S. after its invention.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fishing Line Tests

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students test the strength of fishing lines. In this stress test lesson plan, students will investigate the breaking point of various fishing lines and graph the results.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Standing in Your Way?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore forces that hinder and help them achieve their goals. In this language arts lesson, students brainstorm ways in which they can address the forces that hinder and help. Students write in their journals. Students address...
Activity
Understood For All

Understood.org: Strengths Chain: Hands on Activity

For Teachers K - 1st
To help kids thrive, recognizing their strengths is just as important as working on their challenges. Here's a cool - and crafty - way to identify kids' strengths and connect them in a paper chain, or a "strength chain".
Activity
Other

Social Thinking: Teaching Students About Their Learning Strengths and Weaknesses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson is about teaching our students and adults how to understand their social learning challenges in the context of their overall abilities and then how they can use their strengths to learn more strategies related to their...
Article
Understood For All

Understood.org: 5 Steps for Recognizing Strengths in Kids

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Knowing your child's strengths can help you build their self-awareness and self-esteem. You can also use those strengths to work on challenging areas in ways that aren't as frustrating. Following these steps can help you recognize your...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: American Revolution: American and British Strengths and Weaknesses

For Students 5th - 8th
Read a brief overview of the strengths and weaknesses of both the Americans and British in the Revolutionary War. How could such a well-funded, militarily strong country be defeated by a former colony, one with no money, little military...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Acids and Bases

For Students 9th - 10th
In the chemical economy, acids actively give away their protons while bases actively collect them, but some more aggressively than others. George Zaidan and Charles Morton use the currency of subatomic particles to explain this unseen...
Lesson Plan
Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: The Federal System Created by the Constitution [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this lesson, students will learn how the Constitution established a new way to organize a government, called the federal system. When finished this lesson, students should be able to explain what a federal system is and how it differs...
Activity
Wolters Kluwer

Business Owner's Toolkit: Personal Strength and Weakness Assessment Checklist

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains a checklist rating your strengths and weaknesses as a small business owner. The necessary skills for starting a business are displayed in a chart.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Appreciating Talents

For Teachers K - 1st
Boost children's self-esteem by helping them to create awards recognizing their personal strengths and abilities.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Rhinos From Hoof to Horn

For Students 9th - 10th
This article covers a variety of topics related to rhinos including Rhinos on the Move, Rhino Strengths and Weaknesses, Ecological Functions, Social Life, and more.