Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Think About Water

For Teachers K
Students explore the different forms that water can take and conduct simple experiments to demonstrate some of its properties in each state. They watch a short video that illustrates some of these concepts.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Falling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars should describe the path that the motion would take as well as what might begin or stop the motion. The common characteristic of all the motions that students have experienced directly is that one or more forces are acting...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Think About Air

For Teachers K
Students explore the concept that air is all around us and identify ways that we can use air, and what air can do. They watch a short video that illustrates some of their findings.
Interactive
Curated OER

Brief Content 3

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this sentences and phrases worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences and phrases and choose the best word to complete them. Students complete 25 sentences and phrases.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Paperplane Flying Circus

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create paper airplanes. They compare and contrast the airplanes created in class and test them out. They adjust their airplanes until they all fly. They discuss the forces that allow flight to occur.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lets Think About...Plants

For Teachers K
Students bring in various vegetables and make friendship soup. They plant seeds and discuss the things plants need to grow and thrive.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Simple Machines Crossword

For Students 4th - 5th
In this machine worksheet, students use a set of 14 clues to complete a crossword puzzle about simple machines. Worksheet contains a link to additional activities.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Think About... Change

For Teachers K
Pupils observe various examples of "change." They mix paint to cereate new colors, eat bread and then toasted bread, and match baby pictures with pictures of how the same people look in the present. Finally, they watch a bouquet of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Effective Speaking In A Debate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students confront stage fright and recognize their speaker strenghs and weaknesses. They develop ways to control and direct their fear of speaking.
Interactive
Curated OER

Light in August by William Faulkner

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Faulkner's Light in August. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Interactive
Curated OER

Galileo Galilei Questions for Study

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Galileo's contributions to science. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Do You Know!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment using a compass for navigation and consider how various instruments affect how we travel.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

5 More Ways to Have a Safe, Fun-Filled Summer!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students review and discuss five important summer safety tips.
Unit Plan
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the functions, processes, and anatomy of the human body. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
Handout
Other

Drexel University: Archimedes

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive site dedicated to the life and legacy of the Greek mathematician Archimedes. Content includes a timeline of Archimedes' life, an overview of several of his inventions, and numerous anecdotes isolating various moments in his...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice With Inclined Planes

For Students 9th - 10th
A video presentation providing example problems on finding the net force acting on objects at rest or sliding across inclined planes. [13:08]
Activity
Boston University

Boston University: Inclined Plane

For Students 9th - 10th
In this problem, a box is released from rest at the top of a 30-degree ramp. The box slides down the ramp, dropping a vertical distance of 1.5 m to the floor. How long does it take to reach the floor? Neglect friction. Includes...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Drawing on Your Knowledge

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students will understand the basic geometric concepts of parallelism and perpendicularity, and will also able to use rectangular coordinates to make congruent objects. They will display understanding of parts of...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Representing Forces on an Inclined Plane: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how to draw free-body diagrams for objects at rest or sliding on an inclined plane. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Representing Forces on an Inclined Plane."
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Body Planes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use images of this flipchart to learn about the different body planes on the human body.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Anatomical Terminology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides learners with information regarding anatomical terminology. It covers anatomical position, directional and regional terms used, body planes, body cavities and their organs, and the serous membranes.
Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Synovial Joints

For Students 9th - 10th
The following site provides information regarding synovial joints, the most common type of joint in the body.
Handout
PBS

Pbs: Nova: Infinite Secrets

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a look into the mind of Archimedes based on findings within newly discovered manuscript.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Modern Navigation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level planetary science course highlighting modern navigation. Course introduces the concepts and applications of navigation techniques using celestial bodies and satellite positioning systems (GPS). Course features include...