Activity
Other

The Habitable Planet Simulation

For Students 6th - 8th
This activity is designed to accompany an interactive on the Annenberg Learner website. Students investigate the changes that take place in an ecosystem when they alter the organisms in a food web. As they work with the simulation, they...
Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers: Science Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A great resource to discover fun new activities to use in your classroom. Activities are age-appropriate, and span several science topics.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Designing an Experiment to Test the Rate of Photosynthesis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using spinach leaf disks, students measure the rate at which the photosynthesis process occurs. Students speculate on further investigations that could be done and discuss how the rate at which photosynthesis occurs has vast implications...
Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Eyes on the Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive experience allows users to assume different positions and vantage points in space while moving through the Solar System. Also, explore the 2011 Juno spacecraft mission to Jupiter with real-time positioning in space.
Website
Johns Hopkins University

Applied Physics Laboratory: Messenger Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page for NASA's Discovery Program Messenger to the planet Mercury. Site provides details of the planned mission, its experiments and the science and management teams. Linked Quicktime animation files are very large and detailed....
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: You Are a Scientist!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] You are a Scientist, is an introduction to the scientific method and the steps we take in that process. The final page provides a link to the 2003-2004 winning science fair projects displaying the parts...