Alabama Learning Exchange
Investigating the Weather
Learners study, record, and predict weather. They work in groups to create a weather word wall, research and make a barometer, and create a video about weather. They use the Internet to research weather.
Curated OER
WS 10.2 Chemical Bonding in Alkanes
In this bonding worksheet, students write the chemical formula, the name of the alkane, the structural formula and the condensed formula given the number of carbon atoms in each alkane.
Curated OER
Isomers
In this isomers worksheet, students define isomers and then draw the different isomers for the given chemical formulas. This worksheet has 30 problems to solve.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Probability with Tree Diagrams
Middle school math whizzes view a PowerPoint tutorial on tree diagrams. Using "Anthonio's Pizza Palace," an interactive activity involving the selection of pizza toppings, they use Pascal's triangle as a tree diagram. This is an engaging...
Curated OER
Quantum Numbers and Electron Configuration Worksheet
In this electron worksheet students find values for the given letters including their subshells and in which orbital it occurs.
Curated OER
Predator-Prey Simulation
Students simulate a predator-prey interaction in an ecosystem. Students use different size squares cut from paper to represent predators and prey. They simulate the interactions of the species by following instructions for the capture of...
Curated OER
Classroom Fun with Flat Stanley!
Students complete various activities based on the Flat Stanley books. In this Flat Stanley lesson, students brainstorm a list of supernatural qualities as an introduction to the book, then create story webs based on the book characters...
Curated OER
Modal Verbs of Deduction
In this identifying modal verb usage instructional activity, students read the different uses of model verbs with examples, read and identify types of phrases, and fill in the blanks with modal verbs. Students write 30 short answers.
Curated OER
Comparing Data on Graph A and Graph B
Second graders gather and graph data. In this graphing lesson, 2nd graders collect data and graph this information using tally charts, bar graphs, pictographs, or tables. They make predictions about the outcomes.
Curated OER
Electrical Conduction in Semiconductors
In this electronics worksheet, students explore the properties of semiconductors to complete 17 short answer and problem solving questions.
Curated OER
Proving that You Have Found the Minimum
Tenth graders pretend to set up an ice cream shop in a make believe town of shapes. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders work together to put up an ice cream stand in an ideal location and solve for the minimum given the shapes.
Curated OER
Glass and Soil
In this forensic science lesson, students sketch bullet line fractures and complete 16 short answer questions on glass and soil evidence.
Curated OER
The Konigsberg Bridge Problem
In this Konigsberg Bridge problem activity, students solve 35 short answer problems. Students construct networks consisting of even and odd vertices. Students make conjectures about the number of odd and even vertices on a vertex-edge...
Curated OER
Magician Squares
Elementary school learners investigate the attributes of a square. They discover that squares are polygons and examine squares found in everyday life. They concentrate on connecting the word, square, with the shape. As an extension,maybe...
Curated OER
Is There Water on Mars?
Students decide whether or not there is or has even been water on Mars. They analyze temperature and pressure data from the Pathfinder mission to Mars, and then they analyze images of Mars, interpreting the landforms they see and...
Curated OER
America's Wars, 1898-1945
Students examine the wars the United States was involved in between 1898 and 1945. In groups, they determine the causes and effects of each war and how each war changed the way the United States handled their foreign affairs. As a class,...
Curated OER
The Lynx Eats The Hare
Students investigate the predator and prey relationship. This is done using a simple simulation. The simulation is done as an arts and craft activity. Students record data and track it using a graphic organizer and then they discuss the...
Curated OER
Creating a Fantasy World
Young scholars create the basis for a fantasy story. They discuss what makes a story "fantasy" and identify which stories include something that could not happen in the real world. They determine what these fantasy stories have in common.
Curated OER
One Out of Six
Students investigate basic concepts of chance and probability. They make a number cube to predict which number might be rolled the most often out of 20 consecutive rolls and tally the results. Number cube template included.
Curated OER
The Snowflake Man
In this reading comprehension learning exercise students read a passage about Wilson Bentley, The Snowflake Man. Students will then answer six multiple choice recall questions pertaining to the story.
Curated OER
Inventions: The Impact
Students understand that inventions fulfill a need. In this inventions lesson, students create simple designs of inventions that fill a need and understand the value of how inventions help society.
Curated OER
Are you an Animal Sleuth?
Students define and identify both wild and domestic animals as well as mammals and non-mammals. In this animal safety lesson plan, students distinguish between animals that can carry rabies from those that cannot. Students use stuffed...
Curated OER
Bipolar Junction Transistors as Switches
In this physics instructional activity, students construct an electric circuit based on specific requirements. They complete 48 short answer questions related to the circuit.
Curated OER
9-12: The Movie, "A Civil Action," as a Legal/Environmental Science Case Study
Students analyze information to determine how they can help a community that has been affected by water contamination. In this environmental science lesson, students watch portions of the movie "A Civil Action" and discuss specific...