Curated OER
Anonymous Card Delivery
Learners make cards as a form of good will. In this card making lesson, students brainstorm a list of people who would benefit from an anonymous card. Learners deliver the cards anonymously and observe the reaction of the recipients.
Curated OER
Reclamation and Recycling
Students examine the many uses of mined lands after reclamation has been completed and discover the importance of recycling finding the difference between manufacturing with recycled materials and newly extracted materials.
Curated OER
Are We Americans Again? A Portrait of Japanese American Internment
Students study letters and images of the Japanese American Interment during World War II. They discuss the issues presented.
Curated OER
Go With the Flow!
Students experiment with heat transfer in a countercurrent system and describe the importance of conduction in heat-energy transfer.
PE Central
Food Groups and the Food Guide Pyramid
Learners read and explain food labels and decide in which part of the food guide pyramid selected food items belong.
Curated OER
Postcards Across America
Fifth graders increase knowledge and awareness of the location and physical features of each of the fifty states in America.
Curated OER
???A Sound of Hammering??? by Dazai Osamu
Tenth graders read and analyze the story, "A Sound of Hammering," by Dazai Osamu. They answer discussion questions, conduct Internet research on the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, develop a character web, analyze the major themes...
Curated OER
PROJECTILE MOTION
Students measure muzzle velocity, and predict range of a projectile device. For this motion lesson students complete a lab and explain the outcomes of their experiments.
Curated OER
Cladistics Is a Zip...Baggie
Students explore how the grouping of organisms based on their shared derived characters forms the basis of a cladogram.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: What Did You Do on Your Summer Vacation?
Here is an art idea for young young scholars returning to school after summer break. Website provides ideas for making unique collages conveying any theme.