Unit Plan
Beyond Benign

Water Bottle Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How much plastic do manufacturers use to create water bottles each year? The class explores the number of water bottles used throughout the years to determine how many consumers will use in the future. Class members compare different...
Lesson Plan
Cornell University

Isotope Rummy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Thanks to this game, teaching isotopes will never be the same. Physical science scholars work their way toward understanding isotopes in an entertaining game. Pupils play rummy in groups while practicing good sportsmanship and creating...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Lessons in Leadership, Roosevelt Style

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
It's easy to criticize those in power until you're sitting at their desk, faced with the same decisions. A history lesson prompts secondary learners to research the Roosevelt presidencies through the lens of leadership and...
Lesson Plan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Lesson 7: Observations Across Habitats

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How are animals in separate but nearby habitats related? Ecology scholars compare the animal inhabitants of the Gorongosa National Park in part seven of an eight-part series. Learners study photos from two different habitats, then...
Activity
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Wet Etching in Nanofabrication

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Chemistry and physics combine forces to benefit nanofabrications. Learners examine the process of wet etching in nanofabrication. Using corrosive substances such as lemon juice and Coca-Cola, they model the etching process. They then...
Lesson Plan
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis and Spectroscopy

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Certain materials do not always maintain the same physical properties when they exist in the nanoscale. Help your classes to explore this idea through an experimental instructional activity. Scholars use spectroscopy with samples of...
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College Board

Choices and Consequences

For Students 7th Standards
Paul Fisher, the main character in Tangerine, comes to see that it's the choices in life that lead to the consequences that make all the difference. A unit study of Bloor's young adult novel leads readers down this same path. 
Activity
101 Questions

Shipping Routes

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The product of the hard work is learning. Scholars use a simulation tool to collect information to analyze. They must decide when two ships traveling back and forth across a river at different rates will meet on the same side. The intent...
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Writing and Sketching II

For Students 9th - 12th
Find the function that fits. Scholars first identify the graph of a function that looks the same after a horizontal translation. They must then find the equation of a function whose graph lies only in two adjacent quadrants.
Website
University of North Carolina

Sciences

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Science writing follows many of the same principles as writing in language arts, but some structural details differ. Individuals read an online science handout that covers how to write with precision, choose appropriate details, and use...
PPT
Glynn County School System

Terrestrial Planets

For Students 6th - 12th
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are collectively known as the terrestrial planets. Although part of the same group, each planet has its own set of characteristics. Scholars explore the characteristics that make the planets unique and...
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Not So Identities

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Don't compromise the identity. Given pairs of equations, scholars determine whether the equations are true for the same set of values. They explain their reasoning, considering whether it's possible to combine the equations into an...
Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Classroom Activities: Pedigree Analysis Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Trace a genetic trait through an entire pedigree. A class activity provides pupils with an opportunity to explore a pedigree tree displaying a specific trait. They draw conclusions from the display and provide recommendations based on...
Activity
Serendip

Carbohydrate Consumption, Athletic Performance and Health – Using Science Process Skills to Understand the Evidence

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Should athletes carb load before an event or consume carbohydrates during the competition? Scholars discuss how to set up a hypothesis and experiment to answer a question relating carbohydrates and athletic performance. Then, they read...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

Express Yourself

For Students 6th - 12th
Emotions are written all over your face. Pupils match six emotions with full facial expressions in an engaging online interactive. The scholars move on to align the same six emotions with only the expressions from the eyes by dragging...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

DNA Detective

For Students 6th - 12th
Match up the DNA code. Pupils read the website from the American Museum of Natural History about how DNA can determine whether a skin is from a particular type of reptile. Using the same technique, learners match up products with the...
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Workforce Solutions

Networking BINGO

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A Networking BINGO game asks participants to find scholars who share a variety of the same interests and characteristics. Categories include everything from shoe size, to biggest fear, to intended college major.
Activity
Amani Project

Harmony Break! Mood Meter Floor Board

For Parents 3rd - 8th
The big idea in the fourth lesson from the Amani Project is that people can experience different emotions in precisely the same event. One participant uses their body to express an emotion. Then other participants move to the area of the...
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PHET

Planet Designer: Kelvin Climb

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
It's time to get those creative juices flowing! This second activity in a series of five continues allowing pupils to design their own planets. It the same format as the first, but, this time, allows learners to alter greenhouse...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Finding the Same Geometric Shape

For Students K
In this finding the same geometric shape worksheet, students find tow geometric shapes that are the same, then fill in the oval for the correct answer.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Context--Antonyms

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this antonyms worksheet, learners read two short passages and determine which word in each paragraph is an antonym of complete, before, same, against and loser.
Interactive
Curated OER

Mixed Rephrasings

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this rephrasing worksheet, students rewrite sentences so that they have the same meaning but different words than the sentences given. Students complete 30 problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Election Vows

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine the topic of same-sex marriage as a campaign issue, by reading and discussing "Gay-Marriage Fight Finds Ambivalence From Evangelicals." students evaluate the top five issues of importance to them;.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where's the Twins?

For Teachers K - 1st
In this size worksheet, students circle two figures in each box that are the same size. The figures include cartoons of people and animals.

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