Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Designing and Carrying Out Your Very Own Animal Behavior Experiment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students review the process of science and then use the scientific process to design and carry out an experiment using pill bugs.
Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Lets Net: Growing Plants Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
For this unit, students can learn about the affects of water, soil, and sunlight on plant's growth while learning about the scientific process. Unit allows students to create a controlled experiment while studying plants.
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...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating How to Create a Stronger Electromagnet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students will investigate what they can do to produce a stronger electromagnet. Students will use the scientific thinking process to conduct investigations and build explanations. They will present their discoveries to...