Assessment
Sunburst Visual Media

Clouds

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Support science instruction with a combination of engaging activities and skills-based worksheets that focus on clouds. Learners take part in grand discussions, write an acrostic poem, complete graphic organizers, solve word...
Printables
Curated OER

Filtering Angry Statements Activity

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Help learners who struggle with blurting out statements when they are angry by reviewing a series of statements and determining when, if ever, they are appropriate to say.
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Scholastic

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Celebrate the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss with a lesson that features the memorable tale of The Lorax. After listening to a riveting read-aloud, scholars take part in a grand conversation about the story and environment. Then...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Using Routines for Discussing A Long Walk to Water and Introducing Juxtaposition (Chapters 9 and 10)

For Teachers 7th Standards
Take a stand. Scholars consider what it means to take a stand in A Long Walk to Water. They complete an activity by taking a stand and moving to a labeled section of the room that matches their opinion. Readers then examine text...
Activity
Serendip

How Do Biological Organisms Use Energy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
When an organism eats, how does food become energy? Young biologists follow glucose through the process of cellular respiration to the creation of ADP using a discussion-based activity. The resource also highlights conservation of mass...
Interactive
DocsTeach

Environmental Case Study: Hetch Hetchy Valley

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
What is more important: building a new school or preserving a nature reserve? Keeping a natural area clean or providing clean drinking water to a city of millions? Young scholars weigh these questions—almost literally—using an...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Read Aloud Lesson Plan: Water for One, Water for Everyone

For Teachers K
Students listen to a read aloud about African animals as they access a watering hole. They discuss the characteristics of Africa such as the temperature, it distance from the students, and lifestyle of the animals. They talk about how...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Unit

For Teachers K
Students explore ways to conserve water. After discussing water, its uses, and importance, students perform an experiment to discover how much water can be used when using a sponge. After creating water artwork, students determine how...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan of a Thematic Project - Water

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the properties of water. In this life science lesson, 6th graders create a concept map of water. They share their work with the class.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Our Water Becomes Polluted

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students list causes of water pollution, discuss how people contribute to water pollution, and explain concept of watershed.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Water Cycle - Family Page

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners discuss the steps of the water cycle. They create their own model of the water cycle. They complete the Family Page at the end of the lesson plan.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Pollution - Group Presentation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate water pollution at a web site and apply it toward a group presentation.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Working for Water

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the ways that government works to help improve aquatic habitats. In this water habitats lesson students view a video and plan a school restoration project. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Muddy Waters: A historical view of land use patterns, water quality, and the conservation movement

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research the impact that human activity had on Pennsylvania's water supply over time. In this water quality lesson plan, students research, discuss, and write about how Pennsylvania's water quality has been affected and what...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Quality

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze water quality and turbidity of collected samples. In this physics lesson plan, students conduct tests to identify the suspended particles in the samples. They explain how human activities affect water quality.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Water Cycle Dance

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders synthesize the four parts of the water cycle by participating in a water cycle dance. They perform movements that signify each stage of the cycle.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Crossing Polluted Waters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the different concepts involved in crossing a body of water that is polluted through a simulation that is supposed to be done without a boat. The goal of the lesson is for groups to role play after creating a plan...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Testing the Waters

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine a local body of water.  In this science lesson, 11th graders collect water samples to test.  Students analyze the data and make conclusions.  Students create tables and graphs of the data.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Happenings

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders observe how water changes phase through a teacher-led demo. In this earth science lesson, 5th graders relate the demo to the water cycle. They draw and label each stage of the cycle.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Heat Energy and Water

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders brainstorm the differences between heat and temperature. In groups, they determine the best way to melt ice without touching the ice. They record their observations and compare them with other groups. To end the lesson...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physical Changes of Water

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners observe changes in water. In this lesson about water and its forms, students perform an experiment to determine how water changes. Learners analyze what causes water to be solid, liquid, or gas. Students record their...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Water Cycle Game

For Teachers K - 5th
Students study the path and forms of water through Earth. In this water cycle lesson, students role-play water as it moves throughout the Earth. Students play the water cycle game and complete various stations to learn about water forms...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore water. In this water cycle lesson, students conduct a scientific investigation that requires build a terrarium models of the earth. Students record their observations of the changes regarding water in the terrarium.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the location of Earth's water and study the water cycle using a terrarium. In this water study lesson, students study a model globe for the Earth and find Alaska. Students locate the bodies of water and study an overhead...

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