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Bowland

You Reckon?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Sometimes simple is just better. A set of activities teaches young mathematicians about using plausible estimation to solve problems. They break problems down to simpler problems, use rounding and estimation strategies, and consider...
Lesson Plan
Cornell University

LEDs Rainbow Connection

For Students 6th - 12th
View LED lights through the eyes of a scientist. Young scholars learn to view light as a wave frequency and connect various frequencies to different colors on the light spectrum. A lab activity asks groups to measure the frequency of...
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Teach Beside Me

Benjamin Franklin Lesson Ideas

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Bring Benjamin Franklin to life in the classroom with a set of five activities. Discover the type of person he was and his accomplishments through a study of his inventions and comments about life virtues. 
Unit Plan
Purdue University

Food Waste and the Environment

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Out of sight out of mind can be a dangerous habit. Learners investigate the life of food waste after it leaves people's homes and its impact on the environment. They complete a series of three activities that involve building a mini...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water 1: Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the water cycle. For this water cycle lesson, students complete a hands-on activity that replicates the water cycle. Students record their observations.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water 1: Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore forms that water can take and examine the water cycle. In this hands-on science instructional activity, students participate in activities that require them to change water to a solid and back to a liquid again.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water 1: Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore forms that water can take. In this science lesson, students participate in hands-on activities that require them to change water to a solid and back to a liquid again.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water-Nature's Magician

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the properties of water. In this science instructional activity, students conduct various experiments to discover the importance of water. Math, language arts and history activities are also included.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Conservation- Every Drop Counts

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine water and water conservation.  In this water conservation lesson students study water and find the importance through participating in several activities. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water - The Transporter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the role of water in transporting sediments and dissolved particles.  For this interdisciplinary lesson, students read about how water transports sediments and changes the landscape.  They complete a variety of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Water Web-- Ponds

For Students 4th - 5th
In this social studies and science instructional activity, students learn the importance of ponds in an area's watershed by reading and completing the 8 pages of questions and activities in this newsletter, which is put out by the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Discovering Water

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Pupils examine how to conserve water.  In this water conservation lesson students complete a water watching lab activity. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Wonders

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore hydrology concepts. In this environment and biology lesson, students identify and describe macroinvertebrates using a variety of pictures and resources. Students observe and write about a classroom aquarium in which...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How to Use Technology to Teach the Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars answer six content-related questions on reproducible information sheets. They predict how the jury vote at the end of the trial.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Air and Water in the Environment

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars demonstrate an awareness of air as a substance that surrounds us and takes up space, and whose movement we feel as wind. They predict and describe how local weather conditions affect living things, including themselves.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Creates a Cave

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils study the role of water in limestone cave formation and create a cave on karst-like grid on paper.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 20 - Dry Land Wake Board Work

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Lesson 20 is part of a 22 lesson unit on boat safety and water sports. The focus in this lesson is getting up on the wake board. If you click on the resource link at the bottom of the page, there is another resource link that goes to the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Day After Tomorrow: How is the Density of Water Related to Climate Change and Global Warming?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Science learners simulate what happens when ice breaks up and floats on water and how increased pressure on ice causes it to melt faster. They view a clip from the movie, The Day After Tomorrow, and relate their lab activities to what...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Seepy Sandwich

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Earth science by participating in a pollution activity. In this water infiltration lesson, students utilize a water sprayer, food coloring and slices of bread to simulate how pollution can spread into our drinking water...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 18 - Wake Board Terms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Boat safety instructional activity 18 is all about the wake board.  The class learns the terminology about wake boards and discusses the different types of ropes used. Much of the information regarding boating basics, personal...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Ray Multiple Choice Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this ray worksheet, students complete a ten question multiple choice activity pertaining to sea rays. Prior knowledge is assumed.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Groovin' News Activity Sheet

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In these recycling worksheets, students complete several activities to learn about recycling. Students complete a word search, word scramble, bar graph, pie chart, research project, class project, and individual project for recycling.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Crab Multiple Choice Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this crab learning exercise, students complete a ten question multiple choice activity pertaining to crabs. Prior knowledge of crabs is assumed.
Lesson Plan
Space Awareness

Oceans on the Rise

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Temperature rises and land disappears! Through a lab exploration, learners understand the effect of temperature increase on water similar to the effect of global warming on our oceans. As they heat the water in a flask, they measure the...

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