Students explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this science lesson plan, students investigate the effects of oil spills and brainstorm ideas to help companies avoid them as they create models to demonstrate their...

Students build and experiment with a watershed to understand the effects of pollution. In this movement of water instructional activity, students work in groups creating rock formations and change the viscosity of the liquids falling...

Students examine the difference between fast and slow spreading lava flows. They identify various types of lava flow and determine the factors that cause them to form. Viewing photographs of lava flows, students working in groups,...

Students explore biology by participating in an organism identification activity. In this beach field trip instructional activity, students identify the different areas of the beach in which organisms reside and discuss the differences...

Second graders discover volcanoes that occur around the world. They identifying volcano parts.

In this weather worksheet, students read about the mechanics of a hurricane and then complete 4 short answer questions based on the reading.

Sentence construction is both a science and an art. This bare bones instructional activity ties an analysis of earth's geology to sentence formation. Although referenced as a major part of the activity, there are no links to the...

Students describe major features of cold seep communities  and list organisms that are found in these communities.  In this water habitat lesson students examine trophic levels, describe the process of chemosynthesis and list...

In this shore zone worksheets, 6th graders will identify and label six features that can develop from the deposition of sediments along the shore.

In this hurricane activity, students read and analyze satellite images of hurricane Rita. They complete 4 short answer questions about it.

Young scholars examine the three dimensions of health, wealth, and happiness from both emotional and social perspectives. Among the week-long activities are discussions about good and poor habits, minimizing risks by proper planning and...

Students compare the marine habitats of Maine and the Caribbean using temperature, tides, ocean currents, latitude and longitude. In this marine ecosystems lesson, students analyze maps to complete graphic organizers that evaluate the...

Students read the story A New Coat For Anna and discuss their knowledge on how to make a coat. In this reading and coat making lesson plan, students discuss coat making and listen to a speaker that spins thread to make coats.

Students graph dissolved oxygen versus depth using data taken from NECOP Program. In this marine science instructional activity, students explain the causes of hypoxia. They recommend possible solutions to this problem.

Students investigate the natural disasters known as tsunamis by researching the Internet.  In this nature lesson, students define the word tsunami and discuss how they are created.  Students complete an online activity based on...

First, biology pupils research land and marine habitats along the route of skipper Rich Wilson's Great American II. Then, using colored paper clips scattered across a colored paper background, they play the predator-prey game to...

Learners compare and contrast deep-sea coral reefs with shallow-water coral reefs. In this underwater ecology instructional activity, students describe three types of coral and explain why scientists are concerned about the future of...

In this North Pole worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...

Learners diagram the spreading of the ocean floor. For this earth science lesson plan, students read an article on plate boundaries of the ocean. Learners are expected to diagram the oceanic convergent boundary, and...

In this ecosystems worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 35 questions about the different types of ecosystems and organisms in them.

In this Belfast geography activity, students arrange the names of places in order by size, color a map, match important dates and events, and write a plan for redeveloping Laganside.

Students discover tidal pools.  In this oceanographic lesson, students observe the tides of the earth and the creatures that inhabit the intertidal zones.  Students role-play the tidal zones by portraying themselves as animals...

Students recognize that the sun is the source of energy driving atmosphere cells. They relate the motion of the atmospheric cells to mantle convection cells. Students recognize that the function of atmospheric cells is to move heat from...

Students are introduced to the culture of the Kumeyaay. Using their text, they discover how they used their native flora and fauna in San Diego. They participate in a matching game and examine the types of organisms who make their home...