Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Build A "Bug"

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners brainstorm different adaptations that bug would need to live in aquatic environment, and watch presentation where classmate is dressed up in costume to represent adaptations necessary for macroinvertebrate to survive in water.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Glaciers

For Students 9th - 12th
In this glaciers worksheet, learners review terms associated with glaciers including esker, till, plucking, and outwash. This worksheet has 14 true or false questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Designing Tools for Ocean Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the methods and tools used in ocean exploration. They, in groups, simulate an ocean exploration and consider what tools facilitate the exploration's objectives.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Tracks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in groups to show how two legged and four legged dinosaurs walked. Using fossilized footprints, they identify the two and four legged dinosaurs shown. They use the internet to determine what happen by a specific...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring For Copper Deposits

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine ore deposits and identify factors in their origin. They analyze geologic maps, and locate porphyry copper deposits on a sediment geochemistry map.
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Volcanic Violence

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students complete activities to study volcanic activities. In this volcanic activities lesson, students read an article about violent volcanoes. Students complete discuss questions and volcano projects for the lesson. students also take...
Worksheet
Curated OER

AC/DC Fanatics

For Students 9th - 12th
Hone your class' research skills with this short quiz. Learners find answers to 15 questions relating to the musical group AC/DC. This could be used as a filler activity.
Worksheet
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Adele

For Students 4th - 6th
Learners will love completing this quiz about the singer Adele. This 10-question resource could be a great way to help your class practice research skills. They could use the Internet to find the answers to the questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

What Is A Fossil?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this fossils worksheet, students read 13 clues pertaining to fossils. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank.
Interactive
Curated OER

Match the Suffixes

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online interactive vocabulary skills instructional activity, students match 10 words to the appropriate 10 suffixes. Students may submit their answers to be checked.
Lesson Plan
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Modifying an HTML Document

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students make changes in HTML documents by re-opening workspace for their web pages, using the text editor, and reloading document in web browser to see changes.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Habitat Unit - Day 2

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore abiotic factors that affect habitats. After a class lecture, students work in groups to answer questions about plant tissue, production and growth. They share answers, complete a crossword puzzle, and create a habitat...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Carnival Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils practice tossing, catching, and balancing in a fun, theme-based setting.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Opposition to the AK Native Claims Settlement Act

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students research the ANCSA and report from small groups about what they read.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Paleogeographic Mapping (o.k. Fossils Are Neat But What Good Are They?)

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Pupils examine how evidence from fossils can be used in paleogeographic interpretation. They gain experience in developing multiple hypotheses.
Interactive
Utah Education Network

Uen: Rocks and Soils: What Kind of Rock Am I?

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of different types of rocks by taking a quiz. Determine if each picture shows an igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock.
Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Rock Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the differences and similarities between the three different types of rocks on this page.
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on Rocks

For Students 4th - 7th
Covers the three main types of rocks, different weathering processes, erosion, and the rock cycle.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Birth of Rock(s) Identifying Rock Types

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will allow the student to explore the characteristics of rocks. Through exploration the student will be able to identity the three kinds of rocks and examples of each. They will also learn how rocks are used in our...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Three Types of Rocks

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fun lesson features three characters: Meta, the metamorphic rock; Iggy, the igneous rock; and Sid, the sedimentary rock. Students explore characteristics of each type of rock, play games, fill out...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Rock Types Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A well-designed lesson on rocks where students first learn about how the three categories of rocks form (sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic), then must examine the features of different rock samples, and determine which category each...
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about how the three types of rocks form and convert from one to another. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
Interactive
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Types of Rocks

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explains how rocks are classified into three basic groups.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Earth Rocks

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about three different types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.