Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Making Tracks
This lesson will allow students to explain or interpret possible scenarios from a single set of observations. Emphasis should be on supporting interpretations with concrete observations.
NASA
Nasa: Kepler: A Search for Habitable Planets: Transit Tracks
Classroom lesson for teaching astronomy uses PowerPoint presentations and illustrations of Kepler's light curves used to discover planets.
SRI International
Performance Assessment Links in Science: Follow Those Tracks
This lesson plan requires students to make an inference (hypothesis) about two animals based on the tracks they leave behind. Students are asked to write a story explaining their inference.
Other
Nanoos: Satellite Tracking [Pdf]
In this lesson, learners will be introduced to satellite tracking data. This data allows students to track the movement of marine animals over time. By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to answer questions related to...
Other
Mattel: Hot Wheels: Speedometry
This resource is part of a two unit curriculum designed for fourth-graders using the 5E Instructional Model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate) to support students as they investigate the effect that height and other...
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin: Bureau of Economic Geology: Dinosaur Footprints
Information, activities, lesson plans, and frequently asked questions about dinosaur footprints that have been found in Texas.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do We Cry?
Whether we cry during a sad movie, while chopping onions, or completely involuntarily, our eyes are constantly producing tears. This learning module tracks a particularly watery day in the life of Iris (the iris) as she cycles through...
University of California
Ucmp: Understanding Science: Tennis Shoe Detectives
A lesson where students take copies of their shoe prints, then create a story and illustrate it with pictures showing trails of footprints. Presented are samples of such trails that can be used to stimulate class discussion, and to...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Expected Value
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson plan attempts to explain the betting system at horse tracks by having students vie for parcels of land on their calculators. Because the land boundaries are unknown until the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parallel Construction
This slideshow lesson focuses on parallel structure; it defines parallelism and compares it to train tracks. It offers examples, purpose, and usage.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Eli the Eel: A Mysterious Migration
James Prosek tracks the life journey of Eli the Anguilla eel as she travels her mysterious "backward" migration from the sea to fresh water and back again. [4:39]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Development of English Drama
When presented with the problem of hoards of illiterate commoners, English clergymen in the 11th century created plays to spread word about the Bible. Eventually, the plays moved out of the church and into the streets. Mindy Ploeckelmann...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The History of Tattoos
If you have a tattoo, you're part of a rich cultural history that dates back at least 8,000 years. Where did this practice of body modification come from, and how has its function changed over time? Addison Anderson tracks the history of...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Would You Sacrafice One Person to Save Five?
Imagine you are watching a runaway trolley barreling down the tracks.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Illuminating Photography: From Camera Obscura to Camera Phone
The origins of the cameras we use today were invented in the 19th century. Or were they? A millenia before, Arab scientist Alhazen was using the camera obscura to duplicate images, with Leonardo da Vinci following suit 500 years later...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Oxygen's Surprisingly Complex Journey Through Your Body
In the body, oxygen forms a vital role in the production of energy in most cells. Enda Butler tracks the surprisingly complex journey of oxygen through your body.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dams
Through eight lessons, students are introduced to many facets of dams, including their basic components, the common types (all designed to resist strong forces), their primary benefits (electricity generation, water supply, flood...
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy: Gardens Activity Guide: Habitats
In this activity students learn how the garden provides habitat for a variety of different animal species. They make observations and collect data to determine which species inhabit the garden. They will investigate relationships among...
PBS
Pbs: Absolute Value
This animated Math Shorts video explains absolute value, as demonstrated on the number line and through a real-life example. In the accompanying classroom activity, students watch the video and then play a game in which they move a penny...