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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stereotypes: More Than Meets the Eye

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the concept of stereotyping. They observe images and media that portray the Middle East and its inhabitants. Students make determinations about the impact of the images on their perceptions. They consider ways to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Periodic Table

For Students 10th - 12th
In this elements worksheet, students review the characteristics of elements and the periodic table. This worksheet has 2 different versions, one with 20 multiple choice questions and answers and the other has 17 multiple choice questions...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

NGA Kids Inside Scoop Summer 2007

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the art of Roy Lichtenstein. In this art lesson students study reworked images and adapted scenes from books made into movies.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Tree is an Ecosystem

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students make observations about trees. In this ecosystem lesson, students observe and record all living and non living things they find under a tree, look for birds nests, evidence of woodpeckers and take samples such as leafs, bark,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Conflict and Compromise

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine opinions about the Boston Tea Party. In this colonial America lesson, students analyze several primary sources about the Tea Party and then write essays that reveal efforts to compromise as well as efforts to instigate...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building a Rover

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate properties of lines and points by making a rover. In this algebra instructional activity, students plot points correctly on a coordinate plane. They identify coordinate pairs given the plots and lines.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

pH of Household Products

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders are provided with a piece of paper such as index, art, construction, or computer coating it with a universal indicator. They use cotton swabs HCl and NaOH to draw a picture repeating the same process using lemon juice and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring the Scientific Method: Separation of a Complex Mixture

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work in teams to use the scientific method to separate complex mixtures into pure components.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Appreciating The Scarlet Letter

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read the first 10 chapters of, 'The Scarlet Letter.' They utilize an assignment imbedded in this plan to research the characters and define the role each plays in the novel.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson One: Mark Twain and Will Rogers - American Originals

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students research the lives of Mark Twain and Will Rogers. They watch videos and research websites to find information and compile examples of each man's writings which they present to the class.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Test Skill Builders for Reading: Making Judgments [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Standardized test practice for students in grades 5 and 6. Students read a practice passage and answer questions that require them to make judgments about such things as fact or opinion and the author's purpose. Answers to the practice...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Simple Coulter Counter

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students build and use a very basic Coulter electric sensing zone particle counter to count an unknown number of particles in a sample of "paint" to determine if enough particles per ml of paint exist to meet a quality standard. In a lab...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hidden in Plain Sight

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Steganography is the science and art of hiding messages in plain sight so only the sender and intended recipient know the existence of a message. Steganography can be characterized as security through obscurity. Through this lesson,...
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eBook
National Institutes of Health

National Center for Biotechnology Information: Pedigree Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook discusses the topic of human pedigree analysis, a type of genetic science used to determine inherited characteristics.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Race Problem, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem, an address, and a painting that illustrate black political struggle in late-nineteenth-century America. This series of resources characterize "the Negro Problem" as "a concrete test of the underlying principles of the great...
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Activity
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Adn en Medicina Legal 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the polymorphism method to characterize human DNA samples as applied in the analysis of paternity and sex crimes investigations. You will have the opportunity to interpret results as those obtained in the FBI laboratory or a...
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Activity
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Adn en Medicina Legal 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the polymorphism method to characterize human DNA samples as applied in the analysis of paternity and sex crimes investigations. You will have the opportunity to interpret results as those obtained in the FBI laboratory or a...