Curated OER
Computer Based Energy Projects
Students use the Internet to research renewable energy. In this science lesson, students work on projects to help them understand how we use energy around the globe. Students analyze distribution of renewable and non...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Phenomenon of Sound Waves
A lab activity on sound waves is presented on this website. Students will learn about sound waves produced by different objects in this activity. There are also a set of discussion questions and two other variations of the lab exercise.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Physical Science: Gravity Gets You Down
In this lesson, students make predictions about falling objects of different sizes and masses to learn about gravity and air resistance. Includes audio vocabulary list and extension activities.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Understanding Computing
This lesson plan provides activities to demonstrate how "A pebble calculator works in a way similar to an abacus," which will allow learners to increase their understanding of how computers work. The lesson plan also provides discussion...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Geography of South America
Introduce your students to South America with this physical map activity. The resource contains a detailed lesson plan to help students learn about the geography, people, and environment of South America.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Busy Bodies
Young scholars will engage in different activities to help them learn about physical skills. Students will play Busy Body Bingo, Movement Bingo, Silly Stretching, On the Move, Hullabaloo, Little Sliders, and Frog Pond. Young scholars...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Restriction Enzymes and Dna Fingerprinting
The discovery of restriction enzymes and their applications in DNA analysis has proven to be essential for biologists and chemists. This instructional activity focuses on restriction enzymes and their applications to DNA analysis and DNA...
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US Mint
U.s Mint: Which Side Is Which [Pdf]
Introduce students to the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark's Expedition. Then take a look at the Peace Medal nickel and differentiate between heads and the tails sides. Finally, do a coin-flip activity, and record and analyze the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Facs: Communication
This lesson will engage students in discovery learning. Through various tasks, 6th graders will learn the characteristics and challenges in daily family life that may be experienced when living independently. Communication skills are...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Take a 2nd Look"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This strategy's focus is to promote higher-order thinking skills and cooperative learning.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: Coming to Our Senses
Help students make "Sense," of their senses by using them in the classroom. Site provides discovery activities students can do on themselves, in their classrooms and around campus. A scavenger hunt is also provided.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Pumpkins
During this lesson young scholars will be involved in hands-on discovery activities using pumpkins and pumpkin seeds. They will compare the size and weight of their pumpkins. They will also have an opportunity to taste pumpkin seeds....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Math Is Functional
This lesson is a technology-based activity in which students extend graphing of linear functions to the use of spreadsheet software. After students have become proficient in constructing a table of values, students are able to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Factoring Fanatic
This activity is designed to give students practice in "finding" the correct factors to use when attempting to factor a trinomial. The students are provided with a Tic-Tac sheet to help them discover the relationship or pattern between...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Determine the Vertices of Transformed Images
This hands-on lesson plan uses exploration and discovery to help students determine the coordinates of the vertices of various figures when translated, rotated, or reflected in a coordinate plane. The exploration phase will access...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Human Slope
Young scholars will participate in this discovery activity intended for them to uncover the role each variable plays in the graph of a line in the form y = mx + b. Students will actually demonstrate lines in slope intercept form on a...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Famous Scientists
Students learn about scientific discoveries and contributions made by significant men and women in history, where and when they were born and died.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Effects of Density and Volume of a Cartesian Diver
In this lesson, students will investigate why the Cartesian diver dives and rises in a 2 liter bottle. They will also, through their own discovery, come up with a question and then change one variable and record their results. Students...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Birds in Flight, What a Sight!
This lesson plan has been designed to show students the unique structure that birds possess--feathers--and how they maneuver them in flight.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Clouds Are Made
Introduce young learners to clouds and weather with guided discovery and inquiry to learn what makes up clouds.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Two Faces of Paul Gauguin
Students will examine Paul Gauguin's self-portraits and letters to learn about the individual who created them and consider how first-person art forms (self-portraits, diaries, letters, journals) aid the process of self-discovery. Then,...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Rock Identification and Usage
In this activity, young scholars explore rocks using their five senses. They sort them into groups, learn about landforms, and learn how rocks are used by humans. Their discoveries are recorded in their science notebooks.
Other
Science Alive: Making and Sizing Paper
In this activity students will learn to make and size paper. The activity can be used as an introductory activity to promote student interest. In the early part of the 20th century, the field of chemistry was very involved in industrial...
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Science Experiment: Carrot Tops
"Can a plant grow from just the top of a carrot?" Learners will engage in this lesson plan to find out.