Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Lepidoptera Project

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students are introduced to Scientific Inquiry and discover how to design an experiment that answers critical questions using butterflies as the topic. They design experiments that compare the number of species of butterflies in a vacant,...
Article
Scholastic

Scholastic News: Week of 4 8 13: Happy Birthday, Florida!

For Students 2nd - 5th
In 2013, Florida turned 500 years old. Read about its discovery and early history.
Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Inductance

For Students 9th - 10th
This article surveys inductance and its different forms. It discusses numerous topics associated with inductance such as Faraday's Law, self and mutual inductance, inductors, and magnetic field lines.
Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Juan Ponce De Leon Explorer

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides an overview of the life, explorations, and discoveries of Juan Ponce de Leon.
Handout
A&E Television

Biography: Juan Ponce De Leon

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Juan Ponce de Leon, a Spanish explorer from the 15th and 16th centuries. He was at one point the governor of Puerto Rico, and is credited with discovering Florida. Ponce de Leon is also remembered for having searched the...
Handout
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Scientific Knowledge Changes

For Students 9th - 10th
A slideshow tutorial will explain how scientific knowledge can change when new evidence is discovered or new ideas are developed. Take a step back in science history to see some great examples of how scientific knowledge has changed when...
Unit Plan
Florida State University

Florida State University: Magnet Lab: Discovery of Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Two scientists share the credit for discovering, and then interpreting, the phenomenon of electromagnetism.
Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Magnet Lab: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1750 1774

For Students 9th - 10th
With his famous kite experiment and other forays into science, Benjamin Franklin advances knowledge of electricity, inspiring his English friend Joseph Priestley to do the same.
Handout
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Nobelium

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the discovery and properties of nobelium, including facts about its isotopes.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Deeds Worth Telling by Edward A. Rand

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Deeds Worth Telling by Edward A. Rand (1890), a collection of twenty-six children's stories of heroism, discovery, and invention in all lands and climes.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Zigzag Journeys on the Mississippi by Hezekiah Butterworth

For Students 4th - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Zigzag Journeys on the Mississippi by Hezekiah Butterworth (1892). This is a book from the Zigzag Series; it features illustrated stories about the Great World's...
Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

For Students 9th - 10th
Image of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) as seen at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April, 2012. The aircraft was assigned to shuttle Discovery.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: New World: Part Ii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Two European maps of Florida and Roanoke, and a British and a French account-with associated engravings of these settlements-that promote a European interpretation of and claim over these areas.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Tales About Travellers by Thomas Bingley

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Tales about Travellers by Thomas Bingley (1861), a collection of stories about the perils, adventures, and discoveries of travelers.
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Territorial Growth of the United States , 1783 1867

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1897 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the...
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Territorial Growth of the United States, 1783 1867

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1897 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the...
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: The Territorial Growth of the United States , 1783 1853

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1894 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the Russian cession of Alaska in 1867. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the original...