Curated OER
Excited about Expression!
Students discuss what expression is and listen to the teacher read a page without expression. They give suggestions of how the reading could be more expressive and exciting and observe as they are written on the board. They then discuss...
Curated OER
What Is A Dinosaur?
Young scholars use the question of "What is a dinosaur?" in order to establish the context for a class investigation. They use a variety of resources in order to gather information. Students compare and contrast the similarities or...
Curated OER
Strangers in Their Own Land
Students use interview techniques to explore the traditional wisdom of fishers, farmers, First Nations, and other peoples whose close relationship with nature gives them a deeper understanding of, and sensitivity toward, climatic cycles...
Curated OER
Social Studies: The Fremont People
Students examine the culture of the Fremont people prior to creating their own copies of their pottery. With teacher-supplied clay, students follow instruction sheets to make their own replicas based on the Fremont pottery designs.
Curated OER
Brain POP - Volcano
In this volcano worksheet, students complete 15 fill in the blank questions on the basics of volcano structure and volcano trivia.
Curated OER
Rocks Word Search Puzzle
In this literacy worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the concept that is reviewed in the sheet. They also acquire new vocabulary.
Curated OER
Observing Capitalization Rules
In this capitalization learning exercise, students complete three activities that help them follow the rules for capitalization in their writing.
Curated OER
Beginning Analogies 9
In this analogies worksheet, students read the word pairs and choose the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair.
Curated OER
Seeing/Reading Photographs Lesson Plan: An Interactive History Discussion
Students analyze and read historic photographs. In this historic photographs lesson, students explore history and writing by looking at photographs. Students discuss the photographs and produce a written record of the historical photograph.
Curated OER
Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #114
For this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 12 multiple choice questions complementing the October 2010 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.
University of Michigan
Michigan Sea Grant: Teaching Great Lakes Science: Fish Identification
For this lesson, students examine the physical characteristics of fish that live in the Great Lakes and identify common features that help species to survive in that environment. Downloadable resources include a fish poster, fish family...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Does the Temperature of the Great Lakes Change Over Time?
This activity allows students to use water surface temperature, bathymetric data, and weather data to look at trends in the water temperature of the Great Lakes.
Other
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Ctr.: Exploring Energy Transformations in Plants
This set of lessons has students investigate how plants obtain energy from different sources to support their growth and development. Students conduct investigations, make predictions, and construct scientific explanations of the...
Other
Great Lakes Now Virtual Field Trip
Embark on a virtual field trip that covers three main components: coastal wetlands, algae, and lake sturgeon. The videos are short and targeted at middle schoolers.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Salt Dissolved in Great Salt Lake
In this instructional activity, young scholars will compare water from a fresh lake to water from the Great Salt Lake to begin to build a conceptual model for how salt dissolves in water. The instructional activity focuses on students...
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Great Salt Lake Is Changing
In this instructional activity, middle schoolers will explore the phenomenon of a shrinking lake and will develop and use models to understand why. Through a simulation game and exploration, students will learn about the effects of a...
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Great Salt Lake Ecosystem
This lesson plan provides an eight-day flow of educational activities in which students use the Great Salt Lake ecosystem to explore food webs and how changes in living and nonliving factors affect different populations.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Floating on the Great Salt Lake
Through exploring the phenomenon that it is easier to float on salt water than on fresh water, students will develop a conceptual model for molecules and how the arrangement of molecules affects density.
Other
Ohio Dept. Of Education: Lesson Plan: Transportation Systems Grade Four
For this lesson unit, learners learn about transportation systems, including the Great Lakes canal system, and how modes of transportation has changed over time with advancements in technology. There is a large student research component...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Anishinabe Ojibwe Chippewa: Culture
Though written for grades 3-5, this lesson plan can be easily changed to help students of all ages learn about the Chippewa people. Additional resources provide historical, cultural, and geographical facts concerning this Native American...
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Pelicans on Gunnison Island
In this lesson, students will explore interactions between a population and the environment as they learn about why so many American white pelicans spend the spring and summer on Gunnison Island in the Great Salt Lake.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Nhmu: Cultural Clutter Tales in the Trash
Fourth graders list three or more types of evidence of prehistoric cultures that encouraged archaeologists to investigate the marshes around the Great Salt Lake.
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