Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Pox No Longer Upon Us

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders research the development and use of vaccines. They examine historical documents for qualitative observations and the basis of immunization. They examine primary and secondary immune responses as they relate to the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Radioactive Isotopes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe an isotope and radioactive isotope in a written essay. They describe how a specific country or region was affected by radioactive contamination and attempt to sympathize with those affected by these radioactive...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Editorial Revisited

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify different types of editorials. They explain, using a graphic organizer, the elements that make an editorial powerful. They offer elements they came up with and the examples and list them on the board.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electromagnetic Spectrum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define electromagnetic radiation, list major categories and uses of electromagnetic waves, identify potential health risks with electromagnetic waves, and demonstrate understanding of Plank's constant by solving quantitative...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Popcorn PPPPopping P

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are introduced to the most popular phonemes to help them with their reading. As a class, they listen to popcorn popping and identify the sound being heard. They practice saying different tongue twisters and drawing the letters...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sum It Up !!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice various comprehension strategies to generate the main idea of the text. They encounter unfamiliar concepts and new vocabulary in their quest of the main idea in "Watson's Goes to Burmingham." The Five W's (What, Where,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Impacts on Sharks: Developing an Essay Through Peer-Review on a Discussion Board

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students develop a paper topic (in this case, the human impacts on sharks) that is peer reviewed by additional students answering guided questions. The original student must respond to the comments by the fellow classmates. All of the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Assembling a Geologic History

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students combine information from several field labs to construct an overall geologic history of the local region. They are able to use published reports of the geologic history as they compile their own version.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biodiversity Count

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students count the number of species they can find in a five minute block of time in both an urban lawn and natural, remnant forest area. They are introduced to the concept of low and high biodiversity areas and engage in a discussion...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Climate Weather Seasons Review

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students review the concepts of weather, climate, and seasons. They read and discuss a book about weather. Students collaborate on a class definition for climate and weather. They match weather to the specific season. Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Can China Kick the Habit?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch a video on the problem of smoking in China. Using the Internet, they explore the cigarette marketing campaigns in the United States and on their way home identify advertisements. They discuss their findings and discuss...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Secrets of Lost Empires II-Pharaoh's Obelisk

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students identify and analyze how levers work by raising a brick with a shish kebab skewer. Students present their work, explaining what did and did not work, including illustrations of the lever lift from different angles. Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

In Search of Human Origins, Part II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch a video about the search for human origins. Using a worksheet, they identify the data trends in height of boys in North America. They discuss the significance of the data and the reasons for the increase of human size.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Visual Impairment Based on a Children's Book

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore practical information about visual impairment. They explore about the uses of seeing eye cane. Students explore the postive aspects about how people fucntion in spite of handicaps. They explore about helping others.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Industrial Revolution

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students cite the importance of the steam engine, cotton gin and steel making process. They describe conditions in cities due to increased industrialization. They explain how the living and working conditions led to the development of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson 2 Its a Small World (Day 2)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are able to explain how the water cycle recycles the earth's water supply. They are able to make use of the knowledge of land forms learned in social studies. Students are able to form a hypothesis on how/why the water cycle...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Disappearing Rocks

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the causes of erosion and observe how different surfaces erode differently. They recognize erosion and predict what type of erosion caused it. In addition, they predict the outcomes of erosion on different materials.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What do two-dimensional tessellations look like? Where in art can they be found?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the world of art and culture, including the works of M.C. Escher. They identify and create original tessellations. Students use a wealth of interactive multimedia applications. They explore the artistic representations...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Community Treasures (Rivers and Trees): An Integrated Curriculum Unit

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate an understanding of geography and its effects on lifestyles and culture. Then they apply basic economic terms and principles and identify the United States government and history. Students also identify and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alternative Assessment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify methods of utilizing game show strategies to enhance retention of social studies content knowledge. They develop rubrics for evaluating the quality of elementary-level social studies assessments. They discuss the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sergei Prokofiev's "peter And the Wolf": Learning And Creating

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write their own version of "Peter and the Wolf". They explore the characters and the instruments that represent the characters. They use graphic organizing software to brainstorm ideas for characters and story lines for...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Grammar Check

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, learners answer a variety of grammar questions true or false. Students check their answers against an answer sheet when they complete the assignment.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Comparatives and Superlatives

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate adjective/adverb in sixteen sentences that make each one grammatically correct.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Antonyms and Synonyms

For Students 7th - 10th
In this antonyms and synonyms worksheet, students review and analyze eighteen sets of words and choose whether they are antonyms or synonyms.

Other popular searches