Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mineral Identification

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the properties that are used to identify minerals and how they work.  In this investigative lesson students use the six properties to identify minerals that they are given. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Do The Colors of Light Mix?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the mixing of light. They form a hypotheses to reason why color changes occur and they write conclusions and ask new questions arising from the investigation. Students identify the primary and complementary...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Curiosity Does Not Kill The Cat

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students list the different ways they could test a guinea pig, a dandelion, and their brother (or sister)? They create a data chart in their group that lists the organism, what they could measure, and how they could change that measurement.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Inverse, Converse and Contrapositive

For Students 8th - 10th
In this geometry worksheet, students identify the inverse, converse and contrapositive of each sentence. They explore conditional statements and what makes them true. There are 13 questions with an answer key.
Interactive
Curated OER

Adjectives Of Quantity (How Much?)

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this on-line language arts worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions where they identify the adjective of quantity in each sentence. Students can check their answers at the end of the worksheet.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sportsmanship and Spectator Behavior

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders listen to the story BEING A BAD SPORT as teacher reads to the class. They identify good and bad sportsmanship by reading and writing activities. They then go to the gym and simulate a game situation recording examples of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Is The Matter?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers engage in a lesson about the scientific concept of matter. They use essential questions in order to guide the research process. Students engage in several class inquiries that are hands on in order to investigate the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

SATP Basic Parts of an Informative Essay

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify the elements of an informative essay. Through a teacher led discussion, students explore the basic parts of a five paragraph essay and , using a hamburger as an analogy, students label the pieces. They discuss the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bats

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners model how the bones in a bat wing are organized. They develop questions about bat body parts based on photographs. They hypothesize how bats locate their food.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry: Classifying Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners use construction technology to identify and find relationships between the attributes of various quadrilaterals. They make and test conjectures about the distinguishing properties of parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Ghost Particle

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students collect evidence to make inferences about a object hidden inside a sealed box. They think critically and logically to raise questions. Students identify questions that can be answered through investigation. They formulate and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Integrating Biology-Serendipity and Science

For Students 8th - 9th
In this science and serendipity worksheet, students read about how Fleming discovered Penicillin by accident when observing bacteria that didn't grow where mold existed. Students answer questions about scientific discoveries.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bigger Better Bubbles

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research different types of bubble gum and identify the variables in them.  In this bubble gum lesson students design an investigation to test their hypothesis and graph their data. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Intelligence

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this psychology instructional activity, students complete a 5 short answer quiz on intelligence. They identify evidence on hereditary influences on intelligence.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Daylight or Darkness: Mealworms

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this mealworms worksheet, learners test if the mealworms like daylight or darkness. Students complete 5 questions total on this worksheet.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mealworms: Warm or Cold?

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this mealworms worksheet, students test if the mealworms like warm or cold areas. Students complete 5 questions total on this worksheet.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Food Preference Experiment: Mealworms

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this meal worms worksheet, students test which foods the mealworms like the best between potato chips, fruit, and bread. Students complete 5 questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Periodic Table

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify in what groups and periods element is, state how many valance electrons element has, list basic properties of groups on periodic table, fill electrons in correct energy level/groups, and answer chapter questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Simulating the Spread of an Infectious Disease

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this health worksheet, learners identify various infectious diseases and explore the available options for stopping or preventing the spread of disease. They participate in a simulation experiment on how to measure and prevent. There...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solving Problems

For Students 7th - 10th
In this solving problems worksheet, learners answer twelve multiple choice questions about problem solving in science and the steps of the scientific method. These include identifying the problem, forming a hypothesis and setting up the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Quartiles and Box-and-Whisker Plots

For Students 8th - 10th
In this algebra worksheet, students identify the central tendencies as they solve a box and whisker plot graph. They identify the quartiles of the data. There are 4 questions with an answer key.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Took Jerell's iPod?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate various substances to determine the perpetrator of a crime. In this biology lesson, students test for the presence of organic compounds in various samples. They identify an unknown substance based on its physical and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Diet Wars

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students watch the documentary "Diet Wars" and answer worksheet related questions on positive and negative influences on health and diet.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water-holding Capacity of Earth Materials

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students design and conduct an experiment to test their ideas about how to speed up or slow down the rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction. They have access to an array of physical and chemical factors that might influence enzyme...