Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where in the world is the Hydra Electron?

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Walk your class through the journey water takes once it leaves your kitchen sink, all the way through the water cycle. Demonstrations support your lecture. This plan is thoroughly written, but ideally you would follow it up with water...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Snapshot Day Definitions and Activities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Here is a document full of teaching notes on water quality and bodies of water that you can use in your ecology curriculum. It has information specific to the Hudson River area, but can easily be adapted to any local body of water....
Handout
San José State University

Dangling Modifiers

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
You don't want to leave your modifier dangling! Using this learning exercise, you can help students on their way to understanding how to modify sentences and to eliminate dangling modifiers.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Unknown Numbers in Sums and Differences

For Students 1st - 2nd
Your new mathematicians may think word problems sound scary, but this introductory set of scenarios will leave them feeling accomplished in their addition and subtraction skills! Learners read seven word problems, each requiring them to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Measure the Length of an Object

For Students 2nd - 4th
Would you measure ice water with a different tool than the height of a door? Of course! Scholars examine five measuring tasks and match them to the proper tools for the job. Three of these are length scenarios, one volume, and the last...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Problems Using Time

For Students 3rd - 4th
What time will it be in thirty minutes? Scholars use three digital clocks to answer nine questions which require they add and subtract minutes from a given time. Learners record what time it will be in a specific number of minutes or...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Friends Meeting on Bikes

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
It is the job of your mathematicians to figure out how fast Anya is riding her bike when meeting her friend. The problem shares the distance, time spent riding, and Taylor's speed leaving the last variable for your learners to solve. Use...
Printables
Freeology

Substitute Comment Form

For Teachers K - 12th
How did fourth period do with the substitute teacher? Did little Johnny from first period act up? Provide your sub with an easy-to-complete form to leave comments about each class. Form contains spaces for zero period through sixth period.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Sonar & Echolocation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A well-designed, comprehensive, and attractive slide show supports direct instruction on how sonar and echolocation work. Contained within the slides are links to interactive websites and instructions for using apps on a mobile device to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

AP: Chapter 10: Photosynthesis

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
AP biologists or college-level botanists consider in-depth details of the photosynthetic process. They examine the structures in a leaf and the roles that they play. They label neat and colorful diagrams of photosystems and electron...
Unit Plan
1
1
Core Knowledge Foundation

Seasons and Weather: Supplemental Guide

For Teachers K Standards
From warm summer days to cold winter nights, this 10-lesson unit takes children on an exploration of seasons. Using the included reading passages and images, a series of read-aloud lessons and vocabulary activities...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Tables

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, students use the information in the table to answer the following eight questions. Worksheet is about the different types of leaves.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Digital Leaf collections

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders collect and classify leaves.  In this digital leaf collection lesson, 7th graders photograph approximately 20 leaves.  Students use their leaves in a multimedia presentation and create hyperlinks to identify the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cherokee Leaf Printing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate their local creeks and forests and practice identifying trees.  For this ecology identification lesson plan, students utilize a pad and pencil while on a field trip near their school and describe their...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tops and Bottoms

For Teachers 1st
First graders classify vegetables by which parts are edible.  In this plant biology lesson, 1st graders are read Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens, participate in a discussion of which plant parts are edible in the story, then sort...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Studying Photosynthesis

For Students 6th - 12th
In this photosynthesis worksheet, students conduct an experiment to show the making of starch in a plant's leaves during photosynthesis. Students complete 2 short answer questions.
Activity
Curated OER

Leaf Rubbing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students take a nature walk. In this fall lesson, students take a nature walk and choose leaves for an activity. Students place thier paper on laminated leaves and rub crayons over the paper, the leaves show up on the paper.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Leaf Stomata as Bioindicators of Environmental Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, in this experiment, collect leaves from two species of trees and the stomatal index on the upper and lower epidermis of each leaf be determined.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Leaf Stomata as Bioindicators of Environmental Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform an experiment to determine the stomaltal index on the upper and lower epidermis of two species of leaves. Stomatal densities change in response to changing atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and to annual rainfall.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keys To Trees: Dichotomous Tree Identification

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders gather samples of different tree leaves in their neighborhoods, and on school grounds, and identify several species of common South Carolina trees using leaf and growth characteristics with aid of dichotomous key.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transportation in Plants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate how plants transport water and nutrients through the plant. In this transportation in plants lesson plan, students use glass tubing, celery stalks, food coloring and leaves from plants to observe adhesion and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where Do Your Veggies Grow?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the different ways fruits and vegetables are grown. In this vegetable growth instructional activity students are presented with the three ways that the vegetation occurs: leaves, roots, or branches. The students group...
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Lesson Plans Using Objects Found In Nature

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students create works of art using "found objects" such as bark, leaves, sand, and shells.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Classification

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders design a classification system to categorize animate and inanimate objects. They discuss the advantages of grouping things as they classify buttons, leaves, shells.

Other popular searches