Students will compare an informational text versus a narrative text about Earth Day. Included in this lesson are videos and pictures of the lesson in action, a printable Earth Day Venn Diagram, and a recycling activity.

Find lesson plans, worksheets, photo galleries, and related links for teaching about the weather systems of planets in our solar system.

Smithsonian Institution presents ?Ocean Planet: Interdisciplinary Marine Science Activities?. Through this series of six interdisciplinary lessons, learners will look at such things as the organisms in different marine ecosystems, the...

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the planet Mars. This lesson will begin by discussing the location and size of Mars relative to Earth, as well as introduce many interesting facts about this red planet. Next, the...

Students explore the outermost planets of our solar system: Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They also learn about characteristics of Pluto and its interactions with Neptune. Students learn a little about the history of space travel as well...

A series of lesson plans designed to be used with the Smithsonian Ocean Planet exhibit (available online). Lesson topics include marine ecosystems, pollution of ocean water, animal strandings, and literature.

Absolute value is explained through examples and a video lesson. [0:49]

How to graph an inequality is explained through examples and a video lesson. [4:14]

Provides detailed information about the graph of a radical function through the use of examples and a brief video lesson. [2:10]

Gain an understanding of the different ways to solve equations by viewing examples and a video lesson. [2:21]

Gain an understanding of how to solve systems of equations by graphing by viewing an example and a video lesson. [2:49]

Discover how to use stem-and-leaf plots and box-and-whisker plots to visualize data by taking a look at examples and a video lesson.

Learn how to use the order of operations when working with expressions through discussion and a video lesson.

Provides examples and a video lesson that introduce fundamental statements of geometry.

Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrates how to solve percent problems.

Learn about quadrilaterals, polygons, and transformation by taking a look at examples and a video lesson.

Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrates parallel and perpendicular lines.

Gain an understanding of how to factor polynomials by viewing examples and a video lesson.

Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrates scientific notation.

Provides an explanation, examples, and a video lesson all related to complex numbers.

Gain an understanding of how to graph quadratic equations by viewing an example and a video lesson.

Provides examples and a video lesson that explains ratios and proportions and shows how to solve them.

Gain an understanding of how to solve linear equations by viewing an example and a video lesson. [3:01]

In this activity, "You will investigate the concepts of relative size and distance by creating a basic model of our solar system." Planet printouts are provided and this site contains related links.