Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rock On!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make models of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks out of different types of candy and cookies.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Navigating by the Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe how math is important in navigation and engineering. They study how surveyors use math and science to calcute, count, measure, label, and indicate distances on a map. They estimate specific distances.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Trials

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate speed, time and distance. In this algebra lesson, students utilize their knowledge of linear equations to solve problems related to time, speed and distance. This assignment is hands on using two toy race cars.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measurement: Stream Flow & Stadium Capacity

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the scientific fields and how information can be monitored and recorded.  For this scientific inquiry lesson students view a PowerPoint presentation and complete a hands on activity. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

100 Years of Flight

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners investigate Bernoulli's principle of air pressure and how it relates to the lift of an airplane. Students identify various Aeronautical vocabulary terms. Learners construct a paper glider and experiment with the control surfaces...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Strength of Water

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars perform experiments using flexible bottles of water and eyedroppers partially filled and placed in the bottle. They record what happens when they tighten the bottle lid and squeeze the bottle.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Space Ship Pilot

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students visualize the relation between acceleration and velocity in 2 dimensions. They are introduced to Newton's first law,and Newton's second law. Students work on an exploration activity where they condsider an example of a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Science of Hurricanes

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students are introduced to the science of hurricanes in an effort to highlight how forces change the speed and direction of motion.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tracking Hurricanes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how technology and science are used to identify, measure, and track powerful tropical storms to better warn and secure people from their impact. They research hurricanes online by tracking the storms on a hurricane website.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Roll On

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, in groups, develop models to show how forces such as gravity, friction, equal, unequal forces and change in direction work on marbles.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Impulse/Momentum Lab

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate the relationship between force and momentum using motion detectors and sensors. In this physics lesson, students graph experimental results. They calculate impulse using the area under the graph.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Does Weight Affect Drag?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate how weight affects a parachute's rate of fall.  In this investigative lesson plan students test parachutes, average results and conclude what makes a faster descent.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Go Slopey

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a table of values to graph a line. In this algebra lesson, students identify the slope and intercept of a linear equation. They use a Ticalculator to graph their function.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who's the Frog Jumping Champion?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use a simple machine (a lever) to launch a plastic frog. students determine who is able to make their frog "jump" the farthest and graph the results.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Contamination Mapping Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced briefly to the Biscayne Bay Ecosystem, observed microbe distributions and water current maps are introduced. They measure water current speeds to predict the movement of pollutants based on the type of the tidal...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Friction of a Block Weight

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders hypothesize and design an experiment to study the relationship between a block weight and the number of washers it takes to pull a block across various surfaces. Students graph results and apply their findings to a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Machines at Work

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss how simple machines have made our lives easier and construct a compound machine. In this machines lesson plan, students watch a video on machines, look at websites, and follow task cards in order to make a simple machine.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Race the Track! Jump the Gap

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students record data of using a track system with variables and how those variables affect a ball used in the track. In this track lesson plan, students design their own track in groups, test the ball's rates of speed, and record their...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Properties of Matter

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science learning exercise, students read passages and derive the meaning from them to answer three key questions related to mass and weight.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Teaching English: Reducing Emissions by Cycling

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students analyze an abstract picture and create the persona of a cyclist. Students cut apart cards with controversial statements regarding cycling and discuss them. Students then discuss what they personally would...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pilots, Drivers, and Captains

For Teachers K
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus, then change the words for a boat.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Integers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars multiply integers.  In this multiplying integers instructional activity, students multiply positive and negative integers.  Young scholars discuss that a positives times positives, positives times negatives, and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Newton's First Law

For Students 9th - 12th
In this laws of motion worksheet, students review vocabulary words and concepts associated with Newton's first law of motion. This worksheet has 15 true or false questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rock-A-Bye Pendulum

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use the scientific process to explore the effects of force on an object in motion. They demonstrate that the greater the force applied to an object, the greater the change in speed or direction of the object. They...

Other popular searches