Lesson Plan
Poetry Out Loud

Creating "Golden Shovel" Poems

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Get even your most reluctant pupils reading, writing, reciting, and maybe even enjoying poetry! A four day lesson plan, young writers learn about Golden Shovel poems: a poem format that uses borrowed words from other poems as the last...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Experiment in Alchemy: Copper to Silver to Gold

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How exciting would it be for your chemistry class to produce their own "gold"? This experiment allows pupils to witness the chemical reaction of copper pennies as they react with zinc and sodium hydroxide to produce "gold" tokens. It is...
Lesson Plan
Chymist

An Experiment in Alchemy: Copper to Silver to Gold

For Students 9th - 12th
Use chemistry to change pennies into gold coins! The experimental procedure leads learners through the process of changing copper pennies to silver and then to gold. They record the mass of each coin through every step of the experiment.
Unit Plan
Calvin Crest Outdoor School

Survival

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
Activity
NOAA

It All Runs Downhill

For Students 3rd - 5th
Examine how pollution makes its way into an ocean with help from a model watershed. Scholars use household items to recreate a mini-watershed, equipped with pollutants, that when mixed with rain drain into a model's body of...
PPT
Curated OER

Support and Transport in Plants

For Teachers 9th - 11th
All types of transport systems in a dicotyledon plant are detailed here, with clear labelled diagrams and notes for the specific structures and functions. The way that these systems have adapted, and how support is assisted by the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shrinky Dinks® Palettes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here is a fun and clever lesson for teaching physics classes how to calculate wavelength if given the energy and frequency data. On a worksheet, they compute wavelengths using a table of information that you provide. On a paper palette,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Click it! See it! Say it!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Scholars take digital photographs of a phonic cluster. Each child will use their digital pictures in a PowerPoint slide with text showing the sound and the word that contains that sound. Then they will take a picture of the object they...
Lesson Plan
Contemporary Arts Center

Mughal Miniature Paintings: Pattern Transformations

For Teachers 10th - 12th
What is the artist's role in the post 9/11 world? How do artists use imagery to convey meaning in their work? After examining the work of Mughal artist Imran Qureshi, class members create their own work that uses combative imagery to...
Interactive
Curated OER

Petro Products

For Students 5th - 12th
In this petroleum products worksheet, students are given the components of crude oil and they graph the various products found in a 50 gallon barrel. Students complete an activity to determine if they have collected cards that represent...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Spouse

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about matching spouses up to be married couples. Students complete 1 problem.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Sons

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about sons and their ages by reading the clues. Students complete 1 problem.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Pond

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this logic instructional activity, learners solve a word problem using logic about ducks in a pond in a certain order. Students complete 1 problem.  
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Shell

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this logic activity, students solve a word problem using logic about water rising and touching a shell. Students complete 1 problem.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Fish

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about how many fish men will catch in a certain amount of days. Students complete 1 problem.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Age

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about the age of a woman. Students complete 1 problem on this worksheet.  
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Photos

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this logic worksheet, learners solve a word problem using logic about taking pictures. Students complete 1 problem on this worksheet.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Casino

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about removing the most amount of money from a box. Students complete 1 problem.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Cannibals

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about people crossing a river full of cannibals. Students complete 1 problem.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Elevator

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this logic activity, students solve a word problem using logic about using an elevator to get to certain floors. Students complete 1 problem.  
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - the River

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this perimeter and area worksheet, students find the perimeter and area of shapes with right angles. Students complete 9 problems total.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Wallet

For Students 4th - 6th
For this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about having money and spending 1/5 of it. Students complete 1 problem.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - the Glove

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about the material of a glove touching the palm of hands. Students complete 1 problem.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teaser - Socks

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about amount of socks on a drawer. Students complete 1 problem.