Multi-lesson unit in which students conduct an experiment comparing the effect of elevated salt in the environment on wild type worms and a mutant that is resistant to higher salt concentrations. Lessons enhance learning how worms...

Multi-lesson unit allows students to learn about the genetic and environmental contributions to diabetes and the role of glucose in the body.

Contains plans for three lessons that use science textbooks to teach about the organizational features of nonfiction such as labels, captions, headings, and fonts. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...

This lesson plan focuses on the parts of our bodies that we use to see and how the brain actually causes changes in what we see. Specific instructions and talking points are provided along with multiple activities for the students to...

This lesson plan will allow students to perform pH tests that determine if various solutions are acids or bases (cognitive). Students will test common household solutions such as water, vinegar, milk, and orange juice use pH indicator...

Lesson uses primary resource to explore Benjamin Franklin's satire of a witch trial and his argument that human affairs should be guided, above all, by reason.

Contains many links to projects and workshops, as well as educational resources.

The LTTA methodology captivates and motivates students to learn through a unique blending of the sequential approach embodied in the core curriculum with the insight, physicality, and expressive power of the arts to work on real concepts...

A science writer re-creates the creatures of the coral reefs using a technique invented by a mathematician- simultaneously celebrating the amazements of the reef and deep-diving into the hyperbolic underpinnings of coral creation. [15:32]

Tapping into the findings of his latest book, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences- insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own...

We obviously don't want to feel responsible for the warming climate, but are we? In this lesson plan you will analyze CO2 data sets and study barriers involved in teaching about global climate change. PBS TeacherLine also provides a...

Excellent reference tool for kindergarten-aged students. Resources cover a broad range of topics from math and science to English and social studies. Links include students activities and lesson plans.

You won first place at your school Science Fair and have 2 choices for your prize!! The purpose of this task is for students to compare two options for a prize where the value of one is given $2 at a time, giving them an opportunity to...

Students are challenged to design a way to drop a raw egg from varying heights without letting the egg break. Creative thinking and evaluation of results are critical to the project.

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