+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Harvest the Facts

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars discover heath problems caused by tobacco.  In this human health instructional activity, students identify the many diseases tobacco use causes and how to prevent such diseases.  Young scholars investigate the organs in...
+
Lesson Plan
1
1
Curated OER

Plate Tectonics: Kindergarten Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers K Standards
This unit focuses primarily on plate tectonics and plate boundaries surrounding continents. It contains pre- and post-lab sections that walk young geologists through plate movements in order to visualize what's going on inside Earth.
+
Lesson Plan
1
1
Curated OER

Hazards: Kindergarten Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers K Standards
The last unit in the series allows kindergarteners to see the dangers and hazards associated with each of the natural disasters learned so far in the series—earthquakes and volcanoes. They listen to sounds associated with the disasters.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cross Out Secondhand Smoke

For Teachers 8th - 12th
After reading a public health article, high schoolers identify groups that are at risk from secondhand smoke and what benefits have come from reduction of smoking in public places. The article isn't accessible via the link, but can be...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sneaky Snakes

For Students 4th - 5th
In this snake word search, students locate the specific names of 54 varieties of snakes. A word bank is provided, but does not indicate if the words might be found on the diagonal.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Characteristics of Living Things

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify the characteristics of living and non-living things. In this biology lesson, 7th graders define vocabulary words as they go through the lesson. They answer a crossword puzzle after class discussion.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Coastal Biodiversity

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this earth science learning exercise, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to coastal biodiversity. There are 22 words located in the puzzle.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Crystals & Fossils

For Students 5th - 10th
In this earth science activity, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to crystals and fossils. There are 32 words located in the puzzle.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Medical Terms

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this medical terms worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to medicine. There are 50 biology terms located in the word search.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

The History of Life

For Students 9th - 12th
In this history of life activity, students review 4 vocabulary words associated with the beginnings of life. Students place these terms into a crossword puzzle and then complete 2 fill in the blank questions.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Star Trek - The Next Generation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this word search learning exercise, learners search and find vocabulary words as they relate to the television show Star Trek - The Next Generation. Words may be located forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Physics

For Students 6th - 8th
In this word search worksheet, students search and find vocabulary words as they relate to the subject of physics. Words may be located forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mollusks and Segmented Worms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this mollusk and segmented worm learning exercise, students will review 7 vocabulary words associated with these groups of organisms by completing a crossword puzzle.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reptiles and Birds

For Students 4th - 8th
In this classification worksheet, students review 5 vocabulary terms that describe reptiles or birds. These 5 terms are placed into a crossword puzzle.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Roswell Incident

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this word search learning exercise, students search and find vocabulary words as they relate to the Roswell Incident. Words may be located forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Birds (2)

For Students K - 3rd
In this birds worksheet, students locate and circle/highlight the 31 different types of birds listed at the bottom of the worksheet in a word search puzzle.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Your Genus? Scientific Classification and the VT

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students learn about binomial nomenclature, the scientific system of classification. In this scientific classification lesson, students work cooperatively to complete a binomial scavenger hunt using the internet and a Visual Thesaurus....
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Wild Weather Secret Decoder Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this wild weather puzzle worksheet, students use a key at the top of the page to decode a set of 15 wild weather words. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Famous Scientists

For Teachers 6th - 12th
For this famous scientists worksheet, students are provided with a list of 83 scientists from various fields of science to choose from for research.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Electrical

For Students 4th - 8th
In this electrical activity, students identify and locate vocabulary words in a word search that are related to electricity. There are 27 words in the puzzle.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Physics Motion

For Students 9th - 12th
In this physics worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to high school physics motion, including projectile motion. There are 46 words located in the puzzle.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Periodic Table of Elements

For Students 10th - 11th
For this chemistry worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to the Periodic Table of Elements. There are 18 words located in the puzzle.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solving Genetic Puzzles

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine genetics combination using statistics. In this statistics lesson, 7th graders examine genetic trait using a table or punnett square to identify genotype and phenotype. This assignment requires more than one class...
+
Lesson Plan
Code.org

APIs and Using Functions with Parameters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Introduce your class to the API, a reference guide that lists and explains the functionality of programming language. Using JavaScript, individuals draw complex designs that require additional commands and parameters defined in the API...