Lesson Plan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Survival of the Fittest - Variations in the Clam Species Clamys sweetus

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
It's not often that you come across a clever laboratory activity that is both imaginative and comprehensive! Using M&M's and Reese's peanut butter candies to represent two different clam species, young biologists test for "relative...
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Curated OER

What Do You Do With An Orphaned Cheetah?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners brainstorm techniques for teaching baby cheetahs survival skills. In this science instructional activity, students view an episode of "Cheetah Orphans" and work together to analyze the situation and develop a plan to teach the...
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Curated OER

Night of the Twister

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils use reading strategies for Night of the Twister. In this reading strategies lesson, students name five major catastrophes and books about each. Pupils complete a vocabulary section, make inferences and predictions, read the story...