Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring County Ordinances

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine county ordinances, develop understanding of degree to which county government serves and regulates citizens, describe competing interests involved in making local political policy, and decide whether government...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

No Title

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice applying strategies and skills needed to attain personal health goals, including changing health issues, abilities, priorities and responsibilities. They explain, after listing three goals, one detour they might...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Urban Impact on Chollas Creek (California): A Field Study

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners, in groups, take samples from a creek and keep a field journal on their samples. They also perform tests on their samples.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Number Line Math

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a number line to practice subtraction.  In this subtraction lesson, 2nd graders use a number line to count backwards.  Students participate in mad math activities and solve problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cosmic Collisions and Risk Assessment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In groups, learners create their own scientific impact experiments using ordinary materials, and observe and measure results with a variety of impacting bodies and velocities.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Story Problems

For Teachers 1st
First graders solve story problems using an analog clock. In this time story problems instructional activity, 1st graders complete word problems on elapsed time and discuss their solutions. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Black History in Music

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars relate musical styles with US historical context through research and presentation.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fertilization and Pregnancy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use a KWL chart and describe their knowledge of fertilization, pregnancy and birth. They watch a video of fertilization and development and create a poem, song or dance about what they have learned.
Activity
University of Oxford (UK)

Oxford University Museum of Natural History: Seven Life Processes

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the seven life processes that describe whether an animal is alive or not. Each characteristic is defined with examples and pictures. Also included is a living animal quiz to test how much you have learned.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Hawaii: What Are the Life Processes in Animals?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Kamoku is a boy from Hawaii who is interested in the seven life processes. Do you know what these are? Join Kamoku and discover them with him.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Chile: What Are the Life Processes in Plants?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Anaken lives with his brother Kiko on a beautiful island. Today they are learning about life processes. Join them and find out what they learn.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 4.7 Microevolution and Macroevolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the difference between microevolution and macroevolution.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Biology: Photosynthesis: Life From Light

For Students 9th - 10th
College-level online biology course focusing on the process of photosynthesis. Course highlights the physical, chemical, and biological reactions that happen during photosynthesis. Course features include lecture summaries, assignments,...
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Connect: Serendipity

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this activity, students will understand that life is full of opportunities-sometimes unplanned-that we should embrace as part of the learning process.
Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Significance of Carbon

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This activity explores the significance and functions of carbon and explains why carbon is essential to life on Earth. Students will investigate and explain cellular...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Blue Planet: Introduction to Oceanography

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from an introduction to oceanography course taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. The course gives a general introduction to the processes and history of Earth's global oceanic system in...