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Writing Exercises: The Scientific Revolution II

For Students 6th - 10th
Get to the point with the Scientific Revolution using this simple short-answer worksheet! Three writing prompts have scholars detail the period, explain Galileo's contributions, and outline the scientific method. There is no...
Activity
IB Psychology

Key Terms Traffic Lights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How much does your class know about psychology? What about empirical evidence? If they could use some time to learn the essentials of psychology, use a quick reference sheet to note what they know before the test, after the unit, and at...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2006 AP® Psychology Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
A person wants to buy a car but is having a hard time making a decision. What is getting in the way? Learners turn to psychology to explain what is driving the ambivalence using materials from College Board. A second query asks scholars...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Save the Earth: It's Everyone's Home!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students organize a donation drive based on the concept of reusing items for an animal shelter. In this reusing items lesson plan, students distinguish between reusable and non reusable items, have a donation drive, and use the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Can You See What I See?

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars gain an understanding of the methods used to explore the earth's surface. Students create a time line leading to the first satellite image of the Earth that includes the various methods utilized to observe the earth's...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Observation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study making scientific observations . They conduct a "field study" in their attic and make observations about their family artifacts based upon physical attributes. In addition, they determine what characteristics of an object...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alas, All Human

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students define a scientist. In this ethics and science lesson, students read Asimov's Alas, All Human and write responses and discuss the possibilities of imperfection within science by scientists. Students discuss what steps should be...
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Amelia Earhart: Pilot, Activist, and Legend

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Ideas for introducing the concepts of heroism, women's rights, and the scientific method using the famous Amelia Earhart.
Activity
National Christmas Tree Association

Merry Christmas, Geraldine

For Teachers K - 6th
If you're reading the story "Merry Christmas, Geraldine" by Holly Keller, this is a fantastic cross-curricular resource to use. Complete with activities for language arts, science, social studies, art, and math, you'll get the most out...
Lesson Plan
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Evolution of Observation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers develop an awareness of the evolution of the scientific method. They facilitate the student's knowledge of looking at variables from different perspectives. Students develop their abilities to defend their ideas with...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scientific Revolution

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this scientific revolution study guide worksheet, pupils respond to 14 short answer questions. The questions correlate to assigned readings in a textbook.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Human History

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study the four main subdivisions of anthropology and how they overlap. They explore the careers of several contemporary anthropologists and their fieldwork, comparing the methods and applications of their work.
Lesson Plan
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Shorts in January? Is Climate Change Good for Us?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate the differences between weather in the past and in today's world.  In this climate change lesson, students review what they currently know about global warming, then discuss ways climate change might make life...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is History and Why Do We Study It?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine why it is important to study American history. In this American history instructional activity, students discuss why it is necessary to study history, arrange an outline of American history events in chronological...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is evolution and how does it work?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students discuss the theory of evolution. In this evolution lesson, students discover Charles Darwin and his ideas of heredity, variation, and selection. This lesson gives information for the students to read. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Turning the Tide on Trash: Marine Debris Curriculum

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Six different lessons comprise this unit on marine debris. Science, language arts, social studies, and art projects make this an ideal interdisciplinary unit. The result will be well-informed future citizens who can help make a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Research Methods in Psychology

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
This 5-question psychology review provided by Sparknotes addresses sampling bias, correlative data, statistical significance, and more.
Professional Doc
American Psychological Association

Resource Vetting Rubric

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How do you assure that the resources you find for your classes are of good quality? Check out a vetting rubric that suggests eight questions to ask when considering lesson plans, activities, demonstrations, and pictures for classroom use.
Interactive
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The New Organon

For Students 10th - 12th
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Francis Bacon's The New Organon. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet. 
Lesson Plan
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A Rising People: Ben Franklin and the Americans

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the Enlightenment Era and its philosophies, including philosophers. Students gain an understanding concerning what they new science was and what it led to through a series of lessons and a PowerPoint. the end by writing...
Lesson Plan
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Quality of Life Investigations: Risk Reductions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a discussion of recent environmental issues affecting their own community or ones nearby. In groups, they research the role of food additives and the purpose of adding them to foods. They also determine their...
Unit Plan
California Polytechnic State University

Australian Geography Unit

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
At the heart of this resource is a beautifully detailed PowerPoint presentation (provided in PDF form) on the overall physical geography of Australia, basic facts about the country, Aboriginal history, and Australia culture and lifestyle.
Lesson Plan
American Psychological Association

Research Ethics

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Psychologists designing experiments to research human behavior must consider weighty ethical concerns. Class members act as members of an institutional review board and examine proposals to determine whether included provisions...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Where Do The 'Fungi's' Hang Out?"

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders engage in a lesson looking for the ideal conditions for microbial growth. The lesson is to be given once they have background knowledge about microbes. Students set up a lab in order to grow cultures over a period of two...