Between the pull of gravity and the push of air pressure, it's a wonder animals can balance or move at all. With a hands-on lesson about the center of gravity, learners discuss their own experiences with the topic, then work with...

Circulate this news: the heart is a pump containing one-way valves! Following the previous lesson on the external structure of the heart, learners now take a look at the inside. They use a three-color diagram to label a black-and-white...

What better way to study the structures of organisms than by creating a new being? After considering different types of skeletal supports (exoskeleton and endoskeleton), budding biogeneticists work together to create their own animals -...

Eating healthy can be a challenge, especially for people with special dietary needs. After learning about standard nutritional needs for adults, learners take on the role of a dietician and work together to create a menu for one of the...

Energy comes in many forms, but how do living things get the energy they need to survive and thrive? In a simple, controlled experiment with yeast, water, and sugar, groups make observations about how yeast reacts with water alone, then...

What is meant by the phrase "form follows function?" Allow your budding biologists to discover first-hand through two activities. In the first, groups work together to discover whether a solid cylinder or an empty cylinder can support...

Teasing, mocking, and disrespect can be the hallmarks in the life of those with disabilities. Disrupt the cycle of abuse with a toolkit designed to turn peers into advocates for all those who are bullied. Everything needed to create a...

Students explore potential hazards of various work conditions. In this awareness lesson plan, students as a whole discuss health and safety issues on the jobsite, then complete a worksheet about the hazards of particular employees. The...

In this dialogue about work worksheet, pupils answer questions about work and work conditions.  Student A asks the questions, and Student B provides the answer.

Arm your young scientists with knowledge about anatomy as they build their own model of the elbow joint. Help them get a firm grasp on how muscles and bones interact to allow movement as they try different positions for the muscles on...

Being an astronaut takes not only high mental acuity, but also a high level of physical fitness, especially for those who spend a long amount of time away from Earth, such as the astronauts serving on the International Space Station....

Students identify careers in the healthcare field. They listen to a description of work done by family members, school personnel and community workers. They role-play a visit to the doctor's office and all the staff involved in that visit.

It takes some work to ensure you have a balanced diet, but once you know the types of foods that are good for you, it becomes second nature. In the sixth of seven lessons about energy and nutrition, learners create a healthy eating plan...

Students are given information on good oral health and tooth protection that is appropriate to their age and lifestyle. They discuss how adult permanent teeth are meant to last the rest of their life. Students are given a copy of "Teeth...

Young scholars study what phytochemicals are, how they work and where you can find them. In this food chemicals lesson students complete and activity and study products that contain phytochemicals. 

Students attempt to find innovative ways to solve the problem of malnutrition. They focus on finding workable and reasonable solutions, adoptable by any patient. Students enhance critical thinking to create an avenue by which...

Students discuss what their parents do for a career.

In this editing sentences worksheet, students label the dependent and independent clauses in sentences, the subjects, verbs, and missing punctuation. Students complete this for 15 sentences.

In this three part comma usage worksheet, students are first given sentences where they must correct errors in comma usage. Students then go on to punctuate sentences with commas after introductory words and phrases, then they must write...

Students research health careers and conduct intterviews with people in the healthy profession.

Provides resources on careers in nursing. Describes different branches of nursing, training, salary ranges, career outlook, working conditions, and much more.

Statistics and a job description for a Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses career are researched at this site. This site includes Nature of the Work, Working Conditions, Training, Other Qualifications, Job Outlook,...

Use this site to learn more about Florence Nightingale's life and work. There is a timeline provided for you to learn about her work as a nurse.

Use this informative site to learn more about Florence Nightingale's life and work. "In 1939, the turn-of-the-century feminist and nursing historian M. Adelaide Nutting was asked to record an introduction to a re-release of Florence...