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Lesson Plans
- Anatomy - Brain (Franklin Institute)
Shows how we get better at tasks as we repeat them. 5-02
- Anatomy - Cells (Franklin Institute)
"In your classroom, you and your students can make a model of a cell and some of its parts." 5-02
- Anatomy - Eyes (Franklin Institute)
"The eye is made up of several parts: the cornea, pupil, iris, lens, and retina. Each has an important function." 5-02
- Anatomy - Heartbeat - Hearing (Franklin Institute)
Shows how we can hear a heartbeat. 5-02
- Anatomy - Heartbeat Rate (Franklin Institute)
Shows how we can measure our heartbeat rate. 5-02
- Applications of Science - Grade 10 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 10th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Applications of Science - Grade 9 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 9th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Archaeology (Smithsonian Institute)
Provides three lesson plans called Decoding the Past. (Archaeology is sometimes misspelled by visitors as archeology, archiology, arceology, arciology, arkeology, or arkiology.)
- Astronomy - Asteroids (JHUAPL)
Provides lessons about asteroids and the Near Earth Asteroid Rendevous (NEAR) Mission to orbit the asteroid Eros 433 in 1999.
- Astronomy - Collisions with Asteroids or Comets (JHUAPL)
Provides lessons related to the possibility of collisions from asteroids or comets.
- Astronomy - Comparative Planetology - Grade 12 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson on comparative planetology. For the 12th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Astronomy - Moon Lessons - Grade 3 (Teacher Features)
Provides 10 days of activities. 10-02
- Astronomy - NASA Educational Materials (TeacherLink)
Provides an annotated listing of educational materials and projects available through NASA. 1-00
- Astronomy - Planning a Mars Colony (Urquhart)
"Reaching for the Red Planet is a multi-purpose curriculum focusing on planning a Mars colony. The project entails learning general facts about the planets, learning about the Earth's environment, choosing a purpose for a colony on Mars, and planning and designing a colony on Mars. The students will use drawings, creative writing, research skills, team work, math, and the scientific method to explore their own environment, and design an artificial one for Mars." 3-02
- Astronomy - Solar System - Grade 9 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 9th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Astronomy - Space Flight Basics (NASA - Jet Propulsion Lab)
Provides 18 lessons on space flight. 2-01
- Astronomy Lessons (Awesome Library)
- Astronomy Lessons (NASA Science)
Provides lessons on Mars, the sun, meteors, asteroids, comets, and more. 8-00
- Astronomy Lessons (University of Michigan)
Provides seven lessons at the elementary level, 12 at the middle school level, and 10 at the high school level. 5-02
- Astronomy Lessons - Grade 11 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides lessons on Astronomical Science (Observing the Universe), (Stars and Galaxies), (The Sun and the Solar System), (The Earth and Moon), and (Space Technologies). For the 11th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Astronomy Lessons and Activities for 4th Grade and Above (NASA - Spaceplace)
Provides lessons and activities for the classroom related to space and astronomy. Combines math, physics, and astronomy for thematic lessons around questions or problems. Uses PDF format. 9-01
- Astronomy and Physics Lesson Plans (Rutgers)
Provides lesson plans by topic. Includes grade level. 3-00
- Biology - Genetics - Grade 10 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 10th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Biology -Cells - Grade 10 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 10th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Bird Lessons and Resources (edHelper.com)
Provides almost a dozen lessons on birds, as well as over 200 Web resources. 12-00
- Botany - Grade K - 8 Garden-Based Learning (National Gardening Association)
Provides lessons and resources for classes on gardening and botany.
- Botany Lesson Plans (ERIC - AskERIC)
Provides over a dozen lessons. Includes grade level. 1-04
- By Grade Level (Smithsonian)
Provides lesson plans by grade level and topic. 1-01
- By Grade Level and Subject - California Science for K-12 (California SCORE)
Provides a directory of lessons organized by the California Science Framework for K-12. California's framework for curriculum standards is similar to the national standards for science, as well as standards in many states.
- By Topic and Grade Level - Science (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides an extensive curriculum organized by topic and grade level.
- Chemicals and Reactions - Grade 10 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 10th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Chemistry - Drill on Elements (Infobahn Xpress)
Provides interactive drills or exams.
- Chemistry - Matter, Properties, and the Periodic Table - Grade 8 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 8th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Chemistry - Paper Chromatography (Seely)
Provides a lesson using common materials available in a classroom for separating chemicals into component parts. 12-02
- Chemistry - Separating the Components of River Water (Seely)
Provides a lesson using common materials available in a classroom. 2-00
- Chemistry - Solving an Acid Base Problem (Van Bramer)
Provides steps for solving an acid base problem. 12-02
- Chemistry - Water and Ice Density (New York University - Mathmol)
Provides an experiment that can be performed in a typical classroom to determine the densities of water and ice. 10-01
- Chemistry Lessons - Grade 11 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides lessons on lab safety, measurement and communication, matter and its changes, classification and nomenclature for atoms, molecules and ions, molarity, molar volume of gases, percent composition, stoichiometry, introduction to chemical reactions, periodic tables, chemical bonding, solution chemistry, and organic chemistry, including hydrocarbons and functional groups. For the 11th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Chemistry Lessons - Grade 12 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides lessons on reaction kinetics (Collision Theory, Reaction Mechanisms, and Catalysts), dynamic equilibrium (Le Châtelier's Principle and the Equilibrium Constant), solubility equilibria (Concept of Solubility, Solubility and Precipitation, and Quantitative Aspects), acids, bases, and salts (Properties and Definition, Strong and Weak Acids and Bases, Kw, pH, pOH, Ka, KbProblem Solving, Hydrolysis of Salts, Indicators, Neutralizations of Acids and Bases, Buffer Solutions, and Acid Rain), oxidation-reduction (Balancing Redox Equations, Electrochemical Cells, Corrosion, and Electrolytic Cells. For the 12th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Critical Thinking Lessons and Activities (Foundation for Critical Thinking)
Provides lessons by grade level that strengthen critical thinking. Provides an original lesson and then a lesson remodelled using a critical thinking focus. (See the Remodelled Lesson Plans that are listed by grade level.) 3-00
- Critical Thinking Strategies (Foundation for Critical Thinking)
Contains a description of 35 dimensions of critical thinking. 3-00
- Earth Science (Glencoe)
Provides activities and solutions. Topics include the nature of science, matter and its changes, minerals, rocks, views of the earth, weathering and soil, erosional forces, and water erosion. 11-99
- Earth Science - Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
Provides exercises using real earthquake data to help understand both the moving plates and their relationship to earthquakes.
- Earth Science - Solar Power
Provides exercises to help understand the power of the sun.
- Earth Science and Geology Lessons - Grade 11 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides lessons on Earth and Its Environment (Introduction), Geological Science (Earth Materials), (Weathering and Erosion), (Tectonics and Vulcanism), (Tectonics and Earthquakes), (Resources and Environment), Oceanographic Science (Oceans), Atmospheric Science (The Atmosphere), (Pressure and Winds), (Evaporation, Precipitation, and Weather), and Earth's History (Geologic Time). For the 11th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Earth Science and Geology Lessons - Grade 12 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides lessons on Earth Materials (Introduction to Geology), (Minerals), (Igneous Rocks and Processes), (Sedimentary Rocks and Processes), (Metamorphic Rocks and Processes), (Mineral, Rock, and Energy Resources), Time and the Fossil Record (Relative Dating), (Absolute Dating), (Geologic Time Scale), (The Fossil Record), Internal Processes and Structures (Plate Tectonics), (Seismology), (Isostasy), (Earth's Interior), and (Structural Geology), Surficial Processes (Weathering and Erosion), (Running Water), (Glaciers), and (Ground Water). For the 12th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Earth Sciences (Glencoe)
Provides earth sciences lessons. 11-99
- Earth Sciences (T. L. Creations - For Kids Naturely)
Provides 10 lessons. 11-99
- Earth Sciences - About Rainbows (Lynds)
- Earth Sciences - Create a Cloud (Windows on the Universe)
- Earth Sciences - Create a Fog (Windows on the Universe)
- Earth Sciences - Create a Lightning (Windows on the Universe)
- Earth Sciences - Create a Magnetometer (Windows on the Universe)
- Earth Sciences - Create a Thermometer (Windows on the Universe)
- Earth Sciences - Create a Tornado (Windows on the Universe)
- Earth Sciences - Creating a Scale Map of an Island (PBS.org)
Provides a project, to draw a scale map of an island, without many tools. 11-02
- Earth Sciences - Earth Forces - Grade 10 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 10th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Earth Sciences - Finding Your Way With a Map and a Compass (USGNS) 1-01
- Earth Sciences - Geological Processes - Grade 8 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 8th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Earth Sciences - Global Change (USGNS)
- Earth Sciences - Grade 6 - 8 - Plate Techtonics (Coe and Merrick)
Provides lessons and worksheets.
- Earth Sciences - Maps - What Do Maps Show? (USGNS)
- Earth Sciences - Maps - Working With Maps (USGNS)
- Earth Sciences - Maps and Graphs Lessons (TeachNet)
- Earth Sciences - Water Use (Fort Hays State University)
Provides dozens of thematic lesson plans for use across disciplines. Includes grade level and identifies the standards that are met by each lesson.
- Earth Sciences - Weather Lessons (Kids Click)
Provides lessons for grades K - 3 on rain, animals, dry spells, clouds, and more. Lessons are culture specific and introduce students to indigenous people of the Southwest United States.
- Earth Sciences - Weather with Regional Climates
- Earth Sciences - What Do Maps Show? (USGNS)
- Earth Sciences - Wind (Franklin Institute)
Provides comprehensive coverage of the wind. 11-01
- Earth Sciences - Working With Maps (USGNS)
- Earth Sciences Lesson Plans (ERIC - AskERIC)
Provides nine lessons. Includes grade level. 1-04
- Ecology - Alternative Fuels for Cars (School Discovery)Provides lessons for alternative fuels for cars. "Pretend that you live in the year 3000. Your group is a team of archaeologists who have been studying the very interesting time period of A.D. 2000-2050." 1-02
- Ecology - Champions of Conservation (School Discovery)Provides lessons to understand how conservationists have influenced our views of the environment. 1-02
- Ecology - Contaminants: How They Move and Change (MicroWorlds)
Describes how contaminants move and change in an ecosystem.
- Ecology - Diversity - Grade 8 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan on diversity. For the 8th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Ecology - Earth Day (Donn)
Provides lessons, links, and activities related to Earth Day.
- Ecology - Ecosystems (New York Times)
- Ecology - Environmental Quality in the 21st Century (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute)
Eleven lessons show how children can become involved to improve the environment.
- Ecology - Global Ecosystems - Grade 8 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan on global ecosystems. For the 8th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Ecology - Grade 9 - 12 Endangered Species Conservation (Bagheera)
Provides discussion, questions, and many links.
- Ecology - Grade 9 - 12 Past Extinctions (Bagheera)
Provides discussions and activities related to 11 extinct animals.
- Ecology - Grade 9 - 12 Student Activities (Bagheera)
Provides activities to solve problems, take action, and use artistic imagination.
- Ecology - Grade K - 8 - Solid Waste Management (North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance)
Provides a curriculum guide for grades K - 8, by grade. Uses PDF format. 1-02
- Ecology - Health and Pollution Control by Grade (NIEHS)
- Ecology - Recycling and Solid Waste Management (North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance)
Provides lessons and curriculum guides, by grade within each guide. Uses PDF format. 1-02
- Ecology - Social Issues - Grade 8 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan on social issues related to ecology. For the 8th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Ecology - The Gaia Hypothesis (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute - Beasley-Murray)
Uses the Gaia Hypothesis as a means to solving problems in the environment. Includes scoring rubric and other supportive materials.
- Ecosystems and Sustainable Development (PBS - Bill Moyers Reports Earth on Edge)
Argues for sustainable development that makes sense economically. Explains why it is essential to do so. Includes discussion guides for teachers. 11-01
- Energy Conservation (Alliance to Save Energy)
Provides lesson plans and worksheets by grade level and topic. 8-00
- Geography Lessons (Awesome Library)
- Grade -K - 5 Various Lessons (CEC)
Provides over 100 lessons.
- Grade 6 - 8 Various Lessons (CEC)
Provides over 60 lessons.
- Grade 9 - 12 Various Lessons (CEC)
Provides over two dozen lessons.
- Lesson Plans - Elementary Level (Louisiana Public Schools)
Provides lesson plans by teachers and includes the subject areas covered for each. Lessons are arranged alphabetically, by title. 1-00
- Maps- Working with Maps (US Geological Service)
Provides five lessons, one each on navigation, location, information, and exploration. 10-01
- Physics - Electricity and Magnetism - Grade 10 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 10th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Physics - Electromagnetism (School Discovery)Provides lessons on creating magnetism and electricity. 1-02
- Physics - Energy - Grade 8 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 8th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Physics - Grade 11 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides an introductory lesson for physics. For the 11th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Physics - Linear Mechanical Systems - Grade Level 11 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan on linear mechanical systems. 2-01
- Physics - Radioactivity - Grade 10 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 10th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Physics - Transformers in Mechanical Systems - Grade Level 12 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan on transformers in mechanical systems. 2-01
- Physics - Vectors and Relative Velocity - Grade 12 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan on vector kinematics in two dimensions (vectors and relative velocity). For the 12th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Physics -Force and Energy - Grade 9 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides a lesson plan for the 9th grade level. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Physics Lesson Plans for Elementary School Level (Rutgers College)
Provides hundreds of lessons by general topic, such as force and motion, electricity, or properties of matter. 3-02
- Physics Lessons (TeachNet)
Includes projects on Magneto-hydrodynamic Drives, Cause and Effect, Field Trips and Simple Physics, Water Displacement, Speed of Sound, Physics 12, and Altering Climate in the Classroom.
For example, "Everyone knows that a weight suspended by a string and taped to the ceiling of the bus will appear to swing backward as the bus speeds up, and forward as it decelerates, due to inertia. Also take along a helium-filled balloon on a string to tie to a seat or fasten to the floor." The balloon will do the opposite. Explain. 5-02
- Physics Problems (Glencoe)
Provides problems, with worksheets and solutions. 11-99
- Physics and Astronomy Lesson Plans (Rutgers)
Provides lesson plans by topic. Includes grade level. 3-00
- Problem Solving (Awesome Library)
Problem Solving lessons are in "Multidisciplinary."
- Projects in Science (Teachers.net)
Provides resources by topic. 2-00
- Recycling (Donn)
Provides lessons, links, and activities related to recycling.
- Science (Michigan State University and Ameritech)
Provides dozens of lessons in science.
- Science - Grade -K - 5 (Columbia Education Center)
Delzeit provides 9 mini-lessons from the Columbia Education Center.
- Science - Grade 4 - 8 (Columbia Education Center)
Delzeit provides 60 mini-lessons mostly for grades 6-8 from the Columbia Education Center, but many apply to as low as 4th grade.
- Science - Grade 9 - 12 (Columbia Education Center)
Delzeit provides 22 mini-lessons from the Columbia Education Center.
- Science - Various Subjects
Provides additional lessons plans available in the General Science section of the Awesome Library.
- Science Lesson Plans (Bunch)
Provides over two dozen lessons.
- Science Lesson Plans (ERIC - AskERIC)
Provides over 100 lessons by topic. Includes grade level. 1-04
- Science Lesson Plans (Teachers.Net)
Provides almost 300 individual lessons. Specifies a general grade level for each, such as elementary. The quality of lessons varies widely and some only announce the availability of lessons on a topic. 5-00
- Science Lesson Plans and Projects (Yahoo)
- Science Lessons (Columbia University)
Provides over 50 science lesson plans and activities, developed through Columbia University's Summer Research Program for NYC Science Teachers. 6-99
- Science Lessons (Scholastic)
Provides lessons by topic and includes dozens of topics. 12-99
- Science Lessons - Sources (Columbia University)
Provides over 100 sources of science lesson plans and activities. 6-99
- Science Lessons 1994-95-96 Collection (Access Excellence)
Provides over 150 lessons, simulations, and activities.
- Science Lessons 1996 Collection (Access Excellence)
Provides over 100 lessons, simulations, and activities.
- Science Lessons Share-A-Thon (Access Excellence)
Provides over two dozen lessons plans, classroom tested.
- Science Lessons and Activities (Access Excellence) 3-00
- Science Lessons and Curricula (Yahoo)
- Science Lessons and Worksheets (NASA Langley Research Center - SCIence Files)
Provides almost a dozen lessons with worksheets. Includes topics such as light, barking dogs, weather, electricity, habitable habitat, and more. Designed for grades 3 - 5. 1-02
- Science Lessons, Resources, and Outcomes - K - 7 (British Columbia Ministry of Education)
Provides discussions, outcomes, and lessons on science for K - 7th grade levels. The materials are called an Integrated Resource Package. 2-01
- Science Mysteries (Access Excellence)
Provides classroom tested mysteries in Science for students to solve.
- Science Projects (PBS.org)
Provides 22 science projects, using "rough" tools. 11-02
- Science Projects (Purdue University)
Provides lessons to study elasticity, change, colors, density, and other concepts in early science studies.
- Science and Math Lessons 1 (ALCOMed - SAM-Net)
Provides a dozen lessons.
- Science and Math Lessons 2 (ALCOMed - SAM-Net)
Provides a dozen lessons.
- Science, Math and Technology Lessons (Intel)
- Weather Lessons - Grade 7 - 9 (Oklahoma Climatological Survey)
Provides lessons on many aspects of weather, such as humidity, temperature, sunrises and sunsets, solar radiation and albedo, rain, climate, air masses, clouds, and related topics.
Papers
- Astronomy Lessons (KidsAstronomy.com)
Provides over a dozen astronomy lessons, by grade level. 11-00.
- Macintosh and ClarisWorks Resources (O'Hora)
Provides tips and tutorials on maintaining a Macintosh computer and using ClarisWorks software. 2-01
Projects
- Biology - Genetics Projects to Promote Scientific Inquiry Skills (Genetic Science Learning Center)
Provides three thematic challenges, with resource materials, to help students gain inquiry skills. 1-04
Worksheets
- Energy Conservation (Alliance to Save Energy)
Provides lesson plans and worksheets by grade level and topic. 8-00
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