Curated OER
Creating Relief Sculpture
Students design and create a sculptural relief using modeling clay.They create latex rubber molds and then produce relief sculptures using Sculptamold.
Curated OER
Be a Scientist: A Kindergarten Unit
Students conduct observations using their five senses. In this science lesson, students describe different states of matter. They investigate the factors affecting mold growth.
Curated OER
What a Fungi
Seventh graders perform an experiment to determine the best growing conditions for molds. For this life science lesson, 7th graders explain where molds are commonly found. They collect data and draw diagrams of their observations.
Curated OER
Sculptural Heads
Students create sculptures of a human head with Sculptamold. They discover the differences between two and three dimensional art. They combine art history, aestetics and personal expression to create a sculpture.
Curated OER
Moldy Jell-O
Students design an experiment to determine the best conditions for molds growth. In this biology instructional activity, students collect data for a week and analyze their findings. They create a presentation and share them with the class.
Curated OER
What is a Fossil?
In this fossil worksheet, students are given twelve terms to find in a word search that are related to the types of fossils and the study of fossils.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Asthma
Thorough overview of asthma. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Fungus Among Us
Fungi grow from spores and fungi spores are present almost everywhere. Molds and other fungi grow in damp places. In this instructional activity students will grow and observe bread mold and other kinds of common fungi. Student sheets...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Indoor Air Quality
This website defines and explains indoor air pollution in all its forms. Content includes a focus on asthma, molds, secondhand smoke, and radon in public buildings and at home.
University of California
Ucmp: Introduction to Slime Molds
This University of California Berkeley site offers a definition of slime molds, structure, and life cycle.
McGill University
Mc Gill U.: Integrated Management of Apple Pests
Site describes rusts(which are a type of fungus)on apple trees, discusses the disease and how to treat it.
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: Moldy Jell O
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Moldy Jell-O Lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF or Word formats. Students design the experiment and observe the growth of mold. Focus is...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 6.10 Fungi Classification
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of fungi.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Fungi
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of characteristics and habitats of fungi.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Molds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes different types of fungus-like protists.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Fungi
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of characteristics and habitats of fungi.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Fungi
What are fungi? Find out about the types and characteristics of fungi, the difference between fungi and plants, and the importance of fungi.