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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Behavior

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Can you train a worm? Biology buffs will have a blast trying! Using planaria or earthworms, they introduce a certain stimulus repeatedly until the desired response happens more quickly. They also explore the response of their own eyes to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Response Questions

For Students 7th - 12th
In this readers response worksheet, students are posed 37 questions in response to a passage they've read. Students must write short responses to each thought provoking question regarding characters, events, and author's purpose among...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

HELP! HELP! SOMEONE IS HURT!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study a programmed response to any emergency situation that they may encounter during physical education classes without pandemonium breaking out.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What is Biology?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this science of biology worksheet, students will review the concepts relating to biology including the characteristics of living things, the process of reproduction, adaptations, and evolution. This worksheet has 5 short answer, 3...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Nervous System

For Students 6th - 8th
In this nervous system worksheet, students ball up a piece of paper and stand in front of a friend and gently toss the paper ball at their face. Then they describe their friends response and why they actually responded to the paper ball.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to the Animal Kingdom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are asked: Are there animals that don't move during their lives. They are asked what is an animal? Students discuss what animals need to survive. They are taught the trends in animal evolution. Students discuss the three...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stimulus/Response in Invertebrates

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students design and conduct and experiment to determine how invertebrates react to an outside stimulus such as light and other stimuli. Student must develop a clear plan of action, collect data in an organized manner and analyze their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rockin' Chair, Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine the life and music of Louis Armstrong, the first great jazz musician. The musical techniques of call and response is listened to and then copied in musical conversations in this lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Art and Writing of Estelle Ishigo, Heart Mountain Internment Camp, 1942-1945

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students view images of the Heart Mountain Internment Camp created by Estelle Ishigo. They discuss the time and place portrayed in the images and create a timeline recording events related to the internment of Japanese Americans.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Learning Word Search

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate each of the vocabulary terms listed to the right related to psychological terms. There are 17 biology terms located in the word search.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lord, How Long Wilt Thou Be Angry?

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students listen and respond to a piece of Christian music. They decide what the mood of the piece is, where does it climax and what musical techniques were used by Purcell to create tension in the musical example.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sanctus--Frank Martin

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders complete a music listening log and then work in small groups to complete essays that answer a given set of questions about the music.
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Primary
York University

Classics in the History of Psychology: Behaviorism the Modern Note in Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
"Behaviorism--The modern Note in Psychology" written by John B. Watson in 1925 was an important paper in the development of Behaviorism in Psychology. It is reproduced in full here.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Chalk Sculpture

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Art in the 21st Century: Paradox, two artists create a public art piece using giant pieces of chalk.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Plants on the Move: Phototropism

For Students 6th - 9th
A plant biology science fair project exploring how various levels of light affect plant growth. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by a section on...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Slimey Likes It! Studying Chemotaxis in Physarum Polycephalum

For Students 6th - 9th
In this biology science fair project, test various amounts of glucose to see which ones attract and which repel (chemotaxis) growing Physarum polycephalum slime mold.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Plants Are on the Move! A Study of Gravitropism

For Students 3rd - 5th
As we humans zip from place to place, we often forget to stop and smell the roses. Compared to our fast-paced lifestyle, plants seem rooted to the spot. Don't be deceived by appearances however, plants are on the move. This experiment...
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Constructed Response Organizer [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This graphic organizer contains questions for students as they analyze a constructed response question. Students will read the question closely and use this planning tool to plan constructed responses. This graphic organizer is a...
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Handout
University of Hamburg

University of Hamburg: Phototropism

For Students 9th - 10th
A high level discussion of the phototropic effect in plants. Discusses the basics, but quickly branches into a very high level discussion.
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Handout
University of Hamburg

University of Hamburg: Photoperiodism and Stimulation

For Students 9th - 10th
A good summary of the photoperiodic effects of plants. Discussion of the way that the length of the day effects the growth of plants.
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Website
Ibis Communications

Eyewitness to History: The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
This article offers moving eyewitness accounts of events and feelings of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Characteristics of Life

For Students 5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Videos, texts, activities, and assessments about the factors that characterize living things.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: El Nino

For Students 9th - 10th
You can link to the anatomy of El Nino, chasing El Nino, and El Nino's reach. There is a resource page and a search page.
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Unit Plan
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human nervous system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.