Curated OER
Japanese Fans
Students create individual examples of Japanese fans in this arts-based lesson plan on the history of Japanese fan making. Resource links and ideas for the creative portion of the lesson plan are provided.
Curated OER
Radioactive Decay
Students explore radioactive decay. Through various activities, students examine methods for permanent disposal of radioactive waste. After performing a random process experiment, students compare the results to radioactive decay. ...
Curated OER
Turning Up The Heat!
High schoolers investigate the properties of heat. They explore methods of temperature control and measurement. Through experimentation and activities, students design a high tech tree house. They consider electrical, solar, and natural...
Curated OER
Mechanisms of Evolution
In this evolution activity, students will answer questions about population genetics and the theory of evolution of species. This activity has 15 true or false, 6 fill in the blank, and 4 short answer questions.
Curated OER
Climate change in Canada
Students investigate the impact of human activity on the environment. In this secondary math/science lesson, students analyze and interpret information from data and graphs as they investigate trends in climate change and the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Adaptive Radiation: Darwin's Finches
Finches on the Galapagos Islands have evolved to exploit almost every possible niche. This diagram shows the range of food sources available on the island and the different beak shapes adapted to exploit each of them. Includes background...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Adaptive Radiation
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on adaptive radiation discusses what it is, lists some examples, and distinguishes between the three different types of adaptive radiation.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Everyday Radiation
How much radiation are we exposed to every day? Find out in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Nuclear Reaction." [1:46]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Extinction and Radiation of Life Study Guide
Use this study guide to understand extinction and radiation of life.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Biogeography
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Why connect biology and geography? This module will provide resources for students to understand continental drift theory, human population and its distribution, and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Extinction and Radiation of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how species die out and how new ones evolve to fill the vacant niches.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Extinction and Radiation of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how species die out, and how new ones evolve to fill the vacant niches.
BBC
Bbc: Earth: Tardigrades Return From the Dead
Tardigrades are ancient, fascinating creatures that can survive conditions that would kill most life forms, including extreme heat and absolute zero, extreme pressure and a vacuum, and deadly radiation. They can even survive being...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Types of Extremophiles and Where Are They Found?
Extremophiles are among the world's most fascinating organisms because they are able to survive in extreme conditions. Learn how extremophiles can thrive in highly acidic or alkaline conditions, under intense pressure or in extreme heat,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Heat Transfer
In this interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center, students will learn how heat can be transferred in one of three ways: conduction, convection, and radiation.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Frontline
This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE introduces the electromagnetic spectrum and explains how the various types of electromagnetic waves are distinguished by the amount of energy each wave carries.
BioMan Biology
Bio Man Biology: Evolution and Classification Quizzes
A multiple-choice quiz on the mechanisms of evolution.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Evidence for the Big Bang Theory
This video segment adapted from NOVA tells the story of two scientists who inadvertently discovered microwave radiation, now believed to be heat left over from the Big Bang. [4:58]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Convective Cloud Systems
This video segment adapted from the Atmospheric Radiation Program explains the differences in the formation of tropical convective cloud systems over islands and over the ocean. [1:07]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Could We Survive Prolonged Space Travel?
Prolonged space travel plays a severe toll on the human body: microgravity impairs muscle and bone growth, and high doses of radiation cause irreversible mutations. As we seriously consider the human species becoming space-faring, a big...