Curated OER
Root Caps and the Effect on Gravity Sensing
Students conduct an experiment to determine how the absence of a root cap affects a plant's ability to sense gravity. They make comparisons between capped and decapped roots.
Curated OER
Pea Soup Ponds
Students perform an experiment where they learn how water can be polluted by algal bloom. They grow algae with different concentrations of fertilizers or nutrients and analyze their results.
Curated OER
Guetemala's Changing Forest
Eighth graders compare their local ecological zone to the tropical rainforest. In this natural ecology lesson plan, 8th graders complete an activity about the differences in ecological zones. They compare their biome to the Guatemalan...
Curated OER
Strawberry Girl: Lesson 3 - Trains, Sails, and Trails
Young scholars read two chapters of Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski and complete activities about Florida's transportation history. In this literacy and economics lesson, students read two chapters of the book, talk about their journal...
Curated OER
Sunflowers
Students grow their own sunflower and create their own sunflower art work. In this sun flower lesson plan, students base their art work after Van Gogh and other artists that used sunflowers.
Curated OER
Sun Seeking Plants
Young scholars investigate the story "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle. This story is used to introduce the children to the concept that seeds change and grow into plants when conditions in the environment including temperature, light, water...
Curated OER
The Miracle Fish: Learning to Design an Experiment
Students develop procedures to explore the behavior of fish. In this scientific experiment lesson students from a hypothesis, write a question, identify different variables and controls in their experiment.
Curated OER
Is There A Fungus Among Us?
Students experiment with fungi and yeast in order to determine their role in nature. Students study terms associated with fungi and yeast through this series of lessons.
Curated OER
Vegie Gardening
Students investigate the concept of Veggie Gardening and develop the plans for a successful yield of crops. They answer some practical questions and then apply the information to the horticulture garden. The project includes finding the...
Curated OER
Just What are you Eating?
Students identify and articulate pros and cons of genetically modified foods (GMF) including references to scale of controversy worldwide. Students then identify where they might find GMFs in their diets, read different opinion pieces on...
Curated OER
The Value of a Garden
Students will work cooperatively. In this environmental lesson plan, students will start by discussing an article and its questions prior to receiving a handout. There are two versions of the handout depending if your students are AP or...
Curated OER
The Grass is Always Greener
Third graders experiment with common grass and cellular division.
Curated OER
Nebraska And Exports
Pupils investigate the role of Nebraska in the exporting of goods from the United States. They look at ways the state is looking to help expand its role in the markets. Students conduct research using a variety of resources. Then use the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Light Plants and Dark Plants, Wet Plants and Dry Ones
Students plant sunflower seeds in plastic cups, and once germinated, these are exposed to different conditions of light levels and/or soil moisture contents. During exposure of the plants to these different conditions, students measure...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Soil in the Amazon
Compare plants grown in simulated Amazon soil to those grown in soil prepared by the slash-and-burn method. Describe leaf development in plants grown in different soils and chart, average and graph plant growth by height
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Who Needs What?
The teacher leads a discussion in which students identify the physical needs of animals, and then speculate on the needs of plants. With guidance from the teacher, the students then help design an experiment that can take place in the...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Global Patterns in Green Up and Green Down
Students analyze and explore visualizations and graphs that show the annual cycle of plant growth and decline. They investigate several regions in each hemisphere that have different land cover and will match graphs that show annual...
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Pbs Teachers: Tree Mendous Plots [Pdf]
To teach students how to use collect and use real-life data, use this lesson to create, populate and analyze graphs to interpret data related to the growth of plants from seeds. The lesson then asks students to create a story about the...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Temperature and Precipitation as Limiting Factors in Ecosystems
Students correlate graphs of vegetation vigor with those of temperature and precipitation data for four diverse ecosystems, ranging from those near the equator to the poles, to determine which climatic factor is limiting growth.