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Curated OER

What Changes Occur When Ice Melts?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the physical process of melting. They observe melting ice and answer questions related to energy transfer during phase changes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Color Change in Leaves

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the different leaf pigments and colors. In this biology lesson, students perform chromatography to separate them. They explain how light affects green leaf colors and causes falling leaves in autumn.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Photosynthesis: Using the Sun to Make Food

For Students 6th - 8th
In this photosynthesis worksheet, students learn how plants use the sun to convert energy into food. They then answer 10 questions using the information they just read. The answers are on the last page.
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Curated OER

Cycles of Life in an Urban Habitat: Changes in Biodiversity

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders compare and contrast animate and inanimate objects. In this environmental science lesson, 2nd graders create simple food webs. They observe their environment and create a collage about it.
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Curated OER

What Makes Up Your Profile?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders understand what a profile is and relate to the profile of soil. In this soil profile activity students use cereal to simulate soil profile. Students draw and label their profiles using accurate soil vocabulary.
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Curated OER

More Graphing Situations by Making a Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students calculate rate of change and graph linear functions. In this algebra instructional activity students write linear functions, make a table of points and graph their data on a coordinate plane. They calculate the rate of change of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Hurricane Predictions

For Students 6th - 9th
For this hurricane worksheet, learners analyze and interpret a hurricane graph. They complete 5 short answer questions that follow.
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Curated OER

More graphing situations by making a table

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students make a table and graph plotting points. In this algebra lesson plan, students graph linear equations on a coordinate plane. They calculate the rate of change and analyze the graph for extrapolation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Smiles Change the World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore ways to notice when others are sad, happy, calm, or angry. They act out feelings and have others try to identify them. The listen to The Brand New Kid, focusing on plot, characterization, and illustrations. They create a...
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Healthy Native Youth

Chapter 2: Learning About Adolescence

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
 The Native American symbol, The Circle of Life, represents life's spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional well being. By way of deep discussion, and two games, the lesson uses the Circle of Life to explore the stages of maturity,...
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Earth Day Network

Healthy Earth, Sick Earth

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Earth is sick and needs our help! Read the children's book Planet Earth Gets Well to explain the various problems facing the planet, discussing what young conservationists can do to heal the planet along the way. A great Earth Day...
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Curated OER

Y-Intercept and Slope Intercept Form

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Alegebra amateurs identify the slope and the y-intercept given a linear equation in slope-intercept form by correctly completing some in class problems. They write the linear equation in slope-intercept form that corresponds to the given...
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Chicago Botanic Garden

Plant Phenology Data Analysis

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Scientists monitor seasonal changes in plants to better understand their responses to climate change, in turn allowing them to make predictions regarding the future. The last activity in the series of six has scholars analyze BudBurst...
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Activity
Sharp School

Newton’s Laws of Motion Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After a review of all three of Newton's laws, physical scientists complete a choice project. They can create a book in which they collect pictures where the laws of motion are depicted, produce a PowerPoint presentation, or produce a...
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Lesson Plan
Film English

London

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Give your class a tour of London! Before you get started, pupils can brainstorm what they do and do not know about the city and discuss how they think it may have changed over the years. The provided video shows footage from London in...
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Teach Engineering

Building a Barometer

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Forget your local meteorologist — build your own barometer and keep track of the weather with an activity that provides directions to build a barometer out of a narrow necked bottle, a glass, and some water. Using their barometer, teams...
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Chicago Botanic Garden

Seed Dispersal and Plant Migration

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
There are five methods of seed dispersal. They include gravity, mechanical, animal, water, and air. Scholars study seed dispersal in lesson five of the series of six. Through discussions, hands-on analysis of different seed types, and...
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Worksheet
Wordpress

Darwin’s Natural Selection Case Studies

For Students 7th - 12th
This editable worksheet is set up so that biology pupils read four case studies and identify points that are present in each, such as overproduction, heritable variation, struggle to survive, and differential reproduction. They also...
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Writing
Curated OER

He Had a Dream...I Have One Too!

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
What is your dream for a better world? After reading a short article about Dr Martin Luther King, kids identify something they would like to see changed, the steps that could be followed to make the dream a reality, and the effects these...
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Willow Tree

Line Graphs

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Some data just doesn't follow a straight path. Learners use line graphs to represent data that changes over time. They use the graphs to analyze the data and make conclusions.
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Science Matters

That’s An Otter Story

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scientists discover how sea otters' habitats have changed due to human impact. Through conversation, video observation, and story reading, scholars identify how human interactions change a specific ecosystem in both positive and...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Antebellum Reform

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Scholars investigate the Antebellum period in the United States in an engaging lesson. Groups analyze technological, religious, economic, and social changes occurring during the time period prior to the Civil War. Using their new...
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Serendip

Evolution of Fur Color in Mice – Mutation, Environment and Natural Selection

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Most species of animals include a variety of fur or hair color, but why? Scholars watch a video about a changing environment for mice. As the rocks around them change hues, different colors of mice begin to thrive. Discussion questions...
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PPT
Curated OER

Integers

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Integers can be challenging, but this presentation makes teaching integers a whole lot easier! Comprehensive information, a song, chant, and pop quizzes provide an in-depth look into what integers are, and how to add, subtract, and graph...

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