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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rubber Gardens

For Teachers K - 8th
Students recycle discarded automobile tires and create gardening sites for limited space areas.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scale Model of the Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together to create a model of the Earth. They label and identify each layer and describing its properties. They discover how engineers use models to test different concepts.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Posters and People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create and design posters reflecting the types of litter harmful to aquatic wildlife. They explain the dangers of fishing line to aquatic wildlife, plastic bags to dolphins, and fish nets to fish. They design a poster to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Rights Squares

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and then participate in an activity in which they discuss instances where human rights have been violated.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scientific Theories

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders compare and contrast how different models can be used to represent scientific understandings. They evaluate the use of data when considering scientific claims. Students debate a variety of socio-scientific issues and the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spellbound No. 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students answer twenty eight short clues from a word list of answers to fill in all the spaces on a crossword puzzle.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Max's Math Adventures

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting practice activity, students read the story rhyme about counting practice. Students count a handful of objects they find in their home. Students then count the objects illustrated in each picture set. Students also draw...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Earth Day

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students identify the words that relate to Earth Day by reading the 14 clues. Students complete the crossword puzzle with the clues.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chasing El Nino

For Students 9th - 12th
In this El Nino activity, students review this specific change in the climate cycle by completing 20 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Science Quiz-General Knowledge

For Students 4th - 6th
For this science quiz worksheet, students complete a set of 20 true or false questions covering a variety of general science topics. An answer key is included.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

All, Half, Most and None Exercises

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word choice worksheet, learners read the sentences and complete them with the words all, half, most, or none. Students complete 14 online examples.
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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Earth Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Find lots of information about our planet Earth here. Covers basic facts, Earth's history, layers of the Earth, plate tectonics, composition of the atmosphere, Earth's magnetic field, and some facts about our moon.
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eBook
Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: The Thirty Nine Steps [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "The Thirty Nine Steps" by John Buchan is available here in PDF format. The Thirty Nine Steps, which was first released in 1915, is 146 pages pages long.
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Website
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: An Overview of the Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in the solar system.
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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of information about the planet Mercury, complete with images and explanations.
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Graphic
Nine Planets

Nine Planets: The Web Nebulae

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Nine Planets provides introductory material about nebulae, information and images of several types of nebulae, information on Edwin Hubble, and additional related sites are provided.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: The Planets

For Students 3rd - 5th
This survey of the planets includes all the basics, size, mass, atmosphere, length of day, and the like. It features interactive activities and learning exercises and compares all of the planets in colorful tables.
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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Uranus

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent report on the planet Uranus. The site includes detailed information about the planet as well as links to information about Uranus moons, unmanned probes sent to explore Uranus, and an extensive set of images of the planet.
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Website
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: The Sun Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Statistical data, general features, key terms, characteristics, and influences of the sun.
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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: The Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the mythology, structure, observational history, gravitational force, and orbit of Earth's Moon.
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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Pluto

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains copious information about Pluto. The site contains descriptive and statistical information, as well as a detailed article about the search for trans-Plutonian planets and the "Nemesis" hypothesis.
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Planets in a Bottle

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this simple lesson, students grow yeast to learn how the climates on each of the nine planets would affect life.
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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Venus

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth information site on Venus, complete with a thorough glossary, links to a wide array of related sites, thumbnail picture files linked to larger images, and even a short audio file from a classic symphony.
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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Titan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Eight Planets shows that Titan may serve as a model of a highly reduced early Earth atmosphere in which the first stages of organic chemical evolution could take place in the atmosphere.