+
Activity
It's About Time

Concentrating on Collisions

For Teachers 7th - 12th
How important is momentum? Pupils investigate and apply the definition of momentum as they conduct analyses during a series of one-dimensional collisions. They infer the relative masses of two objects by carefully staging and predicting...
+
Lesson Plan
NOAA

The Oceanographic Yo-yo

For Teachers 7th - 8th
How does chemistry help deep-sea explorers? Part four of a five-part series of lessons from aboard the Okeanos Explorer introduces middle school scientists to technologies used in ocean exploration. Groups work together to analyze data...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Do You Rate?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders make a graph. In this pulse rate activity, 5th graders estimate their pulse and record it. Students measure their pulse while at rest and after physical activity and record it. Students use the internet to graph their...
+
Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Nutritional Challenges

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Eating healthy can be a challenge, especially for people with special dietary needs. After learning about standard nutritional needs for adults, learners take on the role of a dietician and work together to create a menu for one of the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fitness Trail

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars design a fitness trail which incorporates warm-up, aerobic, and cool-down phases. Each student develops their own plan and monitors their own progress through the use of an exercise log.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

HOME SWEET HOME

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create and implement a schedule of activities designed to help their parents improve their physical conditions.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Walk Around Ohio

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students walk and accumulate miles in a simulated "walk" around the eighty-eight counties of Ohio. Each class logs an average of twenty miles a week, hanging up a picture of a historic Ohio landmark to represent the different counties...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rockin' Robin

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice weight transfer skills to the song "Rockin' Robin." students warm-up with this activity during a tumbling unit.
+
Activity
It's About Time

Electromagnets

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Young scientists build their own electromagnet and test it by picking up paperclips. Analysis questions evaluate knowledge at the end of the activity. 
+
Activity
It's About Time

The Electricity and Magnetism Connection

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Magnets don't grow in fields, but magnetic fields are important to understand. The lesson covers the effect electricity has on magnetic fields. Scholars use a compass, magnets, and electrical wire to test magnetic fields and energy...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Digestion & Nutrition: a Case Study

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore digestion/nutrition and utilize scientific investigation skills. They complete meal logs for several days and graph their results. After analyzing their data, they write formal lab reports.
+
Activity
It's About Time

Building an Electric Motor

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Rev your motor with a hands-on activity about electricity. Learners build their own electric motor before reading a handout and answering some questions. 
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oh, What A Day

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars listen as the teacher reads A Country Far Away. They predict what they will do and what they think their partner student will be doing. Students create a KWL chart for Japan. They collect information about their activities...
+
Activity
It's About Time

Reflected Light

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
The lesson allows young scientists to use lasers and mirrors to study reflected light. A reading passage and homework question assess learning, while additional material introduces extension activities. 
+
Activity
It's About Time

Response Time

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
How fast are your reactions in the case of an emergency? Young scholars complete many activities including: time estimation, building a circuit, multiple reaction time experiments, and graphing.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flutter Farm

For Teachers 5th
  Students create their own butterfly garden and follow a participation plan to ensure that everyone will have a hand in the garden.  In this gardening lesson, 5th graders log their progress with their garden by taking photos, and...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mat Move Over

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars move safely in general space to practice transferring weight skills such as a log roll, cartwheel, forward roll, egg roll, leap over, walk over, etc.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tumbling Dice

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners participate in body weight transfer activities while playing a group game with dice that show the activities.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Local Heroes

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students discover the importance of physical fitness. In this personal health instructional activity, students learn messages and receive demonstrations about good physical fitness practices, health messages, and safety tips.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fertilizers, Pesticides and Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply real data to create and calculate algebraic equations. Students create a visual to represent the concentration for one part per million and apply unit analysis to verify measurement computations. Students define the use...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Habitat Hopscotch

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore animal characteristics by participating in a bat environment game. In this natural habitat lesson, 3rd graders identify the physical anatomy of a bat and discuss their eating and sleeping habits. Students conduct a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Movie Music

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover film making by participating in a music performance.  For this performance arts lesson, students perform music and physical acting to convey an already written script for their peers.  Students collaborate with their...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Extension Activities Mr. Popper's Penguins

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners read Mr. Popper's Penguins.  In this Mr. Popper's Penguins lesson, students record descriptive clues from the book.  Learners research Adelie penguins and compare and contrast to their local community. Students prepare a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

P.H.A.T Log

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars complete a P.H.A.T Log which records their nutrition and daily activities. They complete a reflections journal based on the entries.