Curated OER
Weather Mobile
Students color the lightning part of the thunder cloud and then cut out the pattern. They then cut out the cloud pattern and put cotton onto it with glue. They then fold a piece of paper several times to create a snowflake to which they...
Curated OER
Using several learning modalities to teach about the Periodic Table.
Students identify how to relate the position of an element in the periodic table to its atomic number and atomic mass. They identify how to use the periodic table to identify metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and halogens, and also,...
Curated OER
Windsor Opposes Waste - WOW!
Students participate in paper recycling. They are taught to environmental awareness of recycling and its importance in their future. Students discuss and identify the problems of how they can minimize waste. They brainstorm suggestions...
Curated OER
Coping With War: Diversions in a Century of Global Conflict
Eleventh graders analyze photographs representing leisure and transition during a global conflict. Working in groups, 11th graders review pictures from a web exhibit. The group completes a graphic organizer analyzing the photograph for...
Curated OER
Introduction to Computing and Project Development
Pupils use a computer and math to complete a science project. They review a brief history of computers as well as information on different operating formats will be included. In addition, students complete an overview of the hardware...
Curated OER
Global Change — Change and Cycles Where Land, Air and Water Meet
Students participate in an experiment to define a parts-per-billion solution. In this ecology lesson, students select a second substance to create a parts-per-billion solution and observe and record their results. Students work in groups...
Curated OER
Converting Metric Units and Prefixes
Students investigate the length of various objects. In this measurement lesson, students convert one metric unit to another. They explain the importance of a uniform system of measurement.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Scientific Theories
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Today most people realize that microorganisms, such as bacteria or viruses, are the cause of disease. This concept is known as the germ theory of disease, one of the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Scientific Theories
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers scientific theory and scientific laws.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Scientific Theories
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains scientific theories and introduces several famous theories in biology.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Scientific Theory
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Nature of scientific theories, examples of physical science theories, and the law of parsimony.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Scientific Theories
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will understand the difference between theories, hypotheses, and laws in science.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Theories
Given laboratory investigation scenarios, students will distinguish between scientific hypotheses and scientific theories.
Other
Astronomy Notes: A Scientific Theory Is . . .
This brief review explains that a scientific theory comes from testing an idea.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Physics: The Scientific Methods
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain how the methods of science are used to make scientific discoveries; define a scientific model and describe examples of physical and mathematical models used in physics; and compare...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Atomic Theory: Wave Particle Duality and the Electron
An explanation of advanced atomic theory based on developed concepts from earlier scientific experimentation.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Scientific Inquiry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Tutorial provides an understanding of the scientific method and how it is used to study the world around us. Students will learn about scientific inquiry and be able...
University of Washington
Washington U: Model for Conducting Scientific Research
This page outlines the scientific method, step by step.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Scientific Law
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Nature of scientific laws, examples of physical science laws, and how scientific laws differ from scientific theories.
Other
Psychologist World: Attachment Theory
An article defining the development of psychology's Attachment Theory, originally identified with that term, by John Bowlby. Identify other contributors to the scientific theory and whether only children experience it.
Story Behind the Science
Story Behind the Science: Understanding Earth's Age [Pdf]
Article describing early efforts, beginning with Aristotle, to determine the Earth's age, and the influence of current culture on the acceptability of new and radical scientific theories. Questions are posed throughout about the nature...
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: A Theory
The definition of a theory as it applied to science is explained in this brief article. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of different concepts in particle physics.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Ideas in Science: Theories, Hypotheses, and Laws
Learning module looking at scientific explanations. Discussion covers theories and how they develop, some well-known theories and their origins, and how theories are revised and refined. Also, covers hypotheses and laws. The three...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Scientific Explanations and Interpretations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn about scientific explanations and interpretations through instructional videos, grade-level texts, interactive activities, and quick assessments.