This page provides links to lesson plans and resources for all grade levels and all science areas typically taught in K-12 schools. Click on a topic from the list below. If you need lesson plans for health or nutrition, click here. If you need science homework help, click here. All links on this page were verified and updated as of 4-22-08.
Multi-Subject Science Pages;
Rubrics;
Scientific Method/Nature
of Science;
Astronomy;
Biology/Genetics;
Evolution;
Plants/Farm;
Trees/Forests/Rain Forests;
Environment;
Prairies;
Wetlands;
Pollution;
Recycling;
Water/Oceans;
Animals
(Marine Animals/Fish,
Mammals,
Farm Animals,
Reptiles/Amphibians,
Birds,
Dinosaurs,
Insects,
Spiders);
Physiology/Anatomy/The Senses;
Geology/Earth Science;
Fossils;
Weather (including Seasons);
Disasters;
Physical Science;
Energy;
Simple Machines;
Physics;
Aviation/Aeronautics;
Chemistry;
History of Science;
Inventions/Science Projects;
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Large Collections of Lesson Plans for
Multiple Science
Subjects
Science Lesson Plans from
The Educator's Reference
Desk
Formerly AskEric,
this is a great source for
science lesson plans organized
by subject
Science Netlinks
A comprehensive
guide to science,
technology, and mathematics
web sites and a growing library
of Internet-based learning.
Click here
to see their large selection
of lesson plans.
Academy Curricular Exchange
Click
on this line for the main menu,
or click below for the
grade level in which you are interested.
K-5 Over
(130 lesson plans)
Middle Grades
(About 60 lesson plans)
High School
(About 20 lesson plans)
ProTeacher Science
and
Technology
An excellent source with many lesson plans unique
to this site.
Access Excellence
Lesson plans, activities, and online mysteries.
Click
Fellows
Collection
or
Activities to Go
to access their large collection
of lesson plans.
National
Science Teachers
Association
(NSTA)
Resources for science teachers, including some lesson
plans. Go to their
HOME PAGE
for additional information.
Reach Out!
Michigan
Hands-On Science
Many science
lesson plans
and
quick activities.
Saskatchewan
Education
- Science
Curriculum guides for all grade levels complete
with model units. The
site is now in pdf format, so you will
need Adobe Acrobat to view it.
Franklin Institute Science
Lesson Plans
Elementary science
lesson ideas;
most are constructivist.
K-2 Science Lesson Plans
Tactile lesson plans integrating science and literacy.
Science
Outreach
- Learning Through Discovery
Elementary lesson plans
on water, energy, and fish and
wildlife.
Teacher First Science Lesson
Plans
Excellent source
for science lesson
plans for all levels and in a variety
of areas.
Ethics and Values in Pre-College
Science Instruction
Teacher resources including many
lesson plans
incorporating ethical and values issues.
Science Lessons
Organized by topic.
NASA Quest
Search the NASA collection of K-12 lesson plans.
See also
Earth Science
Educator Lesson Plans
and
Imagine the Universe!
for more lesson plans from NASA.
Discovery Channel School
Wonderful lesson
plans for social
studies, science, and literature.
There are more than 50 lesson
plans on animals alone! Search by
subject or use the menu on the left side
of the page.
Newton's Apple Science Teacher's
Guides
Lesson ideas
from PBS Family Science Show.
Learning Cycle Lesson Plans
Six lesson plans and a unit using the
Piagetian Learning Cycle.
Exploratorium
Different online
features every
few months.
Rubrics for Science
Kathy Schrock's Guide
for Educators: Assessment Rubrics
Information and examples of various types of rubrics,
including ones
for student web projects, cooperative
learning activities, labs,
group participation, multimedia
presentations, oral presentations,
portfolio exhibits, and
research papers.
The
Staff Room: Rubrics
Developed for teachers in Ontario, Canada, this
page has links to a
large number of sites with examples
of rubrics for many purposes.
MCPS Science
Rubrics
A definition
and many examples.
Rubrician.com
"The official
website for links to rubrics,
"this page offers links to many
science rubrics.
Big Ideas in Science Sample
Rubric
A rubric based
on
Habits
of Mind and Vehicles for Understanding.
Assessment of Experiments
and Science Projects Using a
Generic Rubric
A rubric for
experiments using
the scientific method. See also
Science Festival Rubric,
a rubric for student self-evaluation
of science projects.
Science Investigation Rubric
Adaptable for
grades K-4 or 5-12.
See also
Holistic Rubric for Science
Experiments,
an example of a rubric using
a 1 through 5 scale, as well
as
Technological
Design Rubric.
Scientific Report
Rubric
See also
Scientific Data
base/Conclusion Rubric.
Data, Graphs, and Theory
Rubric
A rubric for a physics lab on elasticity.
Year-End Project Rubrics
Several rubrics for scoring the various aspects
of an extensive science
project involving experimental
research. See also
Intermediate-Level
Science Grades Seven and Eight
Revised Portfolio Products.
Earth Science Rubric
For 6th-grade research
projects.
GenerL Science Lab Rubric
From a biology class.
See also
Student Science
Laboratory Report Rubric.
Physics Experiment
Evaluation Rubric
See also
Physics Laboratory
Write Up Rubric.
Chemistry Standards-Based
Rubric: Atomic Structure and Bonding
See also
Chem Lab Evaluation
Rubric
and
Environmental Chemistry
Rubrics.
Bibliography for Using Rubrics
for Assessment
Links to sites with rubrics and information about
them.
How to Create a Rubric
Steps in the preparation of rubrics.
Scientific Method/Nature of Science
Scientific Method - A Way to Solve
a Problem
A lesson plan for grade 4 exploring the scientific
method. See also
The Scientific
Method
for a
fact sheet providing thorough
information.
How Many Drops of Water on a Penny?
A lesson
plan in which students use the scientific
method for science inquiry. See also
Introduction
to Scientific Methods
for another version of this lesson.
The Scientific Method
in Undersea Archaeology
A high school lesson
plan from National Geographic.
Rusting and the
Scientific Method
A lesson plan for
grades 8-9 in which students identify and
utilize elements of scientific inquiry
to solve problems.
Consumer Testing
in the Classroom
A lesson idea for teaching the scientific method.
Steps of the Scientific Method
A one-page printable poster in pdf format. See also
Steps
in the Scientific Method
for a flow chart
and
The Scientific Method: Slides
for a Presentation
for online slides.
Science Role Plays
Middle-grade activities
in which students role play processes
in science.
How Many Fish are in that Pond?
A high school lesson plan in
which students use sampling,
estimation, and statistical
analysis
Making Models of
Mystery Bags to Explore
the Nature of Science
A 5th-grade lesson plan.
Science vs. Non-Science
A mini-lesson exploring
six criteria of science. It
compares emerging science, non-science,
and pseudoscience, with definitions
and examples. The activity
engages students in analyzing a collection
of paragraphs to decide which category
each fits into.
Nature
of Science
Several lesson plans intended
for a high school biology
course.
Astronomy Lesson Plans and Resources
Kid's
Astronomy.com
A terrific site with real-time maps of the night
sky, an astronomy
dictionary and astronomy news, plus
wonderful information on the
solar system, space exploration,
and deep space. Click on
Teachers Corner
for printable worksheets
or send your students to
Fun with Astronomy.
Astronomy
Lesson Plans from The Educator's
Reference Desk
Many
elementary-grade lesson plans
Space and Astronomy Lesson
Plans
Links to collections of space and astronomy lesson
plans.
Selected Topics in Astronomy
and Space Studies
Thirteen middle grade and
high school units from the
Yale-New Haven Teachers
Institute.
Classifying Galaxies
A lesson plan for grades 5-9 using the Hubble classification
system as
an example of how scientists classify
objects in nature.
Teacher's Guide: The Lunar
Prospector
From NASA. Click on
lesson plans
in the left menu for three
unit plans..
Educator's Guide to Moon Phases
Good, concise information from
Views of the Solar System.
See their collection of
lesson plans and activities.
The Sun
A "remodeled" lesson plan for grades 2-3 involving
the usea critical thinking skills. You may have to scroll
down the page to find this lesson
Linking the Earth, Sun,
and Moon
A 4th-grade lesson plan.
NASA Solar System Exploration Forum
NASA approved lesson plans. Click on
Fast
Lesson Finder
to
locate them.
Finding Out about the Stars
and Planets
A web-based
activity on the solar system
for grades K-4. See also
Incredible, Edible Solar System,
Earth
and the Solar System
and
Best of
the Solar System
for other
lesson plans.
Discovery
of the Solar System
A lesson
plan from NASA in which students
learn about the heliocentric theory
of Copernicus, the ideas behind
it and the explanations which it displaced.
The Nine Planets
A multimedia tour of the solar system!
Space.com
Pick a planet, travel there, and become a space
reporter. A good source
for Internet-based extension activities.
Space
Station: A Room
with a View
A middle-grade webquest.
Destination
Mars
A lesson
plan for grades 6-8 from the
Discovery Channel School.
Mission to Mars
Ideas
for teaching about Mars from Education
World.
Mars Landing
Site
A lesson
plan for grades 5-9. See
Athena Mars Exploration
Rover
for other similar lesson plans.
Live From Earth and Mars:
Educational Modules
Lesson plans, mostly on Mars but a few on weather,
for a variety of
grade levels.
Surviving and Thriving
on Mars
Join the Millennium Project and help create a living
environment
from the ground up!
The Impact
of Shoemaker-Levy
9
A unit on the comet that smashed into the planet
Jupiter.
The
Educator's Guide
to the NEAR Project
Information and lesson plans form the NEAR (Near
Earth Asteroid Rendezvous)
Project.
SETI Life in the Universe
Curriculum Guides
Sample lesson plans on the possible existence of
extraterrestrial
life.
Satellite Lesson
Plans
Seven lesson plans from Boston University.
Exploring Meteorite Mysteries
A teacher's guide with 19 lesson plans. The materials
are in pdf format, so you
will need Adobe Acrobat to access
them. See
Make a Crater
for a meteor-related simulation
activity from NASA and
Exloring
Meteorite Mysteries - Slide Set
to find
slides for use in a presentation
The Adler
Project: An Astronomy WebQuest
for 9th Grade
For other
astronomy webquests, see
Space Adventure
and
Star Broker.
Windows
to the Universe
A graphics-intensive space science website with
tons of information
and a teacher/student workbook.
NASA Quest Education Page
Information from
the space agency.
Welcome to the Planets
Great source
for pictures of and
information about the planets.
Bill and Ted's Excellent Astronomy Site
Challenger Center for Space
Education
More space stuff
Biology Lesson Plans
(Includes
Genetics, Cells, and Evolution)
Click
here
for sites providing biology
homework help.
Biology Lessons for Practicing
and Prospective Teachers
This excellent site from SDSU
offers elementary
lesson plans and teacher's guides
for teaching about Molecules and Cells
as well as population biology.
Biology Lesson Plans
About 20
lessons for a variety of grade levels from
The Educator's Reference Desk
(formerly Ask ERIC).
SMILE Biology Index
A collection of nearly 200 lesson
plans organized by topic!
The Biology Corner
Many lesson
plans, worksheets, WebQuests, and quizzes.
Online Biology
Book
Just what
the title suggests!
Snapshots
of Medicine
and Science
"A web site for high school students, teachers,
and the public, bringing
news, features, insight and discussions
from the dynamic world
of biomedical research."
Access Excellence Biology
and Life Sciences Activity
Exchange
Archive of favorite
activities submitted
by high school biology teachers
.
Biology Lessons
A large collection of lesson plans for all grade
levels from
Reach Out Michigan.
Jello Cells
A junior high science activity in which students
construct models of
cells.
How Cells
Duplicate
A 2-week unit for 7th grade.
Screen Your
Genes
A lesson
plan for grades 7-12 designed to introduce students
to the concepts of meiosis, independent assortment, fertilization
and genetic variation.
Comparing
Mitosis and Meiosis
A 7th-grade
lesson plan. See also
How Cells Divide:
Mitsis and Meiosis
for a slide
show from NOVA's "18 Ways to Make a Baby."
Phases of Meiosis
A worksheet
complete with diagrams from the
Biology Corner.
Cell Division and Mitosis
A lesson plan for high school biology.
Click here
for an
onion cell drawing (to be labeled).
Mitosis
A 10th-grade lesson plan.
Genetics Lesson Plans
Many lesson plans and resources
from Human Genome Networking
project.
Genetics Lesson
Plans
Six lesson
plans from The Educator's Reference
Desk.
Genetics
Lesson Plans
Another
set of lesson plans, this one from
Teach-Nology.
Genetics Resources
Tutorials, links, and even a glossary.
Breaking the Code
A thematic unit for grades
4-6 introducing the topics
of DNA and the genetic code.
Building a Model DNA
A lesson plan for
grades 6-8.
Genetic
Diversity and Research
An 8th-grade
lesson plan on dominant
and recessive genes.
Beans to Genes: Genetic
Probability
A secondary
lesson plan.
Let's Juggle Genes
An online activity.
Human Genetics WebQuest
See also
DNA and Genetics WebQuest.
Genetics
Education Center
Genetics lesson plans, resources, and links.
The Genome: Controversy
for All Times
A secondary unit examining
the ethical and moral issues
surrounding research into
mapping the human genome.
How Do We Inherit Our Biological
Characteristics?
A 10th-grade project investigating the problem
of inherited human
disorders. It requires Internet access
and is aligned with National
Science Education Standards
Ewe 2
An inquiry-based activity using a case-study approach
to explore the
topic of cloning.
Whose Life Is It?
A high school lesson plan
that uses a fictional story to
examine some of the ethical and
values issues related to human cloning.
See
Genetic Research: Decisions
to be Made
for a similar lesson plan
using a news story.
National Biological Information
Infrastructure
A great source
for all sorts of biology
information. Scroll down and click
on
Teacher Resources
for aspects of this site which are
of particular use to biology
teachers.
Evolution
Understanding Evolution
Information about
and links to other
sites related to the history of evolution.
Click here
for more links to sites
with information on evolution,
its history, and Charles Darwin).
See also
The Ultimate Creation vs. Evolution
Resource.
Evolution
A large collection of lesson plans, activities,
and labs. Most seem
to be high school level. See also
Biology Links: Evolution.
Evolution
Lessons
A collection of high school lesson plans from
Evolution and the
Nature of Science Institutes.
The Evolution of Plants
Information and sample lesson plans from a high
school unit.
Hominid Evolution
Another unit for high school biology or advanced
biology.
Human Evolution
A high school lesson plan
integrating the study of
human evolution and history.
Evolution
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 in which students
learn about Darwin,
his theory of evolution, and some
of the controversies related to
it.
Darwin's Evolution
A high school lesson plan in which students learn
about Charles Darwin.
See also
Darwin Day
and
Evolution Wing: Theory and
History.
Origin of the Species vs.
Zoological Philosophy
A middle or junior high school lesson plan in which
students debate
the theories of Darwin and Lamarck.
Scopes Trial Activity
A lesson plan in which students learn about the
Scopes Trial and how
it impacts academic freedom today.
Scroll down the page to access
the
Evolution/Creation
Pre and Post-Essay
Activity
. For other lesson plans on this
topic, see
Beyond the Scope
(an Internet-based lesson
plan for grades 9-12 on this
famous trial) and
Whose 'Truth' Is Out There?
(a lesson plan for grades
6-12 which examines the historic
significance of the Scopes
trial and its application to
the "evolution versus creation"
debate in education today). For background
information, see
The Antievolution Crusade of
the 1920s,
Clash
of Cultures: The Scopes Trial,
Tennessee
vs. John Scopes: The Monkey
Trial,
and
The 'Intelligent
Design' Debate.
Online Lessons
for Students: Learning Evolution
Seven lesson
plans providing " multimedia
pathways to help students
understand evolution and the nature
of science ."
Evolution WebQuest
See also
Evolution WebQuest!
Tree of Life
Information about
phylogeny and
biodiversity. "The information is linked
together in the form of the
evolutionary tree that connects all organisms
to each other."
Resources and Lesson Plans on Plants
(
Including
Lessons on Farms)
For botany/plant resources,
including pictures,
dictionaries, encyclopedias,
and directories,
click here.
Photosynthesis , Trees, and the
Greenhouse Effect
An 8th-grade lesson plan from Natiobnal Geographic.
Click here
for an excellent resource
on photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis
and
Transpiration
A lesson plan for grades 6-8.
We Need Trees and Their Oxygen Cycle
A 5th-grade
lesson plan from Penn. State University.
Follow that Light
A 4th-grade lesson plan on phototropism.
Botany Lesson
Plans
More than 15 lesson plans, mostly for the elementary
level,
from The Educator's Reference Desk.
Click here
for a Dictionary of Botanical
Words.
Plant Systems
A primary-grade lesson plan from the above site.
Also, see the
GardenWeb
Glossary of Botanical Terms.
Identifying
Parts of a Flower
An elementary-grade
lesson plan. See also
Friendly Flowers
for a K-2
lesson.
Illinois
Native Wildflowers
Information about wildflower species and
lesson plans
for grades
four to six. See also
Identify Wildflowers
of Texas
for a 7th-grade
lesson plan in which students
create a guide to help identify
wildflowers and
Go Wild! Start
a Native Wildflower Garden
for ideas
about starting a wildflower garden
at your school. For information
on wildflowers, go to
The Wildflower
Center
and
Wildflowers.
Planting Bush Beans
A kindergarten lesson plan involving planting and
caring for bush beans.
Gems from the Garden - Digging
Up Activities for All Ages
Many for gardening-related
activities from Education
World.
Let's Make a Garden
A Webquest on plants for grades 1-2. See also
What's in a
Garden?
and
Sharing the
Joy of a Garden
for lesson
plans for grades 3-5.
The Great Plant Escape
An interdisciplinary program for students in grades
4-5 designed to
introduce them to plant science and
increase their understanding
of how foods grow. available in either
Spanish or English.
Let It Grow: An Inquiry-Based
Organic Gardening Research Project
An excellent
lesson plan for grades 6-8 from
Read Write Think.
Plants and Animals: Partners
in Pollination
Three lesson plans for grades 3-8 from the
Smithsonian Institute.
AppleQuest
An elaborate WebQuest for grades 5+
about growing apples!
Apples & More
From the University of Illinois Extension,
this website offers suggestions
for accessible and stimulating activities for
a series of lessons about apples. The unit
encompasses many areas of the curriculum: math,
scince, writing, literature, art and social studies.
See also
Education Location
for teaching ideas from the
Wisconsin Apple
Growers Association
and
NY
Apple Country Teacher Kit
for K-6 lesson plans and other teaching
resources in pdf format.
Johny Appleseed Day Research Activity
An elementary-grade lesson plan.. See also
Johnny
Appleseed,
a K-5
lesson plan in which students learn
the legend of Johnny Appleseed
and the history behind it;
How
Did Johnny Appleseed Help the Pioneers
Move West?
a kindergarten lesson plan
using
Aliki's
The Story of Johnny Appleseed;
a 1st-grade
lesson plan using the book by
this title; and
Apples,
a primary-grade
thematic unit.
Farms
Farm
Unit
Kindergarten and primary grade unit with five lesson
plans.
Farm Unit
Another kindergarten unit.
Farm
Links to worksheets,
unit, lesson plans, and
other resources from ProTeacher.com.
From a Seed to Loaf:
The Story of Growing Grain
A primary-grade unit.
A Day on the Farm
A 1st-grade lesson
plan in which students learn about farming
and then plant been seeds.
From Maize to Milk:
A Barnyard Full of Activities
Several activities
from Education World.
Back to the
Farm
A 4th-grade
lesson plan.
Growing Corn
An elementary -grade
lesson plan from Michigan.gov.
Fruits and Vegetables
A lesson plan for grades
5-8 designed to help students differentiate
between plants with seeds and seedless
plants and that produce commonly called vegetables
are really fruits.
Farming
A lesson plan for grades 5-10 focusing on various
farming practices
and the effects they have on
the environment. This is one lesson
from
Humans,
the Environment, and the
Great Plains.
Feeding the World
on a Small
Piece of Dirt
A lesson plan for grades 3-6 from
Humans, the Environment,
and the Great Plains.
Weather and Agriculture
A high school lesson
plan from National Geographic in which
students research,
discuss, and write reports on the relationship
between climate and agriculture.
For lesson plans and units on farm animals, click here.
Pumpkin
Themes
Links to many lesson plans and units on pumpkins.
See also
Pump up the Curriculum with Pumpkins.
Go to
Fall Holiday Lesson
Plans
for Halloween ideas.
Hot Seeds
An inquiry-based lesson for grades 5-12 complete
with assessment rubrics.
Trees/Forests/Rain Forests - Click
on a topic:
trees/tree rings,
leaves,
rain forests
Trees/Tree Rings
It's All in the Rings
A lesson
plan for grades 7-12. See also
Tree Rings
as Records of the Past
for a lesson
plan adaptable to grades
1-8 and
The Ultimate Tree-Ring
Web Pages
for an excellent
resource.
Sustainable
Forestry
A Teacher
Resource Center with lesson plans for a variety of
grade levels and forestry-related topics from Penn.
State University. See also their
From the Woods Series
for even
more lesson plans.
Lesson Plans
for Forest-Minded Teachers
Many lesson
plans in pdf format for a variety of grade levels
from the Idaho Forest Products Commision.
We Need Trees
and Their Oxygen Cycle
A 5th-grade
lesson plan from the above site.
Kids for Trees
Three elementary
units consisting of seven lesson plans in pdf format
from the Illinois DNR.
Trees and Their
Uses
A kindergarten lesson plan.
My Life as a Tree
A lesson plan for grades
K-4 designed to introduce students to
the parts of a tree and how they function.
Learning from the
Forest
Many lesson plans about trees and forests for all
grade levels. Since
the lessons are in pdf format,
you will need Adobe Acrobat to read
them.
Trees
and Forests
Links to many lessons and units on trees and forests
from Mr. Donn.
Northern
Forest Curriculum
Click on a title form the menu to download curriculum
packets in pdf format.
Talk about
Trees
Seven lesson
plans about California forests.
Uses of
Trees
A kindergarten
lesson plan in which students identify three or four
ways trees are used.
Trees, Trees, Trees!!!!
A literature-based lesson plan for grades 2-5.
Trees on the Plains: A Living Snowfence
A lesson plan for grades 3-5 which demonstrates
the importance
of trees in rural areas through the
planting of a living snow fence.
It is from a collection of lesson
plans titled
Humans, the Environment,
and the Great Plains.
Deciduous and Coniferous
Trees
A lesson plan for grades 3-5. See also
Trees
for links to many resources.
If a Tree Falls
in the Forest
A lesson plan
fopr grades 3-5 from National Geographic.
Trees Rule!
A lesson plan for grades 4-6 from
Humans, the Environment,
and the Great Plains.
This lesson deals with urban
tree replacement.
Tree Measurement
An lesson plan for grades 4-6 in which students
measure the trunk, crown,
and height of trees using vertical
and horizontal measurement.
Trees and Forests: A WebQuest for 6th-Grade
Science
See also
Where Did
All the Trees Go WebQuest
and
Who Will Speak for the Trees?
Biomes: Forests
and Seeds
A middle-grade
lesson plan from DiscoverySchool.com in which students
learn how seasonal changes affect life in a temperate
forest.
Deforestation
A unit from The Educator's
Reference Desk.
Temperate Deciduous Forest
A high school lesson plan.
Local Trees and Their Function
A 10th-grade lesson plan in which students learn
about deciduous
trees and the various types of leaves
and arrangements associated
with them.
Leaves
How are Leaves
Alike and Different?
A lesson plan that can be adapted to various grade
levels. See
also
Trees,
a resource with information
about tree shapes, tree seeds,
and how trees protect their space.
Comparing Leaves
Another lesson plan that can be used with a variety
grade levels. See also
Leaves
for many related resource pages.
Fall Leaves
A kindergarten
lesson plan in which students
count fall leaves.
Leaves Lesson Plan
An elementary
lesson plan in which students learn that trees can
be identified by their leaves and then
produce a field guide of trees around their
school, home, and/or community.
Fall Leaves
Fall
An interdisciplinary
lesson plan for grades
K-3.
Observing Leaves
A primary-grade lesson plan in which students use
magnifying lenses
to observe the differences among
leaves. See also
Observe a Leaf
for a similar 1st-grade
lesson plan.
Colors
in the Leaves
A lesson
plan for grades 1-4. For a lesson
plan on the seasons,
click
here.
Add Color --
and Learning -- to
Your Fall Lesson Plans!
Many ideas
to celebrate fall and its colors
from Education World. See also
Photosynthesis: Don't
"Leaf" Out Fall's Most Valuable
Lesson
for more ideas
rom Education World.
The Miracle of Fall
Information on fall color. Click on
education
for teaching activities
related to the seasons and
fall foliage.
Rain Forest
Rain Bird Rain Forest Curriculum
Curriculum materials and activities for all grade
levels.
Amazon Rain
Forest
Unit
A cross-disciplinary, primary-grade unit.
Also, see
Why Save the Rain Forest,
an excellent resource and
Rain Forest
Animals,
a teacher's guide from Newton's
Apple.
Rain Forest
and Planet
Ecology
A thematic unit for grades 3-5. See also
Rainforest.
Rainforest
A 4th-grade
lesson plan from A to Z Teacher
Stuff.
Exploring the
Rain
Forest Through Print, Graphics,
and Sound
An elementary lesson plan. See
Virtual Rainforest Trip
or the
Virtual Rainforest for an online tour.
Rainforests
An Internet-based
middle-grade or high school
lesson plan from The Discovery
Channel School.
Help Save The Rainforest!
Internet-based middle grade activities.
Biome: Rainforest
A lesson plan for
grades 7-12.
Rainforest
WebQuest
See also
Rainforest Exploration
and
Rainforest Vacations?
for other WebQuests.
Rainforest
Teaching Theme
Links to lesson
plans and worksheets from Teach-Nology.
Environment - Click on a topic:
Environment/Ecology,
Prairies,
Wetlands,
Pollution,
Waste/Recycling
Environment/Ecology
Environmental
Education Lesson Plans
Many lesson plans on the environment, rain forests,
acid rain, etc.
Exploring the Environment
Great modules
and activities for
high school environmental science.
Environmental
Quality in the 21st Century
Eleven units from the Yale-New
Haven Teachers Institute.
6 Billion Human
Beings
I'm not sure where to put this page, but if we really
want to care for and
"save the earth," finding a solution
to the world population
explosion is essential. This site
offers a place to start learning about
our ever-growing world population
and the problems associated with it.
Environmental Education
Link (EE Link)
Links to information,
projects, and organizations.
Land and People: Finding
a Balance
An environmental study project from the
USGS Learning Web
that engages high school
students in studying ecosystems
resource issues.
A to Z Teacher Stuff: Environment
- Earth Day
This site contains
links to thematic
units, lesson plans, and resources.
Our Environment
Many lesson plans
and units from
the Donns.
Earth Day - Every Day
More lesson plans
and resources
from the Donns.
The Earth and Me: Forever
Friends
A kindergarten
unit.
Our Environment
A
2nd-grade lesson plan from The
Educator's Reference Desk. See
also
Studying the ABC's of the
Environment
for a similar 3rd-grade
lesson plan.
Spinning the EcoWeb
A lesson plan
for grades 3-12.
Project
WILD
An activity based, K-12 environmental education
program from the
Council for Environmental Education.
Click on "Project WILD Activity
Guides" for information
on the K-12 or Aquatic programs.
Schoolyard Pitfall Trap
Experiment
A project-based approach to schoolyard habitat
development for students
in grades 4-12.
Ecology Lesson Plans
More than 20
lesson plans from The Educator's
Reference Desk. See also
Ecology Lesson
Plans from Teach-Nology.
Defining Ecology
An Educator's
Reference Desk Lesson Plan for
grades 3-6. See also
Living Things
in Their Environment
for a lesson
planfor grades 8-11.
Introducing Ecology Concepts
with Star Wars
A lesson plan
for grades 5-10.
The Grand Canyon
A middle-grade
lesson plan from The Discovery
Channel School that explores
how the damming of a river can have
both positive and negative effects on the
ecology of an area.
Habitat Hunt
Elementary or
middle-grade activities for teaching
about wildlife habitat and
ecology. See
Lesson Plans and Activities
for more ecology
lesson plans and activities.
Prairies
Land
Issues Lesson Plans
Five elementary lesson plans about prairies. For
an excellent resource,
see
42Explore - Prairies.
Humans, the Environment,
and the
Great Plains
Twenty lesson plans for a variety of grade levels
on the interrelationship
of people and the environment
on the northern Great Plains.
See also
Prairies,
a 1st or 2nd-grade
lesson plan using Peter Murray's
book by this title.
Madewin National Tallgrass
Prairie Activities for Classrooms
Prairie-related
lesson plans for a variety of
subjects and grade levels that
were developed by faculty from the Chicago
academy of Science.
The Incredible
Prairie Picture Show
A lesson plan
for grades K-2 from National Geographic's
Xpeditions.
Grasslands Lesson Plan
A interdisciplinary lesson plan for 3rd grade that
requires students to use the Internet. For
background information, see
Biomes - Grasslands and
Savannah.
Wild Flowers in North Dakota
An Internet-based lesson plan for grade 4, but adaptable
to other grade levels.
The American Prairie
A lesson plan
for grades 6-8 from The Discovery
Channel School.
Smallville's Prairie Problem
A multidisciplinary, hands-on project for grades
9-10. See also the
elementary
(grades 4-5) and
middle level
(grades 6-8) versions of
this activity.
Prairie
Populations
An 11th-grade lesson plan on the biodiversity of
local plant communities.
For more information on prairies,
go to
Prairie Links.
Wetlands
The Fragile Fringe
A guide for teaching
about coastal Wetlands from
the
USGS National Learning Web.
Water Educational
Training Science Project (WET)
Eleven lesson
plans in pdf format, many of which
involve wetlands including a
elementary-grade lesson titled,
Exploring Life in a Wetland Habitat.
Wetland Lessons
Lesson plans and
links from the University of Texas.
Wetlands/Migration
Lesson
Plan
An elementary lesson designed to promote awareness
for the need to protect
our nation's wetlands.
Postcards from
the Wetlands
A technology and
Internet-based elementary lesson plan.
The Woods and
Pond
A lesson plan for
grades 1-2 from The Educator's
Reference Desk.
Marsh Market
A lesson plan for grades 2-8 in which students
construct a "living"
wetland food web, then create their
own web by tracing components
of their lunches.
Create a Wetlands
Scene
A lesson plan
for grades 3-5 from National Geographic.
Wonderful Wetlands
A 4th-grade lesson
plan.
Conservation Lesson Plans from Ducks Unlimited
Teacher's guides
on wetlands ecosystems for elementary, middle, and
high school grades.
Wetland in a Pan
A lesson plan
for grades 6-8 from Penn. State University. See
Identifying Wetlands
for a high school
lesson plan from Penn. State.
Mississippi
River Wetlands
A lesson plan fro
grades 6-12 for Education World.
Biome: Wetlands
A lesson plan
for grades 7-12 from The Educator's
Reference Desk. See also
Wetlands
for another lesson
plan for grade 7-12.
Florida Wetlands Unit
An 8th-grade unit integrating science and social
studies.
Wetlands Resources
See also
Wetlands
Theme Page.
Pollution/Waste
The Path
of Pollution
A 7th or 8th-grade lesson plan in which students
follow the path of pollution
from the Chernobyl accident.
Causes
of Pollution
A lesson plan for grades
K-3.
Air Pollution: What Can
You Do?
A 3rd-grade lesson plan.
Rotten
Truth About
Garbage
Ever wonder what happens to your trash? Click here
and find out. A great
site for teaching about solid waste
and recycling.
Trash a Pizza!
A lesson
plan for grades K-6 in which
students create a pizza pie
graph of landfill components.
Waste Management
A four-lesson unit.
Let's Talk Trash
A lesson plan for grades
5-6 providing an introduction
to solid waste management.
Landfills: A Solid
Waste Management Plan
Several activities
for grades 6-8.
Air Pollution
A lesson plan for
grades 4-6 from The Educator's
Reference Desk. See
Water Pollution,
Oil Pollution,
and
Everybody Needs
a Clean Environment
for other lesson
plans from this source.
Marine Pollution
Links to lesson plans on
acid rain, marine, pollution/debris
oil spills, and water quality.
Water the Dinosaurs Drank
A multi-disciplinary unit on water pollution designed
to be taught in a
K/1 or early elementary classroom.
It contains content covering
math, science, social studies,
and language arts.
Water Pollution
A K-6 lesson plan. For other lesson plans on water
and water quality,
click here.
Pollution
Solutions
A lesson plan for grades
7-12 dealing with water pollution
in state parks.
Recycling
Waste, Composting, and Recycling
Lesson Plans.
Fifteen lesson plans and waste disposal and recycling.
More Lessons for Teaching About
Trash and Recycling
Many lesson plans
from Education World. See also
Five Lessons Teach Students
to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
What Will Decompose?
A lesson plan for grades 2-3.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Theme Page
Links to lesson plans and units on recycling.
Pollution and
Recycling
A primary-grade lesson
plan.
Recycle
A lesson plan for
grades 1-5 from The Educator's Reference
Desk. See also
Recycling.
Recycling Paper
A lesson plan for
grades 3-8 from the above source.
See also
Recycled Paper.
Recycling
A middle-grade or junior high
school lesson plan in which students
examine ethical and environmental
issues related to recycling
.
Ecology of the Dump
Three lesson plans.
Sink or Swim
A discovery lesson plan on biodegradability
Microbe Zoo
Discover the
many worlds of microbes.
What's in Your Trash
Bag?
Recycling ideas and
resources for your class. See also
Waste Reduction
Curricula and Teacher Resources.
Water/Oceans - Click on a Topic:
Water Science/Table/Cycle,
Water Quality/Pollution,
Lakes/Watershed,
Rivers,
Oceans
Water Science/Water Table/Water Cycle
Water Science for Schools
Activities, pictures,
data, maps, and
an interactive center from the
USGS
.
Science Outreach - Learning
Through Discovery - Water
Lesson Plans
Ten elementary
lesson plans grouped
by grade level.
Land or Water
A 3rd or 4th-grade
lesson plan in which students
participate in a "globe-tossing"
activity to determine if land or water
covers more area of the Earth's
surface .
Water Magic
A primary-grade lesson
plan on the water cycle.
Water Table
A lesson plan for grades 3-8.
The Water Cycle
A lesson plan for grades 4-6. See also
The Water Cycle
for a 2nd to 4th-grade
lesson plan.
Water Cycle
A lesson plan from the
Chicago Museum of Science
and Industry.
Water Quality
Water Quality Resources
Links to lesson plans,
fact sheets, and other resources.
See also
Water Quality Theme
Page.
H2O University
Lesson plans, experiments,
and activities.
Supplying Our Water
Needs
An interdisciplinary high school project requiring
Internet access.
Contaminated Drinking Water
An elementary lesson plan.
Water Theme
Links to many lesson plans
from edHelper.com. See also
Oceans
Theme.
Marine Pollution
Links to lesson plans on
acid rain, marine pollution/debris,
oil spills, and water quality.
See also
Endangered Oceans Activities.
Marine Debris on the
Chesapeake Bay
An intermediategrade
lesson plan.
Water Quality For Freshwater
Organisms
A lesson plan for grades 8-12.
What is in the Water?
A lesson plan for grades
6-12 in which students compare bottled water to
that found in a pond habitat.
Water the Dinosaurs Drank
A multi-disciplinary unit on water pollution designed
to be taught in a
K/1 or early elementary classroom.
It contains content covering
math, science, social studies,
and language arts.
Water Pollution
A K-6 lesson plan.
Watershed/Lakes
The Watershed Game
An interactive watershed planning game for grades
4-8 from the U of M. You
will have to type in your name, but
there is no charge or membership requirement.
Mapping the
Watershed
A lesson plan in pdf format on the Lake Superior Watershed.
If you are doing
an integrated unit on Lake Superior,
take a look at
Fish of the Great Lakes,
Minnesota's
Historic Shipwrecks,
Lights of Lake Superior,
and the
Great Lakes Information
Network.
Water on the Web
This program from UMD looks really interesting.
It is an interactive
curriculum designed for advanced
high school and college
students that uses real lake data
to explore basic science concepts
through directed study and inquiry.
To access the lesson plans, click on
Teacher,
and then use the scroll-down
menu in the middle of the page,
or click on
lesson index.
Can We Keep the Lake
Clean?
A primary-grade lesson plan from National Geographic's
Expeditions.
Freshwater Habitats
A lesson plan for grades
6-8 from Discovery School.com.
Summer Home
A lesson plan in which students
examine ethical and values
issues as they examine the environmental
impact of building a summer
home on a small lake.
Water Basins and Watersheds
A lesson plan for grades
8-12.
Great Lakes for Kids
Lesson plans for grades 4-8. For more information
on the Great Lakes,
go to
The Great Lakes Information
Network.
Paddle
to the Sea
An activity from the
Gulf of Maine
Aquarium
using the book
Paddle to the Sea
by Holling Clancy Holling. Among other things,
this activity examines
the effect of the Great Lakes
on local weather patterns and
compares water surface areas of the Great
Lakes to the Gulf of Maine. See also
Mini-Themes,
and scroll down the page to
find a long list of links for
a grades 5-6 unit using Holling's
book.
Rivers
Running Water/Rivers
- Life Cycle
A lesson plan in which students learn the parts
of a river system and study
the cycles involved in gradational
activity: life cycle of a river.
Rivers - Lesson Plan for
Use Offline
A lesson plan on the importance
of the water cycle in the
formation of rivers.
Click here
for a related lesson plan
on the sections of a river.
A River Runs through It
A project designed for intermediate grade
students. Access to
a river or stream is necessary. Students
will also need access to the
Internet and data collection software.
Mississippi
River
A lesson plan for grades 2 to 4 on the importance
of the Mississippi
River. For background information
about the Mississippi River,
go to
OldManRiver.com,
or the
Mississippi Headwaters Board.
Wildlife Along the Mississippi
River
A lesson plan for grades
K-5 from Education World. See
also
Mississippi River Scavenger Hunt.
More Mississippi Mud?
A WebQuest in which students learn about Mississippi
River locks and dams. See also
Let the River Run Wild
for another
WebQuest.
Mississippi River
A lesson plan for grades
6-8 from the Discovery Channel
School.
Old Man
River: Getting
to Know the Father of Waters
Two 7th-grade lesson plans on the Mississippi River.
You will have to register (it's
free) to access the lesson plan.
Rivers of Destiny
A lesson plan for grades
5-8 examining the Mississippi,
Amazon, and Mekong Rivers.
Red River of the North Flooding,
1997
A lesson plan for grades
6-12.
Oceans/Marine
Neptune's Web: Teacher's
Realm
Oceanography lesson plans in a variety of disciplines
for all grade levels
plus ocean trivia, an encyclopedia
of oceanography, and more.
UCLA - SSWIMS Lesson Plans
A huge, alphabetical list.
The Bridge Ocean
Sciences
Lesson Collections
Links to collections of lessons dealing with oceans.
See also
Oceans Theme Page.
Bay Team
Many elementary and middle grade lesson plans on
oceans and marine life.
SEA K-12
Lesson Plans
Lesson plans on marine biology,
oceanography, nautical
science, and marine ecology.
Ocean Explorer Deep East
Lesson Plans
Downloadable lesson plans
for grades 5-12.
Under the Deep Blue Sea
A high-quality K-2 lesson
plan exploring oceans and
ocean life See also
Ocean Planet: Fact Sheets.
Why is the Sea Salty?
A lesson plan for grades
1-3.
Oceans and Undersea
Life
A collaborative thematic unit for grades K-5.
NASA Oceanography
Studying oceans
from space. Scroll
down the page learning resources. See
also
Exploring Satellite
Oceanography
for a set of high school
lesson plans.
Contrasts in Blue: Life
on the Caribbean Coral Reef and
the Rocky Coast of Maine
Three high-quality lesson plans for grades 3-8 from
the
Smithsonian Institute.
Operation
Rescue
A coral reef WebQuest.
See also
Coral Reef WebQuest
and
Adventures on a Coral Reef.
Oceans All Over
An elementary lesson plan from Sea World in which
students learn the
locations and names of the world's
oceans. See also
Oceans Trailhead
for a virtual oceans field
trip!
WebQuest: The Oceans
See also
The
Ocean View WebQuest
and
Oceans WebQuest.
Treasures @ Sea
Exploring the ocean through literature!
Marine Animals/Fish
Whales Thematic Web Unit
Lesson plans
and resources for
this on-line unit. Click
Table of Contents
to find the lesson plans.
Types of Whales
A 1st-grade unit. See
also
Right Whales and People
for another primary-grade
lesson plan.
In the Company of Whales
A lesson plan for grades 6-8. For more
information on whales,
go to
The Whale Information
Network.
Whales WebQuest
See also
Whale Facts WebQuest.
Ocean Friends
A Teacher's Guide with lesson plans for grades designed
to teach P-2 students
about the marine environment
and how animals adapt to survive
in different habitats. For more
information about marine life, go
to
Sea World.
Whales and Ocean Life
A 3rd-grade lesson using cooperative learning.
Also, check out
WhaleNet - Teacher
Resources
to find information for
teaching about whales.
For
marine-life photos, take
a look at
Whale and Dolphin
Watch.
Endangered Ocean Life
Nonfiction Skills Unit
For grades 3-5.
Operation Rescue
A coral reef WebQuest.
See also
Coral Reef WebQuest.
Contrasts in Blue: Life
on the Caribbean Coral Reef and
the Rocky Coast of Maine
Three lesson plans for grades 3-8 from the
Smithsonian Institute.
Coral Cam Lesson Plans
Fifteen lesson plans on topics related to coral
reefs. Most are adaptable
to a variety of grade levels.
Click here
to download a free trial of
a cool PC game with creatures
of the undersea world.
Marine Ecosystem Food Web
A 7th-grade lesson plan in which students construct
a marine food chain.
Seashell
Discovery: A lesson in Inductive Classification
A lesson plan for grades 4-8.
Marine Mollusk Unit
For 5th grade. See also
River Lab
for three lesson plans
on oysters.
Stop the Zebra
Mussel
A data analysis activity for grades 8-12.
Biomes: Freshwater and Seawater
A lesson plan for grades
6-8 from DiscoverySchool.com. See also
Acquatic Habitats
for another middle-grade
lesson plan from Discovery School.com.
All About Fish
A 1st-grade lesson plan.
Fun with Fish
An outdoor education lesson plan in which students
learn about fish
and fishing.
Fishes of Minnesota
This interactive, online quiz is a fun way to learn
about fish species.
How Many
Fish Are in that Pond?
A high school lesson plan
in which students learn about
sampling and statistical methods
used in estimating wildlife populations.
Salmon Homing Instincts
A lesson plan for grades
3-9 from The Educator's Reference
Desk. See also
Something Fishy: The
Lifecycle of a Salmon.
Salmon Food Web
A lesson plan for grades
4-7. See two other lesson plans at
PLNet's Salmon Tales.
Pacific Salmon
A primary-grade lesson
plan from National Geographic's Expeditions.
Creative Writing:
I
am a Fish
A lesson plan integrating science and creative
writing. See also
Marine Life
for a similar activity.
Design a Fish
An activity from the
Gulf of Maine
Aquarium
which requires students
to design a fish adapted for
a coral reef and another for cold
marine environments. See also
The Fish Builder.
Something
Fishy
A lesson plan for grades 4 through 12 examines
ocean environments
and organism's methods of adapting
to survive. For an incredible
amount of information
on fish, go to
Fishbase.
Minnow Bucket Dillema
A 7th-grade lesson plan that integrates math and
science.
Perch
Dissection
A lesson plan in which students
dissect a perch, determine its sex, and collect statistical
data on perch length. For an anatomical dictionary
of fish, go to
Ichthyology Web Resources.
Fishing Around for the Facts
A high school WebQuest,See
also
Fish in Your Back Yard
for an additional WebQuest.
Identifiying
Feshwater Fish Species in South Dakota
A lesson plan for grades
9-12. See also
Getting to Know Some of Pennsylvania's
Fishes.
Fish in the Web of Life
A lesson plan for grades
5-8 designed to help students understand the diversity,
codependence and intricate balance of aquatic ecosystems.
Your Own freshwater Aquarium
in the Classroom
A lesson plan for grades
3 and up.
Fish Information
Service (FINS)
An elaborate site providing information for aquarists.
Animals: Mammals (Lesson
plans for
fish/marine animals
are listed above. Scroll
past mammals for lesson plans
on
farm animals,
reptiles/amphibians,
birds,
dinosaurs,
or
insects/spiders.
For information and resources
on zoos and/or specific animals,
go to the
Zoos and Animals Page,
or try
Vertebrate Animals Hotlist,
or
Desk Reference: Zoology.
Animals
About 40 lesson plans,
mostly on mammals and birds.
The Teacher's Guide: Mammals
Lesson plans for many species
listed alphabetically.
Mammals and
Their
Habitats
A thematic unit for grades 2-3. For
information on specific animals,
go to the
zoos and animals page.
Rain Forest Animals
A teacher's guide from
Newton's Apple.
Oh Deer!
An intermediate-grade lesson plan on the interdependence
between animals and their environment.
A Change for the Better
Resources and lesson plans on animals, particularly
Australian mammals.
Teacher Connections-the
Wild Ones
Many animal lesson
plans.
Animal Perfectus
A K-2 lesson plan on animal characteristics.
Wildlife Lesson Plans
Site contains
six elementary and
two middle-grade pre-field trip
lesson plans.
Wildlife Management
Activity Guide for Science
Teachers
More than 20 wildlife management
high school lesson plans.
Bats: Thematic Resource
Projects and
resources for a variety
of subject areas.
Going Batty!
A unit for grades
3-4.
Bears and Their Habitat
A K-1 lesson plan. See also
Five Bears Lesson: What
Do Bears Eat and How Do They
Walk?
for a kindergarten lesson
plan.
Bears of the Northern Rockies
A high school lesson plan. See also
Bear Resources on the World
Wide Web
for all sorts of bear links.
Polar Bears
A literature-based 1st-grade lesson plan. See
also
Why Polar Bears Are White.
What Bear Goes Where?
A lesson plan in which
students construct posters of three
different bear habitats.
Bears - - Animal Lesson
Plan
A high school lesson plan
from The Discovery Channel School.
Bison: Their Influence on
World Cultures
Interesting site on Bison and the Plains Indians
complete with lesson
plans.
Big Cats
A lesson plan for grades
6-8.
Dogs
A lesson plan for grades
6-8 in which students learn
about characteristics of dogs
and dog breeds. See also
Breeds of Dogs
and
Dogs at Work.
The Human Role in Dog Evolution
A high school lesson plan
from National Geographic's Xpeditions.
See also
From Wolf to Woof.
Endangered Species Theme Page
Links to lesson
plans and resources.
ABC of Endangered Species
A lesson plan for grades
K-6 from Education World. See
also
Illustrating Endangered Species.
People and Endangered Species
A lesson plan for grades
3-5. See also
Postcards from the Edge:
Endangered Species.
Schoolyard Habitats
Activity guides
from the National Wildlife Federation.
Check out their
Home
Page.
Animal Categorization
A lesson plan for grades 1-3.
Animal Classification
A lesson plan for grades
3-5 from the
Discovery School.
Animal Reproduction
A lesson plan for grades
3-5 from The Educator's Reference
Desk.
Animal Round Game
A 5th-grade lesson plan
in which students play a game
to help them understand animal characteristics.
Farm Animals
How Farm Animals Help Us
A first-grade unit plan. See also
Farm Unit Classroom Resources.
Farm
Animal Sounds:
Pen Pals
A kindergarten lesson plan emphasizing animal sounds,
listening, and
movement.
Animal Babies
on the Farm
A kindergarten or primary-grade lesson plan in which
children learn
the names of farm animals and match
them to their offspring's names.
Names of Farm Animals and Sounds They Make
A K-2 lesson plan.
From Farm to Table
A 3-week 2nd-grade unit.
Farm Animal Migrants
A 5th-grade lesson plan in
which students will identify a rare or endangered
farm animal, locate its country of origin on a world map, and
determine why it was an imported.
The Farm Unit
A literature-based primary-grade unit emphasizing
farm animals. See also
Farm
Animals/Farm Life.
Pigs
A mini-unit for grades 1-2.
Hog Wild!
A unit on pigs for grades 2-3.
Cows and Chickens Problem
A primary-grade lesson involving
problem solving.
The Story of Milk
A lesson plan for elementary
or middle school.
On the
Farm or at the Zoo?
A primary-grade lesson plan requiring students
to categorize animals
as to whether they can be
found on a farm or at a zoo.
Reptiles and Amphibians
Brown Snake in the Classroom
A webquest for grades 1-3. Take a look at
the
EMBL Reptile
Data Base
for information about snakes
and other reptiles.
Reviled and Revered
Reptiles and amphibians from the Smithsonian Institution.
Scroll down the
page for 5 lesson plans and resources.
Reptiles and Amphibians
A thematic unit for grades 2-3.
Herp Care Collection
Advice for keeping a reptile in your home or classroom.
Turtle
Tales
A 6-lesson on-line unit for students in grades
K-3. It contains
activities in language arts,
science, and art.
Click
here
for information about turtles.
A
Thousand Friends of Frogs
A good source of basic
frog information.
Click here
for their teachers page.
Frogs: A Thematic Unit Plan
A 2nd-grade unit.
Click here
for answers to frequently
asked questions about frogs.
Frog and Toad: A Lost Button
An interdisciplinary 2nd-grade lesson plan. It uses
the popular children's
book,
Frog and Toad are Friends.
Survival of the Mutant Toad
A lesson plan for grades 3-6 in which students
learn about camouflage
and how it is essential for
certain animals' survival.
The Metamorphosis of Frogs
A lesson plan for grades 3-4.
Click here
for an excellent resource
on amphibians.
Our Friend
the Frog
A WebQuest for grades 2-4.. See also
Frogs and Toads WebQuest.
How Far Can a Frog Jump?
A 4th-grade lesson plan introducing the metric system
by simulating a
jumping frog contest like that described
in
Mark Twain's
"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras
County."
It may provide an
interesting way to integrate
science, math, and literature.
Case of the Disappearing Frogs
An intermediate-grade lesson plan on the lifecycle
of frogs. This is one lesson
plan from the
Oregon Coast Aquarium's
page titled
Adventures Online,
which has other lesson plans
and online activities related
to the declining amphibians
mystery. For more information
about declining amphibian populations,
see
Declining Amphibians,
an intriguing site designed
for middle-grade and high school
students with information
about declining amphibian populations
and frog deformities first discovered
by Minnesota students. Lesson plans,
online activities, and additional
information can be found by clicking
on
Curriculum Projects.
Some of the activities require
registration.
Frog Web:
Amphibian Declines and
Deformities
Good source of information with links to educational
resources and
lesson plans.
Amphibian Mini-Lab and Frog Internet Dissection
An online dissection. For other online
dissection activities,
see
Online Frog Dissection,
Virtual Frog Dissection,
and
Frog Digestive System.
For a lesson plan
preparing students for an
actual frog dissection, see
Introduction to Organs/Organ
Systems via Frog Dissection.
Birds (
For
sites with information, photos,
sound recordings, and field
guides,
click here)
Raptor Center
Great site from
the Minnesota Raptor
Center. See their many
Lesson Plans for Teachers.
Classroom Feeder Watch
Looks interesting,
but it costs $99
to sign up initially and $20 to renew
your participation. However,
you do get slides, workbooks, etc. Maybe
you can talk your principal into
coming up with the cash!
Birds by Inquiry
A kindergarten lesson plan
from Learn NC.
Virtual Birding
Twelve excellent bird-related lesson plans for grades
3-6. For
a good source for bird information
and pictures,
click here.
Birds: To feed or Not to Feed?
A unit for grades
4-6. Click
here
for information on back
yard bird feeding and bird watching.
Birds
A thematic unit for grade 3.
Birds on the Brain
A 3rd-grade unit from Core Knowledge
Birds WebQuest
See also
Fly
Away!
For the Birds
An Internet-based lesson plan
about local birds for grades 2-5.
Earth's Heavenly Treasures:
Hummingbirds
A lesson plan for grades 2-4.
Watch the Birdie
A 6-week unit for grades 5-6
in which students develop language arts
skills while studying North American birds.
Migratory Bird
Project
A lesson plan for grades 4-7.
See also
Wetlands/Migration
and
The Road South
for two other lesson plans
on migratory birds.
Prairie Chickens
A thematic unit using the
KWL method.
Birds
A high school lesson plan
from DiscoverySchool.com. See also
Creatures of the Skies
for a middle school lesson
plan from this same source.
Wisconsin Birds
A lesson plan for grades 8-12.
No Water Off A Duck's Back
A lesson plan designed to help students understand
the impact of an
oil spill on a wetland and its winged
inhabitant
Make Way for the Ducklings
A lesson plan for grades 1-3 for this classic book
by
Robert McCloskey.
The Penguin Thematic
Unit Page
A 3rd-grade unit complete with Internet resources.
Mr. Popper's Penguins
A lesson plan on the concept of credit using this
book by Richard and Florence
Atwater. See also
Demonstrating Comprehension through Journal
Writing
for another lesson plan using this book.
Tacky the Penguin
This primary-grade lesson plan titled "What Makes
Us Different?"
uses Helen Lester's Tacky the
Penguin to explore
individual differences.
Penguins Around the World
Three elementary lesson plans. See also
A to Z
Themes - Winter
for penguin books as well
as many ideas for thematic
units on winter and winter-related
topics and
Icebergs and Penguins
for a middle-grade lesson plan.
Dinosaurs
(Scroll down past
the lessons for links to
sites with dinosaur information,
pictures, and a dinosaur dictionary)
Mini-Unit Topic: Dinosaurs
An integrative unit for grades K-1.
See also
Dinotopia,
the official Jim Gurney Dinotopia
site. Use the pull-down
menu on the right to access the
Teacher's Resource Page. For
many other dinosaur links,
click here.
Discovering Dinosaurs
A K-5 lesson plan from the
DiscoverySchool.com. See also
Dinosaur Resources.
Dinosaur WebQuest
For grade two. See also
Digging for Dinosaurs
and
Let's Hunt Dinosaurs.
Prehistoric Creatures and
Fossils
Lesson plans from the EMuseum. Scroll past the
fossils lessons to
get to dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs: Meat-Asaurus
or Vegie-Asaurus?
An activity for grades 3-5 using The Magic School
Bus: The Busasaurus.
Dino Park USA!
Activities for middle-grade students that involve
learning about dinosaurs,
designing "Dino Park USA,"
and drawing a billboard for
the park.
Geology & Paleontology
Activities
From the National Park Service. Scroll down to the
bottom of the page
for lesson plans in pdf format.
A Unit on Dinosaurs
For grades 1-3. See the great dinosaur resource
sites listed below.
Dinosaur Detective
A lesson plan for grades 6-8. See also
Digging Up Dinosaur Bones.
Dinosauria
On-line
Check out the omnipedia and picture gallery.
Dinosaurs
A good source for basic dinosaur information.
Zoom Dinosaurs
An on-line book with fact sheets, printouts, lists
of dinosaurs, a
dino dictionary, and more.
Dinosaur
Illustrations
Excellent site for locating illustrations of many
species of dinosaurs.
Insects
(general/lesson
collections/lifecycle/characteristics,
bees,
butterflies,
insect information
and
pictures)
Entomology on the World
Wide Web
Links to a large number of lesson plans and resources
for teaching and learning
about insects.
Insectlopedia
Lesson
Plans
A huge collection of insect
lesson plans.
What's Bugging You?
Ideas for lesson plans and
activities from Education World.
Using Live Insects
in
Elementary Classrooms
An entire K-3 curriculum with 20 lesson plans from
The University of Arizona Center
for Insect Science.
Crickets in the Classroom
Page
A unit involving the use of crickets to teach skills
of observation
and measurement. The page also
provides information on crickets
and sources for obtaining them.
See also
Insects: Observing a Cricket
for a K-3 lesson plan.
Insect Body Parts
A 2nd-grade lesson plan.
Insect Study
An introductory lesson plan suitable for grades
K-4. See also
Insect Study for Grades 5-8.
Insects
A thematic unit for the primary grades.
Insects
An elaborate 2nd-grade unit from Core Knowledge.
Ant Wars!
A middle-grade social insects laboratory exercise.
Life in a
Pine Cone
Another middle-grade activity.
The
Insect World
A lesson plan for grades 6-8
from DiscoverySchool.com.
What is It?
Identify a mystery bug and
send your answer by email to the
University of Kentucky Entomology
for Kids.
Insect Anatomy
A discovery-based lesson plan for grades 6-9.
Insects of the World
A WebQuest complete with an
evaluation rubric.See also
An Insect's Perspective
and
Welcome to the Wonderful World of
Insects.
Plants and Animals: Partners
in Pollination
Three lesson plans for grades 3-8 from the
Smithsonian Institute.
Africanized Honey
Bees
Sets of lesson plans about bees for all grade levels.
Honey
Bees and
Pollination
A lesson plan for grades 4-6.
Solitary and Social Bees
Another lesson
plan for grades 4-6.
Bees
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 from DiscoverySchool.com.
Bee Unit
Study
Information and activities for a primary-grade
unit.
The Buzz About Bees
A WebQuest on honet nees. See
also
Save the Honey Bees!
(grade 5) and
"Bee" on a Quest
(kdg.).
Butterfly Website:
Butterflies in Education
Scroll down the
page to see how schools are
incorporating butterflies into
the curriculum. Click on photo
gallery to see some awesome pictures.
Butterfly Unit: The Life
Cycles of Butterflies
A K-2 Unit.
Monarch Butterflies
Eight days of primary-grade
activities. See also
Monarch Quest.
Observing the Life Cycle of
a Butterfly
An lesson plan for grade 2 using
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by
Eric
Carle.
See also
Butterfly Cycle
for a 2nd-grade art lesson plan that also
uses Carle's book and
A Butterfly's Home
for a follow-up lesson plan.
Butterfly Life Cycle
An interdisciplinary 2nd-grade
lesson plan.
Life Cycle of
Butterflies
A literacy-based lesson
plan in which students use the Internet,
read a story, and write an informative
essay while learning about similarities
and differences between butterflies
and moths..
Love Those Lepidopterans!
A 2nd-grade WebQuest on butterflies
and moths. See also
Butterfly WebQuest
and
The Hungry Butterfly.
A Butterfly's Home
A lesson plan for grades K-2 on creating a butterfly
garden.
Symmetry in Butterflies
Kindergarten and PreK activities from the MN Science
Museum.
Yuckiest Site on
the Internet
Bugs, worms, even roaches!
Insectlopedia
Another terrific source for insect information.
Entemology on the WWW
Didn't find what you were looking for at the above two
sites? This site has links to
over 6000 entomological sites!
O. Orkin Insect Zoo
From the Smithsonian Institution. Check out the
curriculum and teacher
resources pages.
Bug Bios
An extensive website with great pictures, educational
resources, and
information on the important role
insects play in human culture.
Iowa State University Entomology
Image Gallery
More great insect
pictures!
Spiders
(For links to excellent
sites for spider pictures and information,
click here)
Entertaining Insects and
Spunky Spiders
A 3rd-grade lesson plan focusing on the differences
between insects and spiders.
Now We Know Spiders
A lesson plan
from a unit on spiders
using the book Anansi the Spider
by G. McDermott.
Click here
to see the entire unit.
Spider
Webs
A 2nd-grade lesson plan. See
also
Spider
Body Parts.
Spiders
A lesson plan
for grades 3-4 in
which students learn about and simulate
spider webs.
Under the Spell of . . . Spiders
A lesson plan fro grades 3-8
from Smithsonian Education.
Arachnophobia
A WebQuest for grades 3-4. See
also
Spider WebQuest
and
Spiders, Spiders Everywhere.
Arachnids
Links to several
lessons and units
from ProTeacher.
Physiology/Anatomy/Senses
(For links to physiology/anatomy
resource sites with
information and pictures,
click here)
My Body: The Five Senses
A 1st-grade lesson plan.
Senses
a 1st-grade unit.
My Five Senses
A WebQuest for grades K-2. See also
The Five Senses WebQuest
(kindergarten).
Seeing,
Hearing, and Smelling
the
World
Great resource for information on the senses. See
also
Come to Your Senses.
Virtual Cow Eye’s Dissection
Almost as good as the real thing! It could be used
as a high school level
pre-lab or an alternative to
an actual dissection.
Hearing
Twelve lesson plans for grades K-8. Also, see the
Virtual Tour of the
Ear.
Understanding Sound
A lesson plan for grades 4-5.
The Science
of Sound
A second-grade unit. Click on
Teacher's Notes
for the lesson plans.
Sound:
Ideas for Interdisciplinary Lessons
Ideas for integrating science and music from the
Virtual Museum of
Musical Instruments.
See also
How to Build Your Own Musical
Instrument.
Inner Learning Online
Human anatomy
online. The site
also includes materials for learning
about automobiles!
Cells Alive!
See images of
cells
Visible Human Body
A guided tour!
Human Body
Many lesson plans for a variety
of grade levels from The Discovery
Channel School.
Bone Transformations
An activity for grades 3-4 integrating art and
science.
Building a Baby
Lesson plans from the The Discovery Channel School.
Body
Systems Unit
An 8th-grade unit.
The Human Body Systems
An upper-elementary
unit.
Human Physiology - Systems
of the Body
A middle-grade unit that teaches about body systems
through movement
activities.
Mission to Mars: Wanted Human
Anatomy Expert
A WebQuest.
See also
Body Systems WebQuest.
The Human Skeleton
A constructivist lesson plan for grades 4-6.
The Heart: An On-Line Exploration
Heart and circulatory
system, complete
with sound effects.
How Does Your Heart Rate?
A lesson plan
for grades 2-4 in
which students measure and record their
heart rates.
The Heart
A high school
lesson plan.
An Insight Into the Hormones
of Life
A middle-grade unit on hormones.
Watch The
Brain Learn
A lesson plan for grades K-3.
Brain Power
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 in which students
learn about the human
brain and memory functions.
Neuroscience for Kids
Incredible on-line
information about
the human nervous system. Go to
Brain Awareness
Week Lessons
for several lesson plans
on the brain and nervous system,
including one titled,
Anatomy of the
Brain.
Earth Science/Geology
Earth Science Lesson Plans
About 10 lesson plans from
The Educator's Reference Desk.
See also
Geology Lesson Plans.
SCIWEBS Web Resources
Links to sites
relevant to teaching
the earth sciences. See also
the
Geological
Society - Teaching Resources
for another set of links.
Glacier National Park Electronic
Field Trip
Field trip with
audio and accompanying lesson plans.
Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils
An elementary unit. See also
Rocks and Minerals
from
the
Franklin Institute
for a mineral gallery and
information about rocks and
minerals.
Rocks
A lesson plan
for grades 6-8 from
the Discovery School.
Click here
for a 4th-grade lesson
plan on rocks.
Minerals, Crystals, and
Gems
Three lesson plans from the
Smithsonian.
Minerals Identification
Lab
A lesson
plan for grades 6-12.
Visualizing Earth Lesson
Plans
Great site for
many geology and earth
science lesson plans (plate
tectonics, earth quakes, etc.).
Sandwich
Squash:
How the Himalayas Were Formed
A lesson plan in which students create and record
a model of mountain
formation as well
as identify major mountain building
formations around the world.
See
Tectonic Plate
Motion,
an excellent resource.
Exploring Caves
An interdisciplinary set of materials from the
USGS on caves for grades
K-3.
The World's Biomes
This is a really
good site with
information about and pictures
of the world's five basic biomes:
aquatic, deserts, forests,
grass lands, and tundra.
Discovery of the Earth's Biomes
A lesson plan for grades 4-6
from The Educator's Reference Desk.
See also
Biomes: Characteristic Plant
and Animal Life.
Biome: Mountains
Another lesson plan for grades
7-12 from the Educator's reference
Desk. See also
Biome: Deserts,
Biome: Rainforests,
and
Biome: Wetlands.
Biomes
A 6th-grade WebQuest. See also
The World Biomes Webquest.
Glacier Climbing
A lesson plan from
Newton's Apple.
See
also
WebQuest - Glaciers.
Deserts
A 6th-grade unit with nine lesson plans. See also
Biome: Deserts.
Mountain Lesson
Plan
A 3rd to 6th-grade lesson plan about mountains. See
also
Biome: Mountains.
The Earth that Binds Us
A grade 4 unit with 6 lesson plans.
Volcano World
Volcanos on-line!
See their links
to
Volcano
Lesson Plans.
Volcanoes!
Travel to the Cascades; explore Mt. St. Helens and
volcanoes of Hawaii
and Alaska; or access a Teacher's
Guide and 6 lesson plans
for grades 4-8.
WebQuest About Volcanoes
See also
Volcanoes!
Fossils
Learning
From the Fossil Record
A large collection of lesson plans.
Fossils
A lesson plan for grades 1-2. See also
Fossils with Play-Dough
for a grades 3-5 lesson
plan.
A History of the Earth:
Digging Up the Past
A grade 4 unit.
Fossils and Migration Patterns
in Early Hominids
A lesson plan for grades 7-12.
Studying Fossils
A lesson plan for grades 7-12.
Who's on First? A Relative Dating Activity
A secondary unit involving a sequencing activity
using fossil pictures
printed on "rock layer" cards.
Fossils
An 3rd-grade WebQuest. See
also
Fossil Hunter WebQuest
and
Fossil
in Time.
Weather
The Weather
Channel
Forecasts, radar,
information
on El Nino, etc. See also
The Weather
Channel Storm Encyclopedia.
Meteorology
About 30 lesson plans from The
Educator's Reference Desk.
Weather
Eye
Weather lesson plans for elementary and secondary
levels.
The Weather Unit
Weather lesson
ideas and information
for virtually any subject.
Charting the Weather
Lesson plan with science, math, and writing activities.
Our Town
An elementary lesson in which students make observations
and draw conclusions
on the local temperature variations.
Factors that Affect Climate
A 5th-grade unit using the Internet.
Wonders of Weather Performance
Task
An interdisciplinary 5th-grade lesson plan correlated
to the national
standards. It includes a scoring
guide and results of students'
work.
Weather Forecasting
A lesson plan for grades 2-6. See also
Weather Forecasting
for a middle-grade lesson.
Let's
Study Weather
Together
A unit suitable for the primary grades.
Collaborative
Thematic
Unit: Weather
A K-2 unit.
The Wind:
Our Fierce
Friend
A collection of units and lesson plans on wind.
See also
The
Wind Blows.
Why the Sky is Blue
A demonstration for students of all ages designed
to show how the atmosphere
affects sunlight to create the sky
colors we see.
Weather/Clouds
An elementary lesson plan.
Clouds
A lesson plan for grades 4-6. See also
Cloud Types
and
Clouds, Clouds, Clouds!
Humidity, Condensation,
and Clouds
A lab activity on clouds.
Stormy Weather
A lesson plan for grades
6-8 exploring the causes of lightning.
See also
Lightning! Classroom Activity,
Watch the Sky for Lightning
and
Lightning Safety.
Rainbow
A kindergarten lesson plan
in which students learn the
colors of the rainbow.
Weather Changes with the
Seasons
A 1st-grade lesson plan using critical thinking
strategies.
The Seasons
A collaborative, thematic unit for K-3.
Leap into Spring
A webquest for grades 2-4.
Global Warming
A unit for grades 7-12 in which students study global
climate changes,
discuss and debate the current arguments
for and against global warming
and the Greenhouse Effect, investigate
the possibility of global warming
and the Greenhouse Effect, and present
their findings in the form of research
reports.
Acid Rain Lesson
Plan
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 from the National
Park Service. See also
Acid Rain.
Sun and Solar Science
A collection of multi-disciplinary activities.
El Nino Effect Using the Internet
A lesson plan for grade 4.
El Nino and La Nina Resource Center
The Tornado Project Online
Great site for
accessing information
about tornados.
Tornado!
A lesson plan for grades 6-8
From The Discovery Channel School.
See also
Tracking Tornadoes
and
Tornadoes.
Online Guide to Meteorology
A a collection of web-based instructional modules
appropriate for
high school students.
Disasters
(Click here
for links to resource sites with
information
on disasters and catastrophes)
Natural Disasters
A 4th or 5th-grade unit.
Hurricane!
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 from DiscoverySchool.com
See also
Understanding Hurricanes
and
Hurricanes
Theme Page.
Surfing for Earthquakes
and Volcanoes
A brief unit for grades 6-8.
Landslides
A lesson plan for grades
6-8.
Avalanche!
A lesson plan for grade 6-8.
The Impact of Natural Disasters
Around the World
A Internet-based middle-grade
lesson plan. See also
Natural Disasters Theme Page.
A Study of Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
An Internet-based junior high school lesson plan.
For other lesson plans, see
Earthquakes: Learn from the Past,
Prepare for the Future
and
The Three Little Pigs in Earthquake
Land.
A Model of Three Faults
An activity from the USGS.
Earthquakes: causes and effects
A 6th-grade lesson plan from Learn NC.
Disasters that Changed American
History
A high school level lesson plan.
Red River of the North Flooding
1997
A lesson plan for grades 7-12 on rivers and flooding.
Natural Catastrophic
Phenomena
A teacher's guide.
Physical Science
(
Including
Collections
of Physical Science Lessons,
Atoms/Molecules,
States of Matter,
Gravity,
Force and Motion,
Light,
Magnets,
Electricity,
and
Heat)
Collections of Physical Science Lessons
Physical Science Activities
An extensive alphabetical list of middle-grade physical
science activities
from the
Physics
Education at the University
of Virginia.
Physical Science
Lesson plans on a variety of physical science topics
from The Educator's Reference
Desk.
DiscoverySchool.com Physical Science
Lesson Plans
More than 60 lesson plans organized
by grade level.
ProTeacher
Physical Science
Elementary-grade lesson plans.
Girls
RISE (Raising
Interest in Science and Engineering)
High interest activities for middle grade physical
sciences.
Atoms and Molecules
Molecules
and Temperature
A lesson plan for the primary grades.
Diffusion of Molecules
A lesson plan for grades 3-4 on molecular movement.
Edible Atom
A lesson plan for grades 4-6 in which students to
choose an element from
the periodic table and design the
atom complete with protons,
neutrons, and electrons.
Making Models: The Atom
An activity-based lesson plan for grades 4-6. For
an excellent introduction
to atoms, see
All
About Atoms.
The Building Blocks of Matter
- Parts of an Atom
A 5th-grade lesson plan using Hyperstudio.
Building Molecules from
Atoms
A teacher's guide and lessons using constructivism
designed for the
elementary and middle grades. Go to
the
site map
to view the whole curriculum.
Atoms: What They Look Like
and Their Composition
A lesson plan that is part of a unit on elements.
Unfortunately,
the rest of the unit does not
appear to be available online.
See also
Atomic Structure
and Subatomic Particles
for an excellent elementary-level
resource.
The Reason for the Atom and the Design
of the Periodic Table of Elements
A 9th-grades lesson plan. See
also
Periodic Table Lesson Plan.
Atomic Theory
An Internet-based lesson plan. See also
Introduction to Atomic Physics
and
Atomic Models and Spectra.
Matter/States of Matter
Is Air Something?
A 3rd-grade unit. See also
Gases Lighter and Heavier than
Air.
Matter: Solids, Liquids,
and Gases
A 3rd-grade unit.
States of Matter
A 3rd-grade lesson plan.
Click here
for a nice resource on states
of matter. See also
States of Matter Lesson Plans.
States of
Matter
Another elementary lesson plan. See also
The Three States of Matter.
Density and Will It Sink or Float
A 4th-grade lesson plan.
Density Lesson Plan
A Internet-based lesson plan introducing the concept
of density. See also
Comparing Densities
of Different Liquids.
Gravity
Gravitational Force
An Internet-based lesson plan.
Weightlessness and Gravity
A lesson plan in which students
learn about the effects
of weightlessness on humans and
objects in space and conduct a hands-on
experiment to discover the
benefits of gravity.
Gravity Gets You Down
A lesson plan for grades
6-8.
Gravity and Centrifugal
Force
A lesson plan for grades 7-12. Scroll down the
page for a second lesson
plan in which calculate their
prospective weights and
ages on other planets using the supplied
conversion factors from the Planet
Hop website.
It's Gravity
A lesson plan for grades 9-12
to develop
students’ understanding of gravity
and its critical role as the main mover of
the universe.
Newton's
Theory of Universal
Gravitation
A high school lesson plan.
Force and Motion
Force and Motion Lesson Plans
Links to more than 100 lessons.
Motion
A 1st-grade lesson plan integrating science and
language arts.
Forces and Friction
A lesson plan on forces, friction, Newton's 3rd
law.
Newton's Third
Law
Of Motion
A lesson plan for grades 4-6.
Forces and Motion
A lesson plan for grades
6-8 from the DiscoverySchool.com.
Motion
and Force
An 8th-grade unit.
Motion
in a Circle
A high school lesson plan on Newtonian mechanics
and space flight.
Projectile Motion
A high school lesson plan..
Internet Links
Links to lesson plans on motion and projectiles.
Light
