Teachers learn to break complex tasks into smaller, manageable steps using classroom routines and Iowa Core standards as examples.
A lesson focused on the physics of hitting a home run in baseball. Students explore cause-and-effect relationships and vocabulary context clues through a reading passage, followed by comprehension questions and a creative writing prompt.
An introductory 3-day coding unit for 6th-grade students using Micro:bits. Students learn basic programming concepts like algorithms, loops, and event handlers through interactive physical computing and cooperative pair programming.
A 1st-grade science unit where students work in expert groups to explore Earth, the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus in relation to the Sun. Each group reads specialized text and sketches key observations to build collaborative knowledge.
A third-grade project-based learning lesson where students learn about Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and collaborate to create their own media campaign focusing on water conservation, pollution prevention, or global clean water access. Includes an introductory slide deck, student planning packet, and a comprehensive teacher guide with rubrics.
Students collaborate in teams to script, storyboard, and edit their water conservation PSA, which they will then present to make a difference in their community.
Students learn the elements of persuasive communication, including target audience, emotional appeal, memorable slogans, and engaging hooks, laying the groundwork for their PSA scripts.
Students explore the distribution of water on Earth, discover how little freshwater is accessible for human use, and learn the science of why water conservation is critical.
This lesson covers the fundamentals of seismic energy, comparing P-waves and S-waves, analyzing seismograph readouts, and exploring how scientists decode the Earth's interior structure.
An active, inquiry-driven introduction to forces, gravity, friction, and magnetism. Students explore concepts through a slide deck, guided notes, hands-on inquiry journals with data graphing, independent scenario practices, and a differentiated choice board.
A science lesson investigating the massive Sargassum seaweed bloom stretching across the Atlantic Ocean. Students explore its ecological benefits in the open ocean, the hazards it poses to coastlines, and the human and environmental factors driving its growth.
A thrilling comparison lesson focused on polar bears and grizzly bears. Students read a themed comparison passage, complete fact-retrieval questions, and play a write-in bingo review game based on the book 'Who Would Win? Polar Bear vs. Grizzly Bear'.
This lesson guides students through reflecting on their experiences with the OpenSciEd Grade 6 units on Light Energy and Thermal Energy. It includes a comprehensive survey for students to share their feedback, highlights, and conceptual growth.
An end-of-year science celebration lesson containing engaging, black-and-white puzzle sheets and activities for 7th-grade students to complete independently.
An interactive STEM challenge and read-aloud experience based on Leo Timmers' 'Elephant Island'. Students design and build floating island rafts to rescue Arnold and his friends.
The complete 8-day camp program containing the comprehensive Teacher Manual, printable Challenge Task Cards, and the daily Student Camp Journal.
An interactive vocabulary lesson on Earth and Space Science, featuring visual matching card decks and tactile fill-in-the-blank cloze activities covering rocks, weather, water cycles, and space.
A collection of foundational reference sheets, formula grids, and problem-solving templates designed to support Connecticut high school physics students across all NGSS units.
A 5th-grade viewing guide lesson centered around the ecological themes of The Bee Movie. This lesson provides tiered scaffolds (Emerging, Expanding, and Bridging) to support English Language Learners in analyzing pollination, human-bee interaction, and environmental responsibility.
An end-of-year science project lesson where 6th-grade students explore plant and animal cells through creative coloring worksheets and a student-designed cell analogy project. Includes high-quality coloring diagrams and a comprehensive graphic organizer guide.
A comprehensive STEM lesson where students design, build, and launch water bottle rockets to explore pressure, volume, and Newton's laws. Students apply physics principles and mathematical formulas to model trajectories and calculate apogee height from hang time.
A high-energy, relationship-building transition lesson designed to introduce rising 7th graders to their future 7th-grade science classroom and teacher through interactive activities on the last day of school.
A differentiated stoichiometry assessment suite tiered by mathematical complexity, visual scaffolding, and conceptual depth. Features three distinct, parallel versions of a 2-page quiz centered around unique real-world chemistry applications.
A 2-day hands-on STEM engineering challenge where 3rd-grade students design, build, and test index card bridges to explore balanced and unbalanced forces, gravity, and load-bearing structures.
A hands-on 2nd-grade science unit where students study the Painted Lady butterfly's anatomy, trace its life cycle, and compile their findings into a guided research report. Includes interactive visual slides, a multi-page student lab book, and a detailed teacher facilitation guide with grading rubrics and answer keys.
A promotional and planning resource bundle for Zeal Online School's 'AI Superstar' program. Includes a highly descriptive scene-by-scene video storyboard guide for the presenter and a vibrant promotional flyer and informational packet for parents.
A comprehensive project-based lesson where middle school students embark on a research journey to analyze a specific ecosystem, mapping out food webs, calculating energy pyramids, and identifying symbiotic relationships in a structured field-portfolio format.
A set of beautifully color-coded GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) Here/There chants that introduce students to repeating solar and lunar cycles. Includes classroom-ready anchor chart posters for rotating Earth patterns and changing moon phases.
An interactive unit lesson plan implementing Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD) strategies to teach 1st graders about the Colville National Forest ecosystem. Students interact with pictorial charts, chant high-frequency science vocabulary, and earn literacy awards detailing local keystone species, food webs, and seasonal changes.
A dynamic science lesson on simple machines focusing on levers and fulcrums. Students explore the three classes of levers through hands-on scenarios, visual models, and interactive challenges.
An engaging lesson on insect collective nouns and terminology, featuring a word search, crossword, and hands-on matching and writing activities exploring how bugs gather in groups.
A comprehensive kindergarten science lesson where students explore summer using their five senses. The lesson includes a teacher guide, interactive slides, an outdoor sensory walk checklist, and a reflective sensory journal.
An interactive sensory science lesson where kindergarteners explore the seasonal changes of summer using their five senses through classroom discovery, an outdoor sensory walk, and journal reflections.
A modular, self-paced entrepreneurship project designed for alternative education students in work-study programs. It bridges real-world work experience with business planning, allowing students to design and pitch their own mock business.
A comprehensive, scaffolded pretest aligned to the GED Science test. It includes student-facing diagnostics for life, physical, earth, and space sciences, alongside a detailed teacher answer key with explanatory feedback.
A comprehensive history and hands-on design lesson for 9th-10th graders exploring how intellectual property and patents shape our world. Students analyze technical diagrams, dissect famous historical patents, and write a mock patent application for a tool of their own design, blending technical drawing with precise expository writing.
A first-grade science lesson comparing the observable physical and behavioral features of frogs and toads. Includes dual illustrated reading passages, a picture-supported graphic organizer, a sentence-frame writing scaffold, and a teacher facilitation guide.
A comprehensive safety and preparation kit for students and teachers participating in a neighborhood trash pick-up community service project. It includes safety slides, a student contract and checklist, and a detailed teacher instruction guide.
A high-engagement, print-ready scavenger hunt and review activity where students track down canine trait clues. Designed for easy delivery by a substitute teacher, it includes a step-by-step facilitation script, task cards, a student investigation log, an answer key, and creative early-finisher extensions.
A comprehensive study and practice package for Chemistry 1406 Exam 2. It contains a highly structured, side-by-side strategy guide paired with a 30-question practice exam, and a matching detailed answer key with step-by-step rationales.
A 7th-grade science lesson introducing the water cycle through the metaphor of Earth's plumbing blueprint, featuring a highly visual, conceptual slide deck and a matching blueprint-themed student notes organizer.
An immersive 5th-grade exploration of Earth's water systems, connecting global bodies of water directly to the continuous cycle of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff. Students trace how thermal energy drives these transitions across saltwater and freshwater reservoirs.
A highly visual and tactile introduction to polymer chains, monomers, and everyday applications. Students explore how small repeating units form strong, flexible, and stretchy properties through hands-on modeling and scaffolded writing.
A comprehensive learning suite focused on identifying chemical reactions through visual clues, contrasting physical and chemical changes, and sorting real-world household examples. Includes a complete anchor chart, student fill-in chart, pocket resources, and a hands-on sorting kit.
A rigorous assessment lesson covering Charles's Law, Gay-Lussac's Law, and the Ideal Gas Law. Students demonstrate understanding through conceptual multiple-choice questions and solve multi-step algebraic calculations with gas behavior formulas.
A comprehensive assessment package focused on the individual empirical gas laws (Boyle's, Charles's, and Gay-Lussac's laws). It includes a beautifully formatted printable student quiz and a highly detailed step-by-step teacher answer key, both themed around a vintage 19th-century scientific research log.
A comprehensive assessment lesson on the behavior of gases. Students demonstrate their understanding of Boyle's, Charles's, Gay-Lussac's, Combined, and Ideal gas laws through theoretical and quantitative problem-solving.
An engineering design challenge where students design, prototype, and test an insulated cup to keep water cold. Emphasizes thermal energy transfer, materials science properties, the engineering process, and data analysis.
