This investigation allows students to observe cells from multiple sources. Plant, animal and bacterial cells will be observed as well as cells from multicellular organisms and single-celled organisms. After providing written descriptions...

This lesson will help students develop their scientific observation skills and encourages students to make detailed observations. They will draw and describe insect specimens so another classmate can identify it.

Students investigate landforms and features associated with estuaries by taking a journey down a river to an estuary system where the river empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Weeks Bay. They will use Google Maps and other resources to...

As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this site goes over several tips of general advice to keep in mind when writing about observations (as part of descriptive writing).

An activity for students to fine tune their observation skills using their senses in their own backyard. During this activity, students will record their observation to compare and contrast living things over a period of different seasons.

African artists commonly base their work on animals observed in their natural habitats. Artful Animals lets you view African art that takes animals as its subject and inspiration. Learn about animals as symbols in African art, the beauty...

In this field investigation, small groups of students will observe and measure characteristics of the South Crow River near Mayer, Minnesota. Data collection on these characteristics will include but not be limited to: speed of current...

Colorful and engaging resources for learning about birds. There is a downloadable 4-page guide with information about John James Audubon, guidelines for how to observe and identify birds, and tips on how to be a friend to birds. There is...

This lesson engages students in learning the differences among observations, facts, and inferences. Students will study about the reintroduction of wolves into the Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone Region. Students will work in small groups...

Video program explains the difference between observation and experiment and the principles of experiment design. Lesson draws on real-life example of heart disease study and a double-blind experiment. [28:39]

For this lesson, students will observe and communicate how the stars are in the sky both day and night. The extremely detailed lesson includes photos and videos of the lesson in actions, examples of student's work, materials, parent...

Explore different landforms and bodies of water around the world, observe and map landforms and water features, and practice observation and analysis skills through a virtual landscape and animated adventure in Plum's Island Explorer....

This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring trees. Students will use the online tools to draw a tree that they closely observe.

Young scholars will explore the life cycle of a butterfly using a website and observations of caterpillar metamorphosis. This lesson will incorporate science, mathematics, language arts, and art.

This unit introduces students to a study of life cycles by having them examine the life cycle of a butterfly. The students will observe, record and describe the changes in caterpillars as they become butterflies. The teacher will...

Learn about different landforms and water bodies and the various characteristics that make them distinct from one another in this lesson plan from WGBH. Navigate around a virtual island to unlock information -- including videos and...

Observe fast and slow events that change the face of Earth's surface with this slideshow. Students will use evidence from videos and images to describe how changes on Earth's surface can happen quickly or slowly. Students will have the...

Navigate around the island to explore various landforms and water bodies in this interactive game from PLUM LANDING. Journey around the island and pick up trash to unlock information - including videos and ground-level and aerial images...

This lesson plan is designed to have young children explore the concept of sinking vs. floating by using the skills of prediction, observation and classification.

An image of "Napoleon and Pitt Observing Each Other", created by Piercy Roberts, c. 1809 (Coloured engraving).

Background information: This activity is an extension of the children's exposure to states of matter in the Scott Foresman science series for Grade 2. This lesson has a Literacy component. Using the book by Dr. Seuss, "Bartholomew and...

Students use LEGO MINDSTORMS robotics to help conceptualize and understand the force of friction. Specifically, they observe how different surfaces in contact result in different frictional forces. A LEGO robot is constructed to pull a...

Students use a LEGO ball shooter to demonstrate and analyze the motion of a projectile through use of a line graph. This activity involves using a method of data organization and trend observation with respect to dynamic experimentation...

Provides extensive evidence of the many ways scientists have observed and recorded climate change on a rapid, global scale. Lists different events observed, such as receding ice sheets and evidence in rocks, and presents graphs, images,...