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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Effect of Acid Rain on Limestone

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Pupils investigate the pH of rain water in this earth science lesson. They collect rain water from their area and explore the pH when lime stone is added, then they will use the data collected to conjecture as to the effect of acid rain...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Which Way?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Middle schoolers explore distance-time plots. In this algebra lesson, they will investigate how different types of motion affect the distance-time plot.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Your Speed?

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Learners explore the concept of distance v. time. They use a CBR to collect data on their distance over time, then plot their data using a scatter plot and find an equation to model their data. Pupils discuss what if scenarios which...
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Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Light and Day

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Pupils explore the concept of collecting data as they collect data on their graphing calculator about time, temperature, and light. Learners plot the data and create histograms and box and whisker plots to analyze the data.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Slow Down - Speed Up

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Pupils explore the concept of distance and time as they use a CBR to mimic distance v. time graphs. Learners walk towards and away from the monitor to create various distance v. time graphs, then discuss what motion creates certain graphs.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lemon "Juice"

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Middle schoolers explore the concept of electricity in this lesson plan as they measure the electricity that a lemon gives off. Learners use volt meters to measure the amount of electricity coming from the lemon. Your class will...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Civil War

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Historical poetry is lyrical in form and rich with content. After examining the differences between the Northern and Southern states before and during the U.S. Civil War, learners complete a Venn diagram and create an illustration of the...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Sentence Structures, Rhetorical Devices, & Transitions

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] The most effective expository and procedural texts contain rhetorical devices, transitional words and phrases, and a variety of sentence structures. Students will learn some...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Easy to Create Graphic Organizers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Two PDF's that can be viewed online or downloaded and printed. The first is one page showing students several examples of abbreviations that can be used when taking notes. The second is a four pages and shows how different types of...
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Professional Doc
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Semantic Maps for Word Learning [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Classroom teachers will learn about semantic maps, an engaging instructional strategy tool. Teachers will learn how to implement semantic maps, understand how to measure progress with semantic maps, find research that supports semantic...
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Activity
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Use Acronyms to Remember Information

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient learning strategy. Students will learn how to use acronyms as a study tool.
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Graphic
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Graphic Organizers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of pre-formatted graphic organizers that you can integrate into activities and lesson plans or use by themselves.