Concord Consortium
Polymers and Monomers
You don't want to break these chains! Show young chemists and biologists the basics of polymerization with a simple interactive. The resource gives learners three types of polymers to experiment with, as well as a brief tutorial about...
K20 Learn
Do Placebos Kill Minotaurs?
But it's just a game! Learners play a game to learn basic concepts of statistical hypothesis testing. After using the digital-game module, pupils develop their own statistical hypotheses and test them.
California Department of Education
Etiquette? What’s That?
Business etiquette is a big deal! Are your scholars prepared to impress in the business world? The third in a series of six college and career readiness lessons focuses on basic behaviors in business situations. Groups research specific...
Discovery Education
By All Indications
How do people determine if something is acidic or basic? Learners make their own acid-base indicators using red cabbage and then determine the acidity and alkalinity of different substances. First, they test substances of known pH and...
Curated OER
Accordion-Book Summary
Introduce your young readers to the book review. Groups of writers practice the basic steps of writing a book report and complete an Accordion-Book Summary activity. The lesson includes book report basics and directions to make...
Curated OER
Sentence Styles: Lesson Ten
For a basic overview of phrases (prepositional, absolute, appositive, and participial), use this presentation in your grammar unit. Each slide contains a short explanation and an example, concluding with a slide about relative clauses....
Curated OER
Boating Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 3 - First Aid
What are the basic first aid supplies that should be on a boat? What should be done when someone stops breathing and/or their heart stops beating? Lesson three is only one of twenty-two lessons on boat safety. This lesson is about first...
Curated OER
Shapes Around Us
Students identify basic two-dimensional shapes. They are able to identify the four basic two-dimensional shapes: squares, rectangles, triangles, and circles. Students write/draw in their learning logs a reflection of what they noticed...
Curated OER
Word Processing Can Be Lots of Font!
Explore the basic functions of word processing programs. Young computer users practice deleting, inserting, and changing text. They experience using computer functions as they copy a required poem and complete various computer exercises....
Curated OER
Investing for the Future
Twelfth graders perform basic calculations for saving and investment strategies. they simulate the investment of $1,000 in the stock market and savings account. they determine which pays the greater dividend.
Curated OER
Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 21 - Wake Boarding Review
In boat safety lesson 21, the class reviews the basic techniques of wakeboarding. They review the skills and perform them in the pool with a partner. There are many resource links associated with this lesson.
Curated OER
Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 22 - Unit Exam
Lesson 22 is part of a 22 instructional activity unit on boat safety and water sports. This last instructional activity is an assessment of what the pupils have learned. Each of them is to demonstrate how to put on a life vest, put...
Curated OER
Happy, Sad, Scared And Mad: All Belong To Me
Students investigate the basic emotions that are experienced by human beings. They define and differentiate between the feelings of happiness, sadness, and anger. Students complete a feelings worksheet and look at images that represent...
Curated OER
Dolch Sight Words in a Story
Learners read a story with 220 basic sight words. They discuss why the words are important to identify and utilize them in their own writing assignments.
Curated OER
The Supreme Court: The Judicial Power of the United States
Learners learn basic facts about the Supreme Court by examining the United States Constitution and one of the landmark cases decided by that court.
Curated OER
Keyboarding Lesson - U X P
It's time to type! Pupils engage in a basic lesson in elementary computer keyboarding. They locate and type letters u, x, and p. Additional practice includes key stroking technique and typing with continuity.
Curated OER
Keyboarding Lesson - R C
Learners engage in a basic lesson in elementary computer keyboarding. They review the home row and the location of letters. Also, they practice conditioning and speed.
Curated OER
Keyboarding Lesson - Period
Pupils engage in a basic instructional activity in elementary computer keyboarding and using the period key. The drills can be done together as a class, following your oral instructions, or individually. Accuracy, not speed, is the main...
Curated OER
Working with Percentages
Learners complete basic operations using percentages in a variety of real world situations. Discounts are computed and compared to a variety of prices listed in local newspaper advertisements.
Curated OER
Dinosaurs
Young scholars are introduced to the various types of dinosaurs and write in their journals about their favorite one. After listening to a story and watching a filmstrip, they color a few pages in their Dinosaur Friends Book. They also...
Curated OER
DNA Structure and Extraction
High schoolers see DNA as a physical building block of organisms and comprehend the basic structure of DNA and the specific components in its structure. They can explain the specific nature of base-pair matching in DNA and that DNA bases...
Curated OER
Signed Number Operations and Absolute Value
Students examine methods for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing signed numbers. The observe animated illustrations of each operation. students discover the basic meaning of absolute value. They compute problems after instruction.
Curated OER
Add Hundreds
Learners use the basic facts in 6 word problems to help them add hundreds. They use base ten blocks to model and assist them with their addition.
Curated OER
Pin Grab
Pin Grab is a basic tag game. Each player has a clothes pin attached to the back of their shirt. Other players try to grab them off. If a player has their pin grabbed off they must do a physical activity, such as jumping jacks to get...
