This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches students about the importance of certain plants and animals within local communities. This includes agricultural and wildlife organisms, food chains, food webs, and the positive and negative effect humans have on the environment. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The ... Full description.

This lesson will help students understand the ecological impacts of volcanism in the Mariana Islands. They will be able to describe at least three beneficial impacts of volcanic activity on marine ecosystems and explain the overall tectonic processes that cause volcanic activity along the Mariana Arc. In addition to being tied to the National Science Education Standards, this hands-on, inquiry-based ... Full description.

The AskERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) lesson plan collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States and the world. These geology lesson plans give the grade level, teacher who submitted the lesson, subject, overview of lesson, concepts covered, purpose, teaching objectives, materials ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan discusses the survival needs of animals. Students learn about endangered species, identify some reasons why certain animals are endangered, and discover ways people can help animals survive. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors address content with an activity ... Full description.

This lesson plan asks students to consider the natural disasters that might occur near their homes and to determine where it would be best to build a house in order to avoid damage from a natural disaster or storm. They will do the Stormy Stories online activity, research natural disasters and storms, and write reports pretending their families have sought their advice on the safest places to build ... Full description.

This lesson on the cause of currents and water circulation in the Arctic Ocean will require students to investigate the influence of salinity and temperature on the density of seawater to determine what factors drive water circulation in the Arctic Ocean. Students identify the primary driving forces for ocean currents and infer the type of water circulation to be expected in the Arctic Ocean, given ... Full description.

This lesson demonstrates that simple models can be used to represent real world objects that are not easily brought into a classroom. Students will create a wave model using two different types of simple models. The approach of creating, describing, and understanding qualitative models is critical because it is the type of learning that students will most closely relate to their experiences. Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches students about the various resources provided by the worlds oceans. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors address content with an activity approach while incorporating themes necessary to raise the activity to a higher cognition level. The major ... Full description.

This lesson encourages students to read and comprehend news articles about science topics. It provides a means of familiarizing students with either the library, the internet, or various science magazines the teacher may provide. Full description.

This activity has students trace the steps of a paleontologist from determining where to look for dinosaur fossils to studying the completed dinosaur skeleton for clues about the dinosaurs' behavior, diet, and anatomy. To start, students list and discuss the things they know about paleontology and then brainstorm what they think would be the most and least interesting aspects of being a paleontologist. ... Full description.