Lesson Drop Box

Link to lessons that are part of the Exploratorium Teachers' Institute teaching boxes.

Ecology 2 - Food Webs

Based on the website http//www.bigelow.org/edhab OverviewThis discussion begins with a review of how energy transfers through food webs and then engages students in assembling a food web with a small set ...

Brains and Neurons

How does a brain - less than 3 pounds of wrinkly pink matter - enable a person to sense their environment, think, feel, make decisions, remember things, and control every ...

Ovulation Calendar

I used this to show my students what happens during menstruation. I have them fill out where the flow is, when ovulation happens, when the lining begins to shed, and ...

Sex Ed Research Project (STD's and Contraceptives)

I have attached my rubric, and two worksheets for my sex ed project. In our library, we have blank papers To help the students with MLA format - I have ...

Movie Worksheet Search Engine/Website

http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/movies/index.php

A great list by subject for videos, including worksheets! The Super Size Me worksheet even has before AND after questions.

Osmosis Jones

"Osmosis Jones" is a Warner Bros. Cartoon that follows the attack on a disease on a live action man (Bill Murray).

Grade level: Middle School, although probably suitable for integrated science class in high school as well.

Concepts: Diseases, human body systems

Found: Sometimes Blockbuster or other video stores will have it. I found it for $4 at a used bookstore!

Recommened Videos

Please click "Add Child Page" to recommend videos to show in a science classroom. Please include the following info(and attach study guide please if you have it!)  - Title  - Distributor ...

Generic Sub Plans

When I suddenly fall ill, or otherwise don't want to take 10 hours to plan a sub lesson, I usually go online to http//puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ and plug in some vocab words ...

Teaching electron configuration

In response to a question on ways to teach electron configuration to students, here's a model I used with my 8th graders. We had been using beans to represent and ...

Ecological Footprint Survey

http//ecofoot.org/