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Part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's education resources, this list of "Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides and Online Resources for Educators" contains links to environmental based lesson plans, activities and ideas from the EPA, as well as other federal agencies and external organizations....

These lesson plans and activities explore the process of discovering and using oil and gas as energy sources. Lesson plans and activities for primary, intermediate, and secondary students are provided. Lessons that align with the Scotland Curriculum for Excellence and Canadian requirements are also...

This lesson from the STEM Action Center - Utah highlights how educators can use mathematical discourse to increase student learning. Educators learn how to develop curriculum, create assessments, and build student mathematical fluency. The lesson provides PowerPoint slides, a mathematical discourse...

This activity, from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center, is targeted towards students in elementary school, and challenges them to think of products (either manufactured or natural) that originate from Florida. Students begin by watching a 27-minute video ("Made in Florida") and...

This lesson from the STEM Action Center - Utah provides physical science activities that explore the structure and properties of matter, as well as chemical reactions. Activities includes a guar gum slime recipe, elephant toothpaste recipe, balloon rise activity, and snow activity. Required...

Located in Newport News, Virginia, the Mariners' Museum is one of the largest international maritime history museums filled to the crow's nest with prized artifacts that celebrate the spirit of seafaring adventure. Site features eight online exhibitions including: The Age of Exploration, the USS...

This website is intended to help students, parents, and teachers learn math. The site is divided into the following sections: Homework Help, Practice, Tutoring, Calculators and Tools, Games, and Store. Some topics of the topics covered include: basic math, everyday math, pre-algebra, algebra,...

This 1-page measurement activity is provided AgrowKnowledge and is intended to help students understand the importance of measurement and how to read a ruler. This activity includes goals and objectives, a brief overview, time required, materials required, methods, and standards. In this activity...

Catch a ride to NanoSpace with Oxy and her crew to boldly go where only atoms have gone before! Aboard the Molecularium, the most fantastic ship in the universe, fly through the crystalline structure of a snowflake, explore the metallic maze of a penny, blast through the far reaches of space, escape...

This 2-page lesson from the STEM Action Center - Utah focuses on shadows and is intended for 1st graders. The lesson is based on "Standards 1.1.3 and 1.3.3- Design a device that measures the varying patterns of daylight and determine the effect of materials in the path of a beam of light."...