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From Patterns of Input and Output to Algebraic Equations Students explore the relationship between input and output values and learn to use algebraic expressions and equations.	4-8	Lesson Plan
Abraham Lincoln: A Good Man? or A Good Man! In this lesson, students use video from American Masters: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man along with primary sources to investigate the life of Lincoln and write a one page argument essay on whether Lincoln was "a good man."	9-12	Lesson Plan
Accidental Discoveries This lesson will help the students understand that science theories change in the face of new evidence, but those changes can be slow in coming.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Acid Rock WebQuest Acid Mine Drainage and Its Impact on Water Quality	9-12	Lesson Plan
Adaptation Students examine some of the behaviors and physical characteristics that enable organisms to live successfully in their environment.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Addition of Decimal Numbers and a Common Error Students practice carefully lining up decimal places while calculating sums of decimals that total more than one.	4-7	Lesson Plan
Air Is Matter Students investigate air and how it is something that occupies space, has mass, and exerts pressure.	K-2	Lesson Plan
Alaska Native Ways of Knowing In this media-rich lesson, students prepare classroom science fair projects that demonstrate the application of traditional knowledge to a scientific topic.	3-12	Lesson Plan
Alexander Hamilton's War This high school lesson plan explores Alexander Hamilton’s military career by examining the tactics of three major Revolutionary War battles in which he served.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Alexander Hamilton: Most Likely to Succeed? Explore the conditions and circumstances of Alexander Hamilton’s youth and the strengths he carried with him into his adult life.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Analogies - The Baka of Cameroon, West Africa Students complete analogies and connect them to information about the Baka of Cameroon, West Africa.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Analyzing and Comparing Perspectives on Issues - Gorillas Students compare and contrast their perspectives on raising gorillas in captivity with their peers and with scientists. They summarize their perspectives and the perspectives of others.	5-12	Lesson Plan
Analyzing an Issue From Three Perspectives - Smoking in Public Places Students note various perspectives on the debate about smoking in public places in NYC and create an interview to research the perspectives of peers and community members. They write a report to present their findings and opinion on the issue.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Analyzing Information - Can Pigs be Pets? Students identify a main idea as well as analyze, evaluate and interpret new information, personal experiences and prior knowledge to form an opinion which they then write about.	3-5	Lesson Plan
Analyzing McCulloch v. Maryland In this lesson, students watch a video segment from the PBS series The Supreme Court about the landmark case Maryland v. McCulloch while considering the powers of the national government and state governments.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Animal Hearing Students explore how sound is created, the importance of hearing in certain environments and some environmental causes of hearing loss.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Animal Intel In this lesson, using video segments from Nature episode “A Murder of Crows,” students will explore different aspects of animal intelligence, with a focus on crows.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Animal Mouth Structures Students observe several animals' mouth structures and explore how these structures help the animal obtain, handle, and eat food.	3-5	Lesson Plan
Art in the Muslim World Through the materials presented in this lesson, students will explore basic elements of Islamic art, learn about the origin and styles of the specific art of Islamic calligraphy and create their own piece of artistic calligraphy.	5-12	Lesson Plan
Artistic Interpretation of a Classic: The Author’s Role This lesson uses video segments from Great Performances: The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet to help students explore the role of the author in relation to his/her work.	9-12	Lesson Plan
The Art of Forces and Motion Students learn about Forces and Motion by creating art that helps them to visualize, identify and explain these phenomena.	4-12	Lesson Plan
As the Rotor Turns: Wind Power and You An Investigation of Wind Power as an Energy Resource in Pennsylvania	6-8	Lesson Plan
A Tale of Two Heavens: Escaping North Korea In this lesson, students will learn about the conditions in authoritarian North Korea that have compelled many North Koreans to attempt a dangerous escape to what they see as the “Heaven” of capitalist South Korea.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Balancing Number Sentences to Introduce Missing Values Students learn about balancing equations and keeping an equation balanced by adding/subtracting the same amount to both sides of the equation. Students solve missing value problems and justify their solutions.	3-6	Lesson Plan
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties In this lesson, students examine the basic American principles of civil liberties within the context of World War II.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Basic Ingredients for Life In this lesson, students make impact craters to gain insight into how comets and asteroids deliver water and chemicals to the Earth and other places in the solar system.	1-6	Lesson Plan
Basketball as a Context for Percentages Students learn to associate simple fractions (25%, 50%, 75% as well as 20% and multiples) of wholes with equivalent percentages in the context of basketball scores and stadium capacity.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Be a Bee Students learn about the importance of the honey bee and other animals to the production of foods that are closely linked to human survival.	5-6	Lesson Plan
Being Human Using segments from the PBS program The Human Spark, students explore the question “What makes us human?”	5-8	Lesson Plan
Biodegradation In this media-rich lesson featuring LOOP SCOOPS videos, students learn about the biodegradation timeline for various biotic and abiotic materials in products, and consider the disposal options that would help reduce waste and pollution.	3-4	Lesson Plan
Bioengineered Foods? Students compare the processes of selective breeding and transgenic manipulation of plants. They consider the pros and cons of growing genetically modified crops.	9-12	Lesson Plan
The Biomass Balancing Act An investigation of biomass as a sustainable energy resource.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Biomes Students collect information about different biomes. They learn how to read a climograph. Teams research different biomes and present to the class.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Bird Brained Using selected segments from the Nature episode “Ravens,” this lesson will explore some of the more commonly accepted indicators of animal intelligence as demonstrated by the raven, the most brainy of all birds.	9-12	Lesson Plan
The Birds and the Beaks This Nature lesson explores different adaptations and variations in birds. It focuses on bird beaks, migratory patterns, and the ability of birds to co-exist with humans.	9-10	Lesson Plan
Birth, Growth, and Development By examining the developmental stages of animals, students learn about the life cycles of living things.	K-2	Lesson Plan
Black Pioneers: Building African American Communities During the Jim Crow Era Students are introduced to all-black, self-sustaining communities established as a response to the imposition of Jim Crow laws and practices.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Blue Ribbon Readers: Determining Important Ideas In this WPSU lesson Determining Important Ideas, elementary students explore how to become better readers through the identification of main ideas, supporting details, and author’s message. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.	K-5	Lesson Plan
Blue Ribbon Readers: Drawing Inferences In this WPSU lesson Drawing Inferences, elementary students will practice drawing inferences or making predictions before, during and after reading, and then validating them. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.	K-5	Lesson Plan
Blue Ribbon Readers: Making Connections In this WPSU lesson Making Connections,elementary students will move toward understanding and comprehending text more effectively by making connections with their own background knowledge. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.	K-5	Lesson Plan
Blue Ribbon Readers: Monitoring and Repairing In this WPSU lesson Monitoring and Repairing,elementary students will identify words that are not known to them and decode or replace them in a variety of contexts. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.	K-5	Lesson Plan
Blue Ribbon Readers: Questioning In this WPSU lesson Questioning, elementary students explore how to become better readers through questioning before, during and after reading stories. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.	K-5	Lesson Plan
Blue Ribbon Readers: Synthesis In this WPSU lesson Synthesis, elementary students will explore how to become better readers by using contextual clues to predict an outcome, putting stories in order and assembling sentences. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.	K-5	Lesson Plan
Blue Ribbon Readers: Visualizing In this WPSU lesson Visualizing,elementary students will practice creating vivid sensory images, a critical key to reading comprehension. The lesson is part of the Blue Ribbon Readers collection.	K-5	Lesson Plan
Bouncing Science In this lesson, based on the Science Friday segment Physics of Basketball, students explore the properties of various balls from different sports, and discuss why the design of each ball is suited to its associated sport.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Breaking it Down - Weathering and Erosion This Nature lesson discusses the processes of weathering and erosion and how they work together to shape the earth’s landscape.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Breaking Things on Purpose *Materials such as metals (aluminum, iron, copper, etc.), ceramics (silicon carbide, porcelain) or polymers (milk jugs made of polyethylene) are tested by scientists and engineers to reveal certain mechanical properties such as the maximum stress a material can withstand. The stress at which a material breaks is a measure of its strength. In this lesson you will be testing the strength of a delicious material you know as chocolate!	9-12	Lesson Plan
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Russian/Chechen relations are the focus of this lesson on nationalism, separatism, and terrorism. (Chechnya)	9-12	Lesson Plan
Bringing Up Birdy This lesson from Nature uses the eagle to model universal avian life stages.	2-3	Lesson Plan
Building Blocks of Matter Structure of matter.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Building Venn Diagrams Students utilize Venn diagrams in an introduction to prime numbers, prime factorization and determining least common multiple (LCM) and greatest common factor (GCF).	4-8	Lesson Plan
The Business of Credit Students apply the basics of credit to managing a small business.	7-12	Lesson Plan
The Business of Interest In this lesson, students learn about loans, interest on and repayment of loans through a model small business interactive.	7-12	Lesson Plan
The Buzz about Fact and Opinion Students differentiate between fact and opinion on a handout with statements about bees.	3-5	Lesson Plan
Calculating Elapsed Time Students practice the concept of time passage by counting, subtracting and regrouping in base 60.	2-5	Lesson Plan
Campaigns for Economic Freedom This lesson plan explores the economic impact of racial discrimination and campaigns for jobs and justice.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Capturing Renewable Energy Students investigate renewable energy sources and how to transition from an energy source to a usable, on-demand power source.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Careers in Science In this media-rich lesson, students explore careers in science through profiles of Alaska Native scientists. They consider how traditional ways of knowing and Western approaches to science can complement each other and allow students to incorporate their own interests when considering careers in science.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Catching a Kidnapper The students learn about body matches and measuring one part of the body using another body part. They learn about non-standard measures and relative measurement.	2-5	Lesson Plan
Cause and Effect Relationships - Silence of the Bees Students write an essay that synthesizes the cause and effect relationship the disappearance of bees will cause.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Cell Replication Students explore the structure and function of cells and mitosis.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Cell Replication and Cancerous Cells Students explore mitosis and learn about uncontrolled cell division, or cancer.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Cellular Structure and Function Students explore cell structures, the role of the membrane, and the similarities and differences among specialized cells.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Cellular Structure and Function Students explore the structure and function of the cell, the cell as the common unit of life, mitosis, and specialization.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Chain Reaction This inquiry-based Nature lesson plan will challenge students to design and conduct scientifically valid experiments to evaluate hypotheses regarding an animal’s expected behavior in response to changes in its environment.	9-11	Lesson Plan
The Changing Face of War In this lesson students watch and discuss videos from the PBS series Women, War & Peace to explore what warfare in the “new world order” means for the millions of people—especially women—affected by today’s intense but often obscure conflicts.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Changing Materials Without Touching - Levers, Actuators and Exciting Materials (HS) In this lesson plan, Changing Materials Without Touching - Levers, Actuators, and Exciting Materials, high school students learn that heating up a material can rearrange its atoms, and change its properties. The change in the material (a nitinol wire shortens due to heat) activates a lever that exerts force.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Changing Materials Without Touching - Levers, Actuators and Exciting Materials (MS) In this lesson plan, Changing Materials Without Touching - Levers, Actuators, and Exciting Materials, middle school students learn that heating up a material can rearrange its atoms, and change its properties. The change in the material (a nitinol wire shortens due to heat) activates a lever that exerts force.	6-8	Lesson Plan
A Character's Perspective - Colonial House Students watch a video segment that shows the reactions of colonists and native people when they encounter one another for the first time during a colony settlement reenactment. Students then select a character and write a letter from that character’s point of view that describes the meeting.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Character Development - Nanavi, A Girl from Benin, West Africa Students use a chart to track character development and write a statement to express the ways in which a particular character from West Africa has changed.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Character Development: Cancer - A New Treatment Students will answer questions about what motivated chemical engineer Mark Davis to search for a better treatment for his wife's cancer. They then complete a journal entry in which they compare his motivations and goals to those they’ve established for themselves.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Character Development - Flora Students create and present a timeline of important events and changes in a character’s development over time.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Character Motivation - Sapelo Island Culture Students write a poem (using simile and flashback) about the culture of Sapelo Island. They read their poems for an audience.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Charles Darwin Students learn about Charles Darwin -- his personal history, his strengths as an observer and independent thinker, and how he developed the theory of evolution.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Cheesy Chemistry Students will learn how to make a simple cheese using kitchen utensils and household ingredients in this lesson based on the Science Friday video Cheese: Not the Same Mold Story.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Choosing a STEM Career Students will view video clips about graduate and middle school students with interests in STEM careers and compare technologies from yesterday with today. They will explore careers on-line before writing about their futures as STEM professionals.	6-12	Lesson Plan
The Circulatory System Students explore the interrelationship of structure and function in the circulatory system.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Co-Evolution Students explore different types of symbiotic relationships that exist between species.	9-12	Lesson Plan
A Cold Reception: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in the United States In this lesson, students explore the hostile reception immigrants have often received from anti-immigrant “nativists” in an America not always eager to accept them and the change they represent.	7-9	Lesson Plan
Collecting and Organizing Facts From Multiple Sources - Flowering Plants Students take notes on two videos about flowering plants and organize the information to write a cohesive essay about the topic.	6-8	Lesson Plan
The Colonization of the United States Using video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots, this lesson explores Spanish colonialism in the Southwest; the lesson also expands the discussion to include other countries that colonized in North America.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Coming to America Using video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots, this lesson explores why groups of people leave their native countries, often to come to the United States, and what major historical milestones prompted mass migrations.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast - City Pigeons and City Parrots Students take notes on similarities and differences between two types of city birds using a T-chart and then construct a Venn diagram to compare and contrast them.	4-8	Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast Information from Multiple Sources - Wolong's Pandas Students compare and contrast information from three sources to determine the reasons that contributed to panda population decline. They draw conclusions from these sources by writing their own paragraphs.	5-7	Lesson Plan
Comparing and Contrasting - Explorers of Yesterday and Today Students write essays that compare and contrast two explorers of Yellowstone National Park, Tom Murphy, a modern day explorer and photographer and John Colter, an explorer who traveled across the same area almost 200 years ago.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Comparing and Contrasting - Grassland, Desert, and Forest Elephants Students use a T-chart to take notes on the similarities and differences among elephants. With partners, they organize their notes and construct a Venn diagram with illustrations.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Comparing and Contrasting Information and Forming an Opinion - Santiago and Morris Students use a T-Chart to take notes and then write a compare/contrast paragraph about a therapy dog.	5-7	Lesson Plan
Comparing Education Around the World Students compare and contrast the circumstances surrounding two boys’ experiences at schools in different countries.	3-5	Lesson Plan
Comparing the Density of Liquids, Solids, and Gases Students compare the relative densities of different liquids and then solids, and also explore the density of air versus the density of water.	3-5	Lesson Plan
Condense, Combine or Categorize New Information - Your Brain and Moral Decision-Making Students watch a video showing an experiment on how the brain responds when making moral decisions. They then synthesize information to create a summary paragraph that describes the experiment and the conclusions presented.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Connections Between Texts - Maya Lin and Jane Jacobs Students write and perform a Readers’ Theater script in which two characters, Maya Lin and Jane Jacobs, talk to each other about their ideas about architecture and life.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Connections to Personal Experiences - Bees? Yikes! Students make connections between a video about bees and their own personal experiences through a poem written for two voices.	5-7	Lesson Plan
The Coral Reef Ecosystem Students examine a coral reef ecosystem to learn about its living and non-living parts and how they interact. They apply what they have learned to explore the world's biomes, including how the animals in each are adapted to their environment.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Counting and Place Value Students explore counting through the concept of place value in our base-10 numeration system. They practice grouping in groups of ten and groups of ten tens.	2-5	Lesson Plan
Counting into the Ten-thousands Students are introduced to place value into the 10,000s through the use of an abacus. They practice writing and recognizing large numbers.	3-6	Lesson Plan
Creating a Hypothesis - The Intelligent Robot Students watch a video segment that discusses developing intelligent robots, and then write paragraphs that provide detailed hypotheses of results that could come from this endeavor.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Creating Equal Shares Students practice fractions by sharing certain numbers of objects among different numbers of people. They begin with unit fractions and move to sharing multiple objects among multiple people, in which a < b, and to produce fractions less than one.	3-6	Lesson Plan
Creating Literary Texts - Finding Homes for Pets Students write and illustrate a persuasive book to convince readers to adopt a pet.	5-7	Lesson Plan
Creativity in Science This lesson will take a look at the different roles scientists play in discoveries.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Crescent City Gumbo: Race & Jazz in New Orleans This lesson uses video excerpts from the PBS series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to explore the history of racial diversity and intermingling in New Orleans, and how it gave rise to the uniquely American art form of jazz.	9-12	Lesson Plan

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