This lesson will examine the key DNA coding which leads to key proteins animals use to maintain their existence.

This resource is a part of the Battlefield Earth lesson plan. This resource provides step by step ways for teachers to implement the lesson.

In this series of lessons, students will research the lyrical and dramatic structure of opera through internet sources and audio examples. Students will cooperatively discuss similar and different elements of opera stories vs. their own lives. Finally, students will create a one-act opera based on their own life experiences that has both singing and spoken (recitative) parts, and simple original accompaniment using classroom percusion instruments.

This lesson looks at the compositions and structure of diamonds and basic mineral structures formed by the bonds in the crystal structures created by nature. The students have an extensive hands-on lab experience with crystal growth from two very different processes, all recorded on video for later analysis. They also use the internet for a short introductory lesson to crystal systems and use the Nature Video “Diamonds” to tie their knowledge back to real life.

This resource is a part of the Diamonds Are Forever-Most of the Time lesson plan. This resource provides step by step ways for teachers to implement the lesson.

This resource is a part of the Diamonds Are Forever--Most of the Time lesson plan. This resource includes links to student resources for the lesson.

In this series of activity, students explore an ecosystem and the interconnectedness of organisms within an ecosystem.

Mole Day is a "national" celebration of chemistry and education that is an ideal time to engage families with the science educational process. It is observed from 6:02 am to 6:02 pm on October 23rd (6:02, 10/23). Why? The mole is a unit of measurement based on work done almost 200 years ago by Amadeo Avogadro as he studied gas behavior. His work led to the association of a number – 6.02 x 1023 – with the mole. Similar to the dozen, a mole is a unit of matter that allows particles to be "counted."

This resource is a part of the From Molecules to Mole Day Do's lesson plan. This resource provides step by step ways for teachers to implement the lesson.

This resource is a part of the lesson plan From Molecules to Mole Day Do's. This resource includes links to student resources for the lesson.

This resource is a part of the Global Warming Statistics lesson plan. This resource includes links to student resources for the lesson.

In this lesson students research real-time and historic temperature data of U.S. and world locations, and analyze the data using mean, median, and mode averages. Students graph the data and draw conclusions by analyzing the data. Resources include Web sites with real-time data, archived data, temperature-sensitive computer graphics, meteorology, government agencies, and Earth Day information. Students use a calculator or electronic spreadsheet to compile their statistics and then graph the data using a spreadsheet or graph paper. Reasons for extreme temperature changes are explored.

This resource is a part of the Global Warming Statistics lesson plan. This resource provides step by step ways for teachers to implement the lesson.

This lesson can be used as an introduction to radioactivity. Students should have familiarity with the scientific notation and the units milli, micro, and nano. Students will be introduced to being science/math detectives by trying to figure out the relationship of organisms using graphs. Students then are introduced to the controversy around the Shroud of Turin, which has been carbon dated. What is the process of carbon dating, and can the results be believed?

This resource is a part of the I'm Late, I'm Late, for a Radioactive Date! This resource provides step by step ways for teachers to implement the lesson.

This resource is a part of the I'm Late, I'm Late, for a Radioactive Date lesson plan. This resource includes links to student worksheets.

Students will discover infrared by repeating Herschel's experiment, learn the relationship between frequency and wavelength, and describe how images are created in infrared light. They will also learn how infrared energy influences climate by studying thunderstorms. As part of an ongoing process, students will apply what they learn by monitoring daily GOES satellite infrared images for severe thunderstorm activity and, in conjunction with the U.S. Weather Service, keep a journal of their severity and location.

This resource is a part of the Infrared-Hot lesson plan. This resource provides step by step ways for teachers to implement the lesson.

This resource is a part of the Infrared-Hot lesson plan. This resource includes links to student resources for the lesson.

This resource is a part of the Join the Debate: Should Humans Be Cloned? lesson plan. This resource includes links to student resources for the lesson.