Lessons and Activities

The bigger they are, the harder they fall (life cycle of stars)

A brief video where Dr. Peter Edmonds of the Chandra X-ray Center explains how stars form over a range of masses.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18, Hr. Ed. | Age 19+

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Aug. 15, 2009

Posted by:

mimioguy 

Inner and Outer Planets

Learn about the difference between the inner and outer planets in our solar system.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11

• Subjects:

  Astronomy

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 18, 2011

Posted by:

mrstravis

Phases of the Moon

Learn about the Phases of the Moon.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11

• Subjects:

  Astronomy

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 18, 2011

Posted by:

mrstravis

Order of the Planets

Learn about the order of the planets.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11

• Subjects:

  Astronomy

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 20, 2011

Posted by:

mrstravis

Solar System - Inner and Outer Planets

A venn diagram where children can identify similarities and differences between the inner and outer planets.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15

• Subjects:

  Astronomy

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Mar. 20, 2012

Posted by:

MegglesNZ

My Bad! (SORRY! game board template)

This game template is modeled after the board game SORRY!. Up to four teams answer questions, move around the board and try to be the first team to the get all of their pawns home.

• Grade Level(s):

  Pre-K | Age 5, Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18, Hr. Ed. | Age 19+

• Subjects:

  World Languages

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Mar. 10, 2011

Posted by:

kpottier 

Pics4Learning

Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.

• Grade Level(s):

  Pre-K | Age 5, Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18, Hr. Ed. | Age 19+

• Subjects:

  Visual & Performing Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Mar. 17, 2010

Posted by:

Jesus Cital  

Solar System mimio Squares

This is a game-format review of the Solar System topic for grades 3 - 4.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Aug. 9, 2009

Posted by:

mlanois  

Baseball Question and Answer template

This fun template allows you to enter questions and answers. The small program will then randomly select the questions and display them on the screen. The teacher then clicks on the pitch button and the answer come out flying in the form of a ball.

• Grade Level(s):

  Pre-K | Age 5, Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18, Hr. Ed. | Age 19+

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Mar. 14, 2010

Posted by:

Jesus Cital  

[Amazing Flash] Transportation - Air transportation

Add animations & fun into your next lesson with this pack of Flash-base Air transportation inside.

• Grade Level(s):

  Pre-K | Age 5, Gr. K | Age 6, Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  World Languages

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  May. 23, 2011

Posted by:

TeresaTong