Lessons and Activities

Phrase or Clause? (exercise 8-1)

Exercise 8-1 from Writing and Grammar 7 for Christian Schools, published by BJUPress; uses Mimio Vote

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14

• Subjects:

  Earth Sciences

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Feb. 2, 2013

Posted by:

ntipton

Out and About in Our Solar System

A lesson on the outer planets of the solar system. Information on Comets, Meteors, and other bodies is included. Student activities and MimioVote questions reinforce learning of concepts.

• Grade Level(s):

  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:

  Earth Sciences

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Apr. 24, 2011

Posted by:

mkalowe   

Testing Mineral Hardness

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16

• Subjects:

  Earth Sciences

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Apr. 2, 2013

Posted by:

mkalowe   

Iceshelf

In this Building Block video, the camera moves past a long glacial ice shelf in Antarctica with Mt. Erebus in background.

• 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:

  Jun. 27, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain

Results of Mine Drainage Remediation

In this video, a biologist visits Lower Rock Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky to show how acid mine drainage remediation has increased the stream’s pH from acidic levels almost to 7, which is neutral. Many fish species such as minnows, trout, and bass have returned to Rock Creek.

• Grade Level(s):

  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:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 27, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain

Ozone Hole

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center describes how CFCs, once widely used in refrigerators and aerosol cans, damaged the protective layer of ozone in our atmosphere.

• Grade Level(s):

  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:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 27, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain

Piles of Coal Drop

In this Building Block video, a train drives over a bridge and dumps coal to the ground below, causing a haze of dust and blocking out the azure sky beyond.

• 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:

  Jun. 27, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain

Acid Mine Drainage Remediation

In this video, an environmental technologist visits an abandoned coal mine in Kentucky to talk about how a remediation system (a series of settling ponds and treatment cells) is neutralizing the acid drainage from the mine and preventing damage to a creek downstream.

• Grade Level(s):

  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:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 27, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain

Earth's Cryosphere: Antarctica

This video segment adapted from NASA uses satellite imagery to provide an overview of the cryosphere in the Antarctic. Learn about Antarctic features such as clouds, glaciers, ice streams, ice shelves, and icebergs.

• Grade Level(s):

  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:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 27, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain

Nisqually Glacier at Mount Rainier

Observe the Nisqually Glacier at Mount Rainier in this video segment from NatureScene.

• Grade Level(s):

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

• Subjects:

  Science

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Jun. 27, 2011

Posted by:

Teachers Domain