LESSON PLANS / CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Activities-To-Go in the Life Sciences ('E' 'M' 'H') (Standards) "Activities-To-Go is a place for all science teachers to share innovative, successful teaching strategies and activities to help students learn the concepts and processes of the life sciences." You can locate excellent activities in multiple ways and they are correlated to National Science Standards.
Teacher resources: www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/

Community Science Action Guides('E' 'M' 'H') (Standards) As the Franklin Institute site explains, ""Community Science Action Guides" are content packages that support student investigation of local science issues. Developed and tested by teachers, ... the "Guides" include planning resources, activities, and ready-to-use materials." Each guide is correlated to Nation Science Education Standards.
Teacher resources: sln.fi.edu/guide/index.html

EEK! Environmental Education for Kids ('E' 'M')
Creative site that includes activities on 'Our Earth,' 'Nature Notes' (plants, animals and the world around us), plus career information. Section for teaching activities, lesson plans, contests, ... from this Wisconsin DNR educational web site for grades 4-8.
www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/index.htm
Teacher resources: www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/teacher/index.htm

Environmental Decision Making: Our Shrinking Groundwater ('H') (Standards)
A three week interdisciplinary unit involving individual and cooperative group activities. Partly internet based. Very thorough and detailed, downloadables for classroom use, correlated to national standards.
Teacher resources: www.ncsec.org/team11/

Environmental Resources for Teachers ('E' 'M' 'H')
Large and good resource from the EPA covering a number of topics in this area. Many sites have a corresponding Versión en Español.
Teacher resources: www.epa.gov/teachers/

The Raptor Center ('E' 'M' 'H')
This is a conservation effort by the University of Minnesota. It offers a wealth of information on birds of prey and their reintroduction into the wild plus what to do with an wounded raptor. It also has a large multimedia library offering animated and still pictures, and raptor sounds.
"The Teacher Lesson Plans are a compilation of 16 lesson plans for grades four through eight. The lesson plans are multi-disciplinary and center around learning about ospreys (Pandion haliaetus). There are many things to learn about the osprey and its habitats. The lesson plans may be used sequentially or individually."
www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu/
Teacher resources: Click here for URL (very long!)

Science and Technology Lesson Plans ('E' 'M' 'H')
The Smithsonian has an extensive lesson plan database for teachers. Search by subject, grade level and/or keyword(s). You will sometimes be directed to other web sites for the plans.
Teacher resources: smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/science_technology.html

Virtual Science Exhibits ('E' 'M')
Enjoy any or all of these excellent exhibits with your students and take advantage of the lessons plans offered. Secrets of Aging, Oceans Alive, Build your Own Robot, ...are among the many excellent exhibits offered online by the Museum of Science.
Teacher resources: www.mos.org/doc/1016