NGSS
54 lessons found.
“White Energy Journey”
Students will work independently to design a ‘driving base’ using the SPIKE PRIME LEGO sets. Upon completion of the base …
CODIS & Forensic Science
Students will work together as forensic scientists to solve the crime of “Who broke into our school and stole all the …
CODIS & Forensic Science
Students will work together (in teams of 4) as forensic scientists to solve the crime of “Who broke into our school and …
Cybersecurity: Denial of Service Attack
In this fun lesson plan, students will model one type of attack (a denial-of-service attack) and figure out how to …
Data: Patterns, Cause and Effect
Students will discover, explore, model and communicate patterns found within data. This lesson/activity will incorporate …
Denial of Service Attack
Students will model one type of attack (a denial-of-service attack) and figure out how to protect the network against it …
E is for Erosion, C is for Cybersecurity
Students will learn the effects of wind and water erosion. They will create their own landscape to show how water …
Egg Drop Experiment using Microbit
Students will investigate and design an experiment that explores Newton’s 2nd Law, momentum and impulse using a …
Ethics in Technology
Examination of ethical concerns revolving around technology, specifically social media and technology giants like Google
Exploration with Tetrix
Tetrix: In this lesson students will sort/ organize the school's Tetrix sets to ensure each set is complete. After …
Exploring Potential and Kinetic Energy by Using Hot Wheels and Micro:bits
Students will be exploring potential and kinetic energy (how mass and velocity changes KE, when does an object have the …
Factors and Hazards (Part One)
In this activity, students explore the three factors that affect weather: precipitation, temperature, and wind. Students …
Fat Bear Fishing
My 5/6 grade class will use micro:bits to design a predator/prey program on micro:bits that assigns each device a fish …
Geocaching with Microbits
Geodynamics powers the Earth’s magnetic field, which is magnetic north. There is also a true north which is the Earth’s …
GIS Watershed Information
Students use GIS online software to analyze local watersheds and draw conclusions about earth changes over time and …
Half Life Radioactive Decay with Micro:bits
Introduce basic programming of the micro:bit while reiterating the integration of math in physical science exploring …
Health Care Devices
In this lesson students are reminded about the ever growing uses of technology devices within the healthcare profession, …
Health Care Devices
In this lesson students are reminded about the ever growing uses of technology devices within the healthcare profession, …
Lesson 8: How does a cup’s surface affect how light warms up a liquid inside the cup?
This is modified from OpenSciEd under the Creative Common 4.0 License. We carry out an investigation to test the …
Lesson Plan 2-First LEGO ® League “White Energy Journey”
Students will work independently to design a ‘driving base’ using the SPIKE PRIME LEGO sets. Upon completion of the base …
Lesson Plan 3-Security Risks & Consequences
Students will work individually and in groups to determine how they have been “hacked” and one item “stolen” from them. …
Library - Robotics for Students in the Functional Life Skills (FLS) Program
This lesson provides robotics opportunities in the library for students with complex needs in the Functional Life …
Making a Pepper’s Ghost Illusion using Microbit Technology
This lesson is going to be a supplemental lesson to our OpenSciEd Light and Matter unit that we are implementing this …
Microbial Computer
Students will play Conways Game of Life after studying microbial behavior. Students will use The game of life to …
Microbit compass
THIS A DRAFT-Student will program a microbit that locate magnetic north, south, east and west. They will create …
MicroBit Guitar
Students will use a combination of block coding (Scratch) and physical computing (MicroBit) to create a cardboard …
MicroBit Guitars
Students will create a 'guitar' from cardboard, aluminum foil, and a micro:bit and explain how energy is converted from …
Microbit programming-Creating a Micropet
Students will create a micropet and then program it to perform various outcomes depending on what they do to it. …
Modeling Plate Motions using Microbit Technology
This lesson is going to be a supplemental lesson to our OpenSciEd Plate Tectonics unit that we are implementing this …
Modeling the Phases of the Moon
In this lesson, students are introduced to computer science through the use of Micro:bits to create a model of the lunar …
Modeling the Solar System with a Micro:bit
Use the micro:bit to create a kinesthetic model of the solar system. Students will be given an example at the beginning …
Phase Change Lab (Temperature and Particle Movement)
The goal of this lesson is to recognize the relationship of thermal energy and temperature. As thermal energy of water …
Robotics for Students in the Functional Life Skills (FLS) Program
As the library exists to offer an inclusive space for everyone, this lesson is geared toward giving students with …
Sea Creature Safety
• To discover more about the threats faced by sea turtles • To learn about efforts to help them • …
Security Risks & Consequences
This lesson can be done either in person OR virtually. Students will work individually and in groups to determine how …
Sequencing-Storytelling
This lesson, as adapted and written, is for middle school students in the library setting. Students will explore …
Storm is Coming
Students are getting ready to make make observations about the weather for the next two weeks. To help with the …
Stormy Skies (Part Two)
This lesson continues with the next section of Mystery Science: Grade 3 Water Cycle & Phases of Matter: Local Weather …
Stormy Skies: Why are some places always hot?
In this lesson, students are introduced to the concept of “climate” and explore the world’s five major climates. In the …
Sunlight Sensor
Turn your micro:bit into a light sensor! Using the light level sensor feature of the micro:bit, students will program …
Svalbaroi Water - The World's Most Expensive Water
Using the Svalbarði Water - The most expensive water in the world as a hook, students will produce a computational …
Terrific Temperatures
This lesson is part of a larger unit by PhD science that explores weather and climate. This lesson is the beginning of a …
Use Micro:bit to Gather Temperature Data
This lesson is a part of a multi-day project where students build a small structure designed to interfere with thermal …
Using Microbits to help Students to Visualize the Stages of Mitosis
Using Microbits to help students visualize the stages of Mitosis lesson can be used after the concept of Mitosis has …
Using Microbits to measure conductivity of metallic, ionic and covalent bonds.
• Observe the conductivity strength between different types of bonds, metallic, ionic and covalent. • …
Using Microbits to measure light level of sunlight for optimal plant growth
Students will investigate and design an experiment that explores the natural world using microprocessors. They will …
Volcano Animation
Students use flowcharts and repetition to explore building a volcanic eruption on a Micro:Bit.
Weather Factors
In this activity, students explore the three factors that affect weather: precipitation, temperature, and wind. Students …
Weather Station
In this activity, students develop a 'weather station' where they collect at least three types of weather data.
Weather: Factors and Hazards (Part Three)
In this activity, students use the scientific inquiry process to investigate the effect of water on Earth materials. …
Weather: Factors and Hazards (Part Two)
In this activity, students continue their exploration of weather. They learn about two new weather tools- a wind sock …
What's the 'W' word in Wyoming?
Students will build an anemometer to measure the wind and predict weather patterns in Wyoming.
What's the 'W' Word in Wyoming?
Students are going to build their own anemometer to check the wind speeds in their hometown. They are going to use their …
What’s the Weather ?
START HERE - get excited about weather!