961 Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: In this promising practice resource, students are put into the roles of marine biologists and oceanographers and are asked to describe the state of our world's oceans, explain the significance of healthy oceans for a healthy planet, and make suggestions for solving environmental problems in the watery part of our world. This resource also includes instructional strategies, assessments and differentiated instruction for gifted, ESL, and resource learners. (author/cb) Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: This best practice unit actively engages students by having them compete against classrooms from other regions to see which collaborative team can grow the tallest bean plant. Controlling for certain variables (including growth time and bean seeds), seven or eight teams in each classroom design and conduct a controlled bean-plant experiment to investigate ideal conditions for growth.... Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8, 10 Professional Commentary: During this best practice unit, students are engaged in several investigations related to the density of liquids, solids, and gases. They apply new understanding about density to the design and construction of hot air balloons.... Career Fields: Construction Technologies, Engineering & Science Technologies, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 5 Professional Commentary: This best practice unit engages students by making them student waste management consultants. They are 'hired' to evaluate their school and community recycling and waste management practices.... 965 Insects: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: This promising practice unit asks students to become entomologists and investigate insect behavior, anatomy, taxonomy, and ecological importance. Students are actively engaged and scientific inquiry skills are used throughout this investigation.... 966 Plugging In to the Sun Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: This hands-on best practice unit explores solar energy. Students research the dilemma of using fossil fuels and how solar energy might solve this problem.... Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: The best practice unit is broken up into sections requiring 10 days. Students study the properties of rocks and minerals, and how they are used in their daily lives.... 968 The Earth Moves Under My Feet Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: In an effort to understand the nature and processes of earthquakes, students monitor seismic data online and plot geographic coordinates of real-time earthquake activity in this best practice instructional resource. Students create surveys of people’s experiences with earthquakes, and organize, represent, and analyze the data using spreadsheet software.... Career Fields: Construction Technologies, Engineering & Science Technologies, Manufacturing Technologies, Transportation Systems, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 969 Biomes: Action for a Healthy Planet Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: This best practice instructional activity asks students to become environmentalists and work in groups to develop solutions to contemporary environmental problems. Students in each group research the features of a specific biome and then investigate human impact and its harmful effects on the biome.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Construction Technologies, Engineering & Science Technologies, Government & Public Administration, Hospitality & Tourism, Manufacturing Technologies, Transportation Systems, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: This best practice unit explores the vast array and functions of cells in living organisms, investigates how different types of cells interact, introduces current research, and addresses ethical concerns in the field of cell biology. Students are also introduced to various types of cells and their parts.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Health Science Projects: COR, Standards First |