Lesson Plan Library

Explore labs, classroom activities, and data-rich exercises to immerse your students in real-world science and help them learn about the world around us. If you’re looking for in-depth units and modules, check out the curricular units page.

Lesson Plan Library

Program Data Puzzles
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Data Puzzles Windstorms on the Front Range Teacher Guide
Program Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)
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Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) Full Guide: Climate Mental Health Support Activities
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SDO_3C Make a Magnetometer Teacher Guide SDO_3C Teacher Guide.pdf
SDO_3B Space Weather Teacher Guide SDO_3B Teacher Guide.pdf
SDO_1B Sunspot Movement Data Table SDO_1B Sunspot Movement Data Table.pdf
De qué Color es el Sol? What_Color_is_the_Sun-Spanish.pdf
Solar Science Learning Kit 17-11-2014_1003_490.pdf
What Color is the Sun? What_Color_is_the_Sun.pdf
Program HEART Force
Program Title File
HEART Force Design a Resilient Future Student Worksheet Design a Resilient Future Student Worksheet.pdf
HEART Force Design a Resilient Future Slides Design a Resilient Future Slides.pdf
HEART Force Drought Game Teacher Guide
HEART Force Wildfire Response Game Teacher Guide
HEART Force Wildfire MS Teacher Guide Wildfire MS Teacher Guide.pdf
HEART Force Wildfire MS Student Worksheet Wildfire MS Student Worksheet.pdf
HEART Force Wildfire MS Lesson Slides Wildfire MS Lesson Slides.pdf
HEART Force Resilient Future Teacher Guide Resilient Future Teacher Guide.pdf
HEART Force Resilient Future Student Handout Resilient Future Student Handout.pdf
HEART Force Resilient Future Lesson Slides Resilient Future Lesson Slides.pdf
Program Project EXTREMES
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Project EXTREMES Biomagnification: The Story of the Peregrine Falcon Cooper_Biomag_combined_large.pdf
Project EXTREMES Constructing a Dichotomous Key and Exploring Its Relationship to Evolutionary Patterns Detmer_dichotomous_key_template.pdf
Project EXTREMES Habitat for Stream Insects: What Kind of Substrate Is the Best Habitat for Aquatic Insects? Detmer_Macroinvertebrate_Elementary_Lesson.pdf
Project EXTREMES How Gravity Works: Why Two Objects of Different Masses Hit the Ground at the Same Time? john-mischler-gravity-lesson-plan.pdf
Project EXTREMES Precipitation Patterns across the Globe legg-precipitation-lesson-plan.pdf
Project EXTREMES Testing Murphy’s Law: Does Bread Always Land Butter Side Down? Wilkening_Detmer_Bread_Falling_plus_template.pdf
Project EXTREMES Where Does the Rain Go? (Soil Percolation) Morton_Soil_percolation.pdf
Project EXTREMES Bend This! Introduction to Circuit Bending and DIY Culture – Making an Instrument smls-circuit-bending-lesson-plan.pdf
Project EXTREMES Data Analysis – Introduction to Measurement, Error and Outliers McCreery_Data_Analysis_template.pdf
Project EXTREMES Earthworks: The Combination of Art and Nature cooper-earthworks-lesson-plan.pdf
Project EXTREMES Energy Pyramids and Food Webs Morton_Food_Web.pdf
Project EXTREMES Energy Transformations: Exta-Terrestrial Impacts on Earth Ewing_energy_transformations_combined.pdf
Project EXTREMES Habitat for Stream Insects: What Kind of Substrate Is the Best Habitat for Aquatic Insects? Detmer_Macroinvertebrate_MS_Lesson.pdf
Project EXTREMES Is Basic Science Important? Hund_Science_Funding_template.pdf
Project EXTREMES Population Estimates: Bringing Math and Science Together Detmer_Population_Estimation.pdf
Project EXTREMES Punnett Squares with Piebald Deer cooper-punnet-square-lesson-plan.pdf
Project EXTREMES The Effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on Ocean Currents cooper-el-nino-lesson-plan.pdf
Project EXTREMES The Mysteries of Deep Cold: Inquiry Activities with Liquid Nitrogen (temperature, pressure and volume) smls-liquid-nitrogen-lesson-plan.pdf
Project EXTREMES The People Pump: Inquiry into the Circulation System morton-people-pump-lesson-plan.pdf
Project EXTREMES The Plant/Animal Balance: Photosynthesis and Respiration JohnMischler-ClosedSystem.pdf
Project EXTREMES Waste, Water and Wastewater Mari_Elise_Wasterwater_lesson.pdf
Project EXTREMES What Is the Difference between Science and Pseudoscience? Jadin_Pseudoscience_Full_Lesson.pdf
Program Inquiry on the Tibetan Plateau
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Inquiry on the Tibetan Plateau Scientific Background for Upward and Outward: Scientific Inquiry on the Tibetan Plateau Upward-Outward_scienceGuideForTeachers.pdf
Inquiry on the Tibetan Plateau Crazy Research Going On! Public Conceptions of Science and Scientists Upward-Outward_viewsOfScienceHandoutv2.pdf
Inquiry on the Tibetan Plateau Upward and Outward: Scientific Inquiry on the Tibetan Plateau Student Work Upward-Outward_Student_Work_Survey.pdf
Inquiry on the Tibetan Plateau Upward and Outward: Scientific Inquiry on the Tibetan Plateau Teacher Notes for Classroom Implementation of the Film Upward-Outward_Teacher_Classroom_NotesSL.pdf
Program DISCOVER-AQ: Know Your Air Quality
Program Title File
DISCOVER-AQ: Know Your Air Quality Know Your AQ Curriculum Overview & Appendices aq_appendices.zip

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