Lessons and Curriculum

  • AMAZING ready-to-go middle school chemistry Google Forms lessons that can be edited to suit your needs, could make for great sub plans!

  • A plethora of chemistry resources (to include in-class lessons) are available on the ACS website.

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  • A highly engaging, phenomena-based program for grades K–8 that integrates the latest practices in science teaching and learning, as well as interactive digital tools and hands-on activities, to teach students how to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers.

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  • Rich, comprehensive lessons and effective teaching strategies

  • Thousands of searchable lessons!

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  • Online manipulatives and lessons that promote the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

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  • Over 10,000 customizable K-12 open educational resources aligned to state curriculum standards

  • Teachers register. Can be integrated with Google Classroom.

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  • A well-organized collection of printable lessons and resources for 6th-8th grade

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  • A collection of molecular biology teaching modules designed for teachers and students, developed by ELLS staff members and EMBL scientists.

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  • Vibrant science videos and accompanying lessons that include reading material, an activity guide, Kahoot quizzes, and more

  • Free to try. About $100/year for a classroom account. School and district accounts available.

  • Common Sense Education Review

  • Emphasizes 3 Dimensional learning using the Next Generation Science Standards- Each unit contains a phenomena-based mystery where students become science detectives, challenged-based collaborative labs, and an engineering challenge .

  • Mystery videos are free. A pro-teacher account that includes everything you'd need requires a quote.

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  • Engaging Lessons & Activities for Middle School Science, Many lessons adapted for Distance Learning

  • Annual Membership is $299/year or $29.99/Month

  • Find standards-aligned content. Assign practice exercises, videos and articles. Track student progress.

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  • Common Sense Education Review

  • Space, Earth Science, and Flight focused stem projects, hands-on lesson, games, engineering activities, and more!

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  • An impressive collection of videos, games, puzzles, interactive diagrams, quizzes, bell ringers, and more!

  • The School Presentation tool lets users create and share online presentations on a wide range of topics.

  • Teachers can create dashboards with selected content and instructions, and share it online with their students.

  • Free to access content. Paid accounts start at $29.95/year.

  • Instructional materials, videos, simulations, remote learning adaptations and more.

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  • Hundreds of interactive lessons, simulations, and labs!

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  • An amazing collection of lessons, activities, teaching ideas, and resources!

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  • Informative and interactive assignments that teachers assign and have automatically graded.

  • Free to use. Premium options require a quote.

  • An incredible resource collection of life science videos, lesson plans, and more!

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  • Stanford NGSS Integrated Curriculum: An Exploration of a Multidimensional World

  • NGSS Aligned Lessons, Google/PDF Slides, Teacher and Student Copies of Activities

  • Totally Free!

  • Continuously updated digital science curriculum — designed to spark the interest of students and provide real-time support for teachers

  • Hands-on activities, curriculum-aligned lessons, virtual reality experiences, stunning footage of natural phenomena, and science news feeds

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  • Search by lesson topic or NGSS standard to find science and energy lessons, hands-on activities, videos, and more!

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  • Interactive virtual lessons/experiences that are fun and engaging.

  • Topics include genetics, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, kinetic and potential energy, the periodic table and atoms, density, waves, forces and motion, and more.

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  • An interactive and fun high school chemistry platform that allows students to engage with the material they are learning.

  • $75/teacher/year up to 200 students

  • Interactive scientific models plus hands-on activities, personalized guidance, and rich embedded assessments

  • Standards-aligned, and research-based inquiry curricula that address NGSS 3D proficiency

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  • Aggregates resources developed by Paul Andersen and other science teachers implementing the Next Generation Science Standards* (NGSS)

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