Earth & Space Science, ESS1: Earth's Place in the Universe, ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems, ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes, ESS2.D: Weather and Climate, ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.A: Natural Resources, ESS3.B: Natural Hazards, ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, Life Science, LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity, LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans, Physical Science, PS1: Matter and Its Interactions, PS3: Energy
Climate Change, Climate Justice + Sustainability lesson plans and supporting resources: Free lesson plans and supporting resources from the Bay Area Environmental-STEM Institute (BAESI) Green Ninja Curriculum (NGSS-approved for middle school; project-based approach)...
Earth & Space Science, ESS2.D: Weather and Climate, ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.A: Natural Resources, ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, Life Science, LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity, LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans
BAESI’s new “Pika Models + Climate Change” lesson plans are adapted from the 2016 Science Framework for California Public Schools (pp. 839-841). Students explore the life of pikas, tiny mammals that live in alpine areas, and how they are being...
Life Science, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity, LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans
This group activity analyzes common views about science. Teaching the Nature of Science (.PDF) BAESI Nature of Science Handout (.DOC) Card Exchange Statements and Categories – to Print (.DOC) Nature of Science activity...
Earth & Space Science, ESS1.C: Earth's History, Life Science, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
In this activity, students explore incidents of homology in nature and analyze similarities and differences in body structures of animals. Are We Related? Lesson plan (.PDF) Are We Related? Student worksheet (.PDF) Birds and T-rex: Evidence (.PDF)...
Life Science, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Explore genetic drift, allele frequency, and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in this hands-on activity. Hardy-Weinberg Bean Activity (.DOC)
Earth & Space Science, ESS1.C: Earth's History, Life Science, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
This short .PDF textbook covers the fossil record, natural selection, and evidence of evolution. Evolution and the Fossil Record (.PDF)
Earth & Space Science, ESS1.C: Earth's History, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.D: Weather and Climate, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, Life Science, LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Explore this excellent resource on the causes and consequences of past mass extinctions on Earth from the BBC. The Big Five Mass...
Life Science, LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
This hands-on, group activity shows how a biologically diverse ecosystem protects all members from disease and pests. Includes follow-up discussion questions for the class. Biodiversity: How It Stops Disease from Spreading
