Lesson Plan Resources

• Lesson Plan template  (available in Google Docs; download or make a copy to edit)
• Lesson Cover Sheet
• Lesson Standards Checklist
• EARTH Logo to use on lesson materials

Standards & Key Concepts

• The Next Generation Science Standards
  • The Next Generation Science Standards and the Life Sciences by Roger Bybee
  • NGSS App (iTunes)
  • Next Generation Science Standards Checklist
• Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice
• Ocean Literacy—Understanding of the Ocean’s influence on you and your influence on the Ocean
  • Ocean Literacy Essential Principles
  • Ocean Literacy App (iTunes)
    • Ocean Literacy Standards Checklist

Teaching Tools

• BSCS 5E Instructional Model
• Method of assessment—https://facultyinnovate.utexas.edu/teaching/check-learning/methods
• Rubistar—a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics
• Cornell Notes—http://coe.jmu.edu/LearningToolbox/cornellnotes1.html
• Plagiarism video—http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw6NxvwP41U
  What is plagiarism and how do you avoid it? This brief tutorial will help answer those questions.
• Tuva—http://tuvalabs.com/

Science Process Skills

• The Science Process Skills—Michael J. Padilla
• Process Skills: Definitions and Examples—Exploratorium Handout

Image Resources

• Pixabay—https://pixabay.com/
• Unsplash—https://unsplash.com/
• Wikimedia Commons
• Morguefile—https://morguefile.com/search/morguefile/1/pop