Science Lessons

This middle-school science lesson incorporates a realistic ecological mystery investigating varied effects on a fragile food web and ecosytem.

This high-school science lesson incorporates close reading of a nonfiction article with scientific explorations about the dangers of water shortages in the Phoenix metropolitan area, which is growing rapidly despite its limited water supply. 

This lesson incorporates close reading of a nonfiction article discussing current trends to incorporate bugs in gourmet foods.

This document is an example of metaphorical problem solving in helping students learn the differences between genes and alleles.  It could be incorporated into a biology lesson as new, review, or study.

This lesson introduces students to a variety of ways forensics works in the real world and through historical advancements.  It is open to varied texts and applications, but uses several great block schedule teaching strategies.