Seed Saving Activity with Tomatoes

Saving seeds from a tomato is a fun way to dip your feet into the ocean of seed processing, cleaning, initial drying, and storage. The…

Watershed Engineering Design Challenge

This lesson includes a three day plan for a water cycle activity that uses the engineering design process and explores the driving question: To what…

Water Quality Unit Plan

This lesson plan provides an overview of how students can explore water quality with the driving question: What property of the stream can be altered…

Water Filtration Tutorial and Guide

This step-by-step tutorial explains how to use the water filtration system. Details include photographs for each step. Related Items Backpack 1.0 Water Filtration Kit Benchtop…

Tsunamis and Water Quality

In this activity, students will develop and carry out an experiment to determine the impact of a tsunami on water quality, including how tsunami causes…

Photosynthesis Unit

This in-depth lesson collection is NGSS-aligned and part of a larger unit focused on Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems. Students are introduced to…

Introduction to Ecology Unit

This in-depth seven-day unit provides a place-based introduction to ecology concepts, including local environmental issues, uses of GPS/GIS, native species, pioneer species, tree classification, human…