NASA eClips Real World:  The Carbon Cycle - Essential for Life on EarthVideo Description:  Carbon is an essential building block for life. Learning how carbon is converted through slow- and fast-moving cycles helps us understand how this life-sustaining element moves through the environment. Discover how NASA measures carbon through both field work and satellite imagery keeping watch through its eyes on the sky, on Earth, and in space.  This video won and Emmy Award in 2020.  Video Length:  5:43.NASA eClipsTM is a suite of online student-centered, standards-based resources that support instruction by increasing STEM literacy in formal and nonformal settings.  These free digital and downloadable resources inform and engage students through NASA-inspired, real-world connections.NASA eClips Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations.  They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.  

This resource links to a rotation-based "game" created by NOAA and the National Weather Service.  I've also attached a 5E formatted lesson plan giving some background and introduction.  The activity should take about one class period, and there is a point-of-view writing activity included as extension.  You'll need to print out (and laminate for durability) the station cards and labels.  Be sure to print the student recording sheet as well.

This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Kathryn Turner teach about representing integers using counters and number lines.

This lesson is designed for a high school biology class, as it is dependent on students having some prior knowledge of the structure of DNA. It reviews/teaches the key features of DNA structure by allowing students to use the engineering design process to create their own DNA models, compare/contrast provided models, and then edit/assess their own designs.

OverviewIn this lesson, the students will explore and learn how to translate two step algebraic expressions from words and real-world scenarios. The teacher will engage students in discussion and facilitate their learning as they encounter a variety of learning styles. The attached document provides links to the resources and materials.

This resource is a remix of the original lesson (https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/826). As per Illustrative mathematics, the purpose of this task is for students to see different ways of partitioning a figure into two or more equal shares, by which we mean decomposing the figure into "pieces" with equal area.Suggested modifications -The modifications made to the original resource allows flexibility to teachers in instruction.The lesson plan focuses on helping students understand the idea of equivalent fractions and encourages cooperative learning to have a mathematical discourse about unit fractions.Teachers can incorporate fraction circle manipulatives, that will provide students with a hands-on active learning experience. Enrichment activity- Teachers can use art to allow the student to demonstrate creativity as they learn about fractions. Students can design or illustrate a pattern containing the conceptual concept.