Sciences Grades 10-12

A series of short and fun animated videos that explains the structures and how they work in a cell.

Click on a part of the cell to find out more. Students will also find a quiz and cell animations.

Biology is the study of life—a four-letter word that connects you to 4 billion years worth of family tree. The word “life” can be tricky to define, but a shared set of characteristics helps biologists identify living things.

At first glance, plant and animal cells have a lot in common. But plant cells have evolved some wild features that set them apart from animal cells.

Click on each part of the cell to learn more. Students will also find a quiz.

How do planets tell time? This video describes how circadian rhythms act as "internal timekeepers" and affect the structure of plants.

This TED Talk video, with bonus quiz and resources, investigates how the heart "works by taking a closer look at the heart’s highly efficient ventricle system." (site)

This is a video about the development and function of the teen brain. The video treats the teen brain as a computer upgrade. The video was created by TeenMentalHealth.org and is hosted on YouTube.

Accurate education about climate and energy topics has never been more important, and it can be challenging to locate reliable, vetted educational materials to use in your classroom. CLEAN is here to help you find the resources that you need, without wondering about their scientific credibility or educational value.

Each environmental science lab on this site includes several lesson plans you can use in your classroom.

This NASA page is filled with great information about climate change. Get quick stats about carbon levels, Earth's temperature and melting ice. Explore the data, articles and incredible images showing the changes that Earth is undergoing.

In this lab you will get a chance to "build your own" ecosystem, and explore the effects of the relationships between producers and consumers.

With this series of visualizations from NASA, students can see how some of the key indicators of climate change, such as temperature and sea ice extent, have changed in the past few years. You can also see the possible effects of rising sea levels.

Select a topic to see how climate change has affected glaciers, sea ice, and continental ice sheets worldwide.

Classroom resources from the National Center for Science Education (US)

Use this footprint calculator to assess your own water footprint. Based on your country of residence and your own consumption pattern, you will have a unique water footprint.

Explore the world's national parks, wilderness areas and world heritage sites. Use the interactive map to explore different areas of the world. This was created through a UN partnership with the International Union of Conservation of Nature, as well as other organizations.

A list of lesson plans, articles, videos, and interactive activities for students from grades 9-12 to explore the science of rising sea levels.

This is a virtual model of Earth's gyres and the pollution that flows through them.

The Story of Bottled Water describes the environmental and financial impact of using bottled water instead of tap water.

An animated video that explores the high-tech industry’s millions of tons of e-waste.

In this video, the creator "examines the many ways in which energy cycles through our planet, from the sun to our food chain to electricity and beyond." (site)

Clearing forests for agriculture and development can have severe consequences for our environment.

Did you know that deforestation causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all trains, planes and automobiles combined?

This video explains why scientists often describe the Arctic as the “canary in the coal mine” when it comes to climate change. The Arctic is a unique and remote region that can be both an early indicator of the climate of the rest of the Earth and a driver for weather patterns across the globe.

"Build an atom out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and see how the element, charge, and mass change. Then play a game to test your ideas."

Watch different types of molecules form a solid, liquid, or gas. Add or remove heat and watch the changes.

Sitting around a campfire, you can feel its heat, smell the woody smoke, and hear it crackle. But what exactly are you looking at?

Have you ever seen static electricity cause a spark of light? What is that spark? What about lightning, the Northern Lights, or the tail of a comet? All of those things and many others – in fact, 99.9% of the universe -- are made of plasma.

Did you know that snowflakes are all six-sided and that none of them are exactly the same? Learn about the science of covalent bonds and the making of a snowflake.

This TED video lesson examines the two forces that drive both endothermic and exothermic chemical reactions: enthalpy and entropy. There is a short quiz in the Think section and further links in Dig Deeper.

This 3 minute video reviews how we harness solar energy and the benefits of this renewable source. The video also describes the challenges that we need to overcome to make this source even more viable.

Watch different types of molecules form a solid, liquid, or gas. Add or remove heat and watch the changes.

This video examines renewable energy and some of the challenges of exchanging our fossil fuel dependence for only renewable energy sources.

A history of discoveries related to electricity and how the words "electric, "electricity", and "batteries" came into use.

The concepts of work and power help us unlock and understand many of the physical laws that govern our universe.

Is it possible that one day the world could be completely reliant on solar energy? This video examines how solar panels convert solar energy to electrical energy.

This video explains the chemistry involved in keeping our car engines from getting too hot or too cold.

Watch this animated video to learn how solar towers and panels work and why cloud cover is an important factor in the future of solar energy production.

This video explains why scientists often describe the Arctic as the “canary in the coal mine” when it comes to climate change. The Arctic is a unique and remote region that can be both an early indicator of the climate of the rest of the Earth and a driver for weather patterns across the globe.