Over the years, our fellows have put together lesson plans, on a wide variety of topics, that are free to download for use in your classroom.

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Astronomy

Are the Stars Dying? Exoplanet Facebook Project
Exploring the Solar System Formation with NetLogo
Finding What We Can’t See: Using Absorption Line Spectroscopy
Gravitational Lensing: An Introduction
Gravitational Lensing with Python
Life on Other Worlds: The Drake Equation
Needle in a Haystack: How to Find One Galaxy Among Half a Billion Others
Plotting the HR Diagram with Python
Wrestling of Stars at Close Encounters
Bayesian vs. Frequentist Statistics
Introduction to Gravity, Black Holes, and Gravitational Waves

Biology

Introduction to Scientific Models
Life on Other Worlds: The Drake Equation
NetLogo Wolf-Sheet Predation Simulation

Chemistry

Computational Modeling and Parameter Optimization
Diffusion and Random Walks
Finding What We Can’t See: Using Absorption Line Spectroscopy
Introduction to Scientific Models
Sinkholes: Getting to the Bottom of the Problem
Surface Tension and Soap Films
Systems Thinking: Batteries and Electric Cars

Computer Science

Algorithms and Artwork
An Introduction to Numerical Modeling with Python
Computational Modeling and Parameter Optimization
Computational Thinking: Using Google Forms and Spreadsheets
Needle in a Haystack: How to Find One Galaxy Among Half a Billion Others
Bayesian vs. Frequentist Statistics

Earth and Environmental Science

Are the Stars Dying? Exoplanet Facebook Project
Computational Modeling and Parameter Optimization
Planetary Puzzles and Seismic Solutions
Simulating Human Population Dynamics
Sinkholes: Getting to the Bottom of the Problem
Systems Thinking: Batteries and Electric Cars

General Science

Algorithms and Artwork
Computational Thinking: Using Google Forms and Spreadsheets
Fighting Pseudoscience: Homeopathy & Beyond
Introduction to Scientific Models
NetLogo Wolf-Sheet Predation Simulation
Planetary Puzzles and Seismic Solutions

Mathematics

Gas Laws – A Computational Approach: Boyle’s Law
Mystery Dice: A Game of Inferences
Bayesian vs. Frequentist Statistics

Physics

An Introduction to Numerical Modeling with Python
Are the Stars Dying? Exoplanet Facebook Project
Introduction to Scientific Models
Life on Other Worlds: The Drake Equation
Surface Tension and Soap Films
Systems Thinking: Batteries and Electric Cars
Introduction to Gravity, Black Holes, and Gravitational Waves