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Some lesson plans are only available in Adobe Acrobat format. Get the reader. Tale of a Whale (and Why It Can Be Told) (Grades 4–12) Podcasting with Your Students (Grades K–12) Introduction to the Nature Journal (Grades K–12) Every Picture Has a Story (Grades 3–8) Building Up, Breaking Down (Grades 3–8) Making Friends with Franklin (Grades 3–8) Under the Spell of ... Spiders! (Grades 3–8) Contrasts in Blue: Life on the Caribbean Coral Reef and the Rocky Coast of Maine (Grades 3–8) Decoding the Past: The Work of Archaeologists (Grades 3–8) How Things Fly: Activities for Teaching Flight (Grades 3–8) Minerals, Crystals, and Gems: Stepping-Stones to Inquiry (Grades 3–8) Ocean Planet: Interdisciplinary Marine Science Activities (Grades 3–8) Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination (Grades 3–8) Reviled and Revered: Toads, Turtles, Snakes, Salamanders, and Other Creepers and Crawlers (Grades 3–8) How Size Shapes Animals, and What the Limits Are (Grades 3–12) Airplanes and Airports: How to Take Off Without Ever Leaving the Ground (Grades 4–8) The Greatest Show on Earth (Starring Some of the World’s Smallest Animals) (Grades 4–8) The Internet and You (1997) (Grades 4–8) Art to Zoo: Under the Spell of. . . Spiders! (Grades 4–8) Of Beetles, Worms, and Leaves of Grass (Grades PreK–8) Digging Up Dirt: How Paleontologists Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life (Grades 4–8) Dinosaurs Were Real! (Grades PreK–3) Fossils: Footprints Across Time (Grades PreK–8) Turn About’s Fair Play! Mirrors and How They Reflect (Grades 4–8) Tomorrow’s Forecast: Oceans and Weather (Grades 4–8) Old Photographs: Windows to the Past (Grades 4–8) Stibnite crystals Stibnite © Smithsonian Institution. This image is from the lesson plan Minerals, Crystals, and Gems: Stepping-Stones to Inquiry.