6-8 Science Lessons & Films
Free NGSS-aligned middle school lesson plans, inquiry-based activities, and videos that spark student curiosity and build foundational science skills.
Life After Wildfires: Observing and Predicting Forest Recovery
1-period video activity exploring forest succession, observation practices, and science identity with elementary and middle school worksheets.
Lettuce Get to the Root of the Matter
Observe and compare monocot vs. dicot root growth with this hands-on germination activity for grades 3-12.
OBSERVER: Seeing, Sensing, and Inferring
NGSS-aligned middle school lesson to help students master the essential scientific distinction between observation and inference.
OBSERVER
An adventure in eight chapters. 🟥 There's a universe everywhere you turn.
Decoding Ancestral Knowledge
Nitrogen Cycling by Microbes in Native Hawaiian Culture
Picture a Scientist
The Fight for Gender Equity in Science
Human Nature
The story of CRISPR — the most important scientific discovery of the 21st century.
How to Kill a Superbug
Fighting antibiotic resistance with phage therapy
Good Chemistry
Jennifer Doudna & Emmanuelle Charpentier's historic Nobel Prize for CRISPR
The Hidden World of Plant Roots
Uncovering the hidden, dynamic world of plant roots with Stanford biologist José R. Dinneny
Ready, Set, Science! Webinar
Free Lessons for Building Foundational Science Skills
A Walk in the Woods
What does a redwood forest look like, and sound like, in the wake of a devastating fire?
Corals: On the Brink
Can we save coral reefs from extinction?
Scientific Curiosity: Finding Sublime in the Mundane
Finding Sublime in the Mundane
The CRISPR Apostle
Rodolphe Barrangou tells the story of his discovery that laid the groundwork for the gene editing revolution
Gregor Mendel’s Famous Genetics Experiment
Shirley Tilghman tells the story of Mendel’s studies and how his data led to an understanding of how the information within genes is passed from generation to generation.
Tinkering with Nature’s Tools
Feng Zhang shares why CRISPR-Cas9 was such a groundbreaking tool.
Electric Microbes
How Geobacter microbes produce electricity
Fire Among Giants
What happened after the redwoods burned?
Fire Among Giants: Extended Voices
In-depth interviews with forest experts about the Big Basin State Park after the 2020 wildfire.
Coming Home
The Journey of a Puerto Rican Scientist
Finding Faith in Science
Finding Faith in Science
The First Entanglement
Did we domesticate plants or did they domesticate us?
Charting an Original Path
Charting an Original Path
Century of Biology
CRISPR ethics and how it will impact our future
Judith Simcox: A Risk Worth Taking
A biochemist's inspiring journey from cancer survivor to mentor
A Winding Life Through Science
Virginia Man-Yee Lee recounts her inspiring journey into becoming a lead researcher of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases
The Milky Sea
Feature documentary about a team determined to solve one of the great ocean mysteries of our time — the bioluminescent “milky sea” phenomenon.
