Lesson Plans for Teachers to Explore Science Education
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Kinderforce
Recommended Grade: K
A story-time to learn about the movements of living and nonliving things and how they can affect seed dispersal in plants.
Wonderful World of Eggs
Recommended Grade: 2nd
Dive into kitchen chemistry with an exploration of the various properties and applications of eggs.
Nature’s Currency
Recommended Grade: 4th
Students will learn about different forms of energy and how energy gets converted from one form to another.
Earth’s Changing Surfaces
Recommended Grades:
4th, 5th, 7th
This is an outline of a science outreach program, complete with an “assembly” portion for the instructor and student activities. Topics covered include: Erosion, weathering, uplifting, deposition, volcanoes, and earthquakes
Plant Cycle Yoga
Recommended Grade: 5th
An integration of movement with learning, this simple yoga practice explores the stages in a plant’s life cycle.
Electricity and Magnetism
Recommended Grades:
5th, 7th
Teacher demonstrations and student activities that introduce the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism. Conductors and resistors are also defined and students can do an activity to sort various materials into the two categories.
So Hot Right Now
Recommended Grade: 6th
Students will learn about natural systems and how they interact before trying their hand at designing effective natural disaster defense.
