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A 90-minute Grades 1-4 lesson plan teaching types and elements of weather, including severe weather, through video, sorting games, worksheets, and a craft.
A full step-by-step science lesson plan (Lesson #4 of a 'Birds and Their Habitats' unit) teaching students the mutual interdependency between birds and trees.
Multi-file science mini-unit teaching mechanical, potential, and kinetic energy through direct-instruction and hands-on lesson plans, a slideshow presentation, and a model-building lab activity.
A 90-minute Grade 6 biology lesson plan teaching the process of photosynthesis through explanation, a simple experiment, and a worksheet.
Teach how electrical and chemical energy cause change, for grades 4-6 science, using a direct-instruction lesson plan, interactive notebook, PowerPoint, and quiz.
A multi-part science unit teaching the life cycles and characteristics of ten animals across five animal categories (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects), combining fact cards, a student booklet, research/report writing, and reinforcement games.
A full step-by-step science lesson plan (Lesson #5, the final lesson of a 'Birds and Their Habitats' unit) teaching students how bird nests are constructed in nature through a hands-on building activity.
A full step-by-step science lesson plan (Lesson #1 of a 'Birds and Their Habitats' unit) teaching students to compare and contrast the physical features of different birds and relate those features to survival.
A 90-minute biology lesson package guiding students through 10 hands-on plant experiments exploring how light, water, and soil affect plant growth.
Description: This Weather Lesson Plan is perfect for teachers looking for fun and engaging weather activities. With three weather activities, five weather worksheets , and a set of weather flash cards , this lesson plan has everything you need to teach your students about the weather.
A middle-school Earth science lesson unit teaching how mechanical and chemical weathering shape Earth's surface, combining readings, vocabulary, and a hands-on lab.
Two-week mini-unit introducing the scientific method and science process skills to upper-elementary students through notes, vocabulary, hands-on experiments, a study guide, and a quiz.
An elementary unit-study booklet teaching how circuits work (components, batteries, short circuits, functional circuits) with a hands-on short-circuit experiment, in matching student and teacher booklet versions.
A 5-day cross-curricular unit study on narwhals and Arctic animals for homeschool/co-op families, incorporating videos.
An elementary unit-study booklet (with combined student and teacher booklet versions) on static electricity, static discharge/shock, lightning, and Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment; the title indicates current-electricity content is also covered.
A 5-day cross-curricular unit study on killer whales (orcas) as an endangered species, combining videos (linked externally, not included), reading, worksheets, notebooking pages, and art activities to teach orca biology, behavior, habitat, and conservation status.
A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study on the blue whale as an endangered animal, combining videos, reading, worksheets, and cross-curricular activities.
A multi-file thematic unit teaching that pine trees are evergreen conifers, using leveled reading-comprehension passages, a structured science lesson plan, and a vocabulary slideshow.
A hands-on history lesson plan in which students rotate through four experiment stations to test claims made by ancient philosophers (Aristotle, Galen) against the findings of Scientific Revolution figures (Galileo, Copernicus, Vesalius), illustrating the shift to the empirical scientific method.
A ready-to-use substitute/emergency lesson plan connecting science and engineering concepts to roller coasters, for grade 3-4 classrooms needing a quick sub plan.
A computer/technology-integrated science lesson in which students research planetary distances from the sun and organize the data using spreadsheet software, addressing a stated Computer Technology Standard.
A science/literacy mini-unit teaching that pine trees are evergreens with needles instead of leaves and cones instead of flowers, paired with differentiated decodable reading passages for guided reading practice on the same topic.
A bundle of resources for a pumpkin unit study: a science observation/journal booklet and two emergent-reader booklets about pumpkins.
A multi-lesson PowerPoint/PDF unit study bundle on snowflakes and pioneering snowflake photographer Wilson Bentley, covering meteorology/snow-crystal science, biography, and geometry (snowflake symmetry), for a holiday/winter-season cross-curricular study.