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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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 90-minute Grades 9-12 biology lesson plan on the organs and process of the human digestive system, including common disorders.
A 90-minute Grade 3-5 science lesson plan teaching what a solar eclipse is and its types via video, demonstration, and a hands-on model activity.
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.
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.
Support a guided-reading lesson (Level Q, Grade 4) built around a nonfiction book about how fish survive, teaching science vocabulary and reading-comprehension strategies.
A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study on the blue whale as an endangered animal, combining videos, reading, worksheets, and cross-curricular activities.
Free download This Guided Reading Book - Science of Seasons (Level Q) with lesson plan includes: Guided Reading Color Label (front cover x1) This is a quick way to match the book’s demands to what students can generally handle.. The overall goal is to use the level/color to pick books for several smaller groups. To qualify for a certain…
A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study built around the novel Midnight on the Moon (Magic Tree House #8), pairing daily reading with videos, worksheets, and hands-on activities about the moon and space exploration.
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 full step-by-step science lesson plan (Lesson #2 of a 'Birds and Their Habitats' unit) teaching students the definition of habitat and the specific parts of a Cardinal's habitat.
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 full step-by-step science lesson plan (Lesson #3 of a 'Birds and Their Habitats' unit) teaching students how different bird nests are formed and their purpose, comparing an eagle's nest to a flamingo's nest.