| Name |
Description |
| Day and Night: | This is a short lesson to teach Earth/Space benchmarks on day and night to your K students. It also addresses some Nature of Science benchmarks. |
| Look Out Below!: | In this lesson students explore the force of gravity by testing gravity's pull with parachutes. The students will investigate the idea of gravity pulling objects to the ground unless something holds it up. |
| Sorting Junk!: | In this lesson, students will sort junk boxes to help them understand Physical science benchmarks. Students will also access website to reinforce sorting and technology skills. |
| Your Own Backyard: | Each of Earth's different environments has its own natural features; this lesson uses multimedia resources to introduce a variety of environments to students. First, students will discuss local environmental features, then take a field trip to explore them. Next, they'll watch videos of different environment types, then compare and contrast their features. Finally, they will discuss the geologic features of interesting places they've visited. |
| Name |
Description |
| Comparing Plants, Animals, and Seeds: | These lessons compare and contrast plants versus animals and seeds versus plants in regards to both appearance and behavior/function. |
| Exploring Gravity and Parachutes: | Students explore the effects of gravity on objects and explore ways to keep objects from falling. Students then investigate parachutes to further explore gravity and factors that affect the motion that results from the gravitational force between objects and the Earth. |
| Exploring the Five Senses: | This unit explores the five senses and their respective related body parts. It shows how observations of the natural world are made using our senses. |
| Fast and Slow Motion: | This unit introduces the terms "fast" and "slow" in regards to motion objects and explore how different objects move. |
| Ladybugs: | These lessons explore the characteristics and behavior of ladybugs, and to create their own paper model of a ladybug. |
| Physical Changes: | Two lessons provide students with opportunities to explore physical changes. Students manipulate paper and clay to demonstrate and discuss physical changes of matter. |
| Sorting Lessons: | In this sequence of lessons, students have opportunities to sort various objects by multiple properties including color, size, shape, temperature, texture, and weight. |
| Sun and Moon | Day and Night: | In this unit, students record observations of the day and night sky over weeks or a month. Discussions around the observations are intended to help students recognize the patterns in their observations. Literature connections are included. |
| Touching and Fair Tests with Pill Bugs and Earthworms: | This unit shows students how to humanely handle pill bugs ("roly polies") and earthworms while observing their characteristics. Students will explore the types of conditions that each bug prefers to live in (eg., wet or dry, dark or light). |
| Vibrations Make Sound: | Students explore and discuss vibration and sound using a variety of common materials. Activities demonstrate connections between vibration, movement, sound, and waves using materials such as homemade drums, rubber bands, tuning forks, balloons, and water. |
