Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Empty Headed" Poetry Theater
In "Empty Voices", students will participate in a poem in many voices. Adapted from the poem by Linda J. Knaus in Miles of Smiles, students will dramatize a poem that describes all of the crazy things that they have seen.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Observations and Experiments Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about the role of observations and experiments in scientific investigation. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Customarily Speaking and Measuring
Students will be using a hands-on approach to learning about length, capacity, and weight. This lesson contains a detailed plan, slides containing notes and problems, and a video tutorial.
Science Fun for Everyone
Science Fun: Changing of the Leaves
Learn why leaves change colors in the fall with this science experiment.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 1.1 Scientific Ways of Thinking
Learn how to think like a scientist.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade K: Weather
Students learn about real and imaginary situations by connecting knowledge from nonfiction texts and media sources to events in literary texts. Students develop an awareness of weather and its patterns, how weather affects living things,...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Sniffing Safari
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring outdoor scents. Students will learn basic information about outdoor scents; students will also use online drawing tools to design an outdoor scene with...
Other
Catching Sunshine
Teachers can enroll their class in this online 'Science-athon.' Students design and build a solar collector, and over a period of several days, collect data and enter it into an online database.
Rice University
What Percentage of Your Class Is Right or Left Handed?
What percentage of the class is right or left-handed? Students will investigate this question using statistical processes of collecting the data, organizing it, graphing, and finally analyzing it. Follow-up questions are provided for the...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Hero Elementary: Super Seasons Snapshots
Children can look around to practice making observations and to notice details they might otherwise not notice. There are scenes for each season - spring, summer, fall, and winter. Explore a park to learn how animals and plants change...
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Nceas: Scientific Method
This concise site from NCEAS contains an explanation of the scientific method along with a basic example of the scientific method in action.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Ato Z Teacher Stuff: Lifesaver Descriptive Writing Lesson
This site has a fun way to explore your senses. While eating a lifesaver, students observe their senses and write down what they discover. Great idea, but not many details in the lesson plan.