Curated OER
Was Goldilocks Telling the Truth?
Sixth graders explore the movement of heat between objects. For this heat lesson, 6th graders use the scientific method to conduct guided experiments regarding conduction, convection, and radiation.
Curated OER
Activity #7 Mass, Volume and Density
Students comprehend that density depends on the type of material and not on the amount of material. They use a spoonfl of table salt and a box of table salt and have the same density. Pupils comprehend that density is calculated by...
Curated OER
Capturing Light: The Science of Photography
Students create their own cameras to understand how artists use light to capture an image in a photograph. In this light lesson plan, students use tape, wax paper, rubber bands, and more to create their cameras.
Curated OER
Paper Mache Animal Sculptures
Fourth graders choose and construct farm animal paper mache sculptures. They paint their sculptures using primary colors and mixing colors, and explore various textures and forms.
Curated OER
Tempera/chalk painting
Third graders investigate and accurately interpret with cupporting evidence the artwork of Claude Monet. They choose what they will paint. Students draw a rough draft on paper. They produce interseting looking "brush strokes", where...
Curated OER
Theoretical and Empirical Probabilities
In this probability worksheet, students determine the theoretical probability of given events. Topics include choosing a card at random, number cubes, and fractions. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
Curated OER
Stand Up For Verbs: Learning About Action Verbs
In this action verbs worksheet, students read 12 sentences and underline the action verb in each one. Students check over their answers with accuracy.
Curated OER
Fractions and Decimals
In this fractions and decimals practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
Curated OER
Learning to Give
Students learn what it means to give generously. In this giving activity, students give examples of when they have given of themselves. Students complete a service project where they create a gift for preschoolers with whom they can...
Curated OER
Congruent Containers
In this congruency activity, students find congruency in everyday packaging on everyday items and answer questions about them. Students answer 4 questions.
Curated OER
Proportion Problems
In this proportions activity, students complete proportion word problems including one and two digit numbers. Students complete 6 numbers.
Curated OER
Eat Smart with MyPyramid for Kids
Students investigate food examples from the food groups to explore a healthy diet. For this healthy eating lesson, students study the food pyramid and complete related worksheets. Students also play pyramid go fish.
Curated OER
Land Use and Lawmaking in California
Students read writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson to analyze transcendentalism and analyze photographic essays depicting environmental issues. In this art and history lesson, students read excerpts of Nature by Emerson to identify...
Curated OER
Collaboration via Slime Mold
Students combine the skills and concepts that they have developed to ask a simple question which can be answered on a Petri plate. They ask questions and design experiments for verification through collaboration with their classmates.
Curated OER
Investigating the Food Pyramid
Students examine how the food pyramid is an important nutritional tool. They classify foods and compare the number of servings per group that are necessary for maintaining good health by placing empty food containers in grocery bags.
Curated OER
Slicing Up Food Fractions
Second graders categorize, cut, and sort food items to explore fractions.
Curated OER
Magnificent Metamorphosis
Students discover stages in metamorphosis through up close and real encounters with video, hands-on investigative and interactive activities using mealworms.
Curated OER
Observing Complete Metamorphosis
Sixth graders read about metamorphosis. They observe the metamorphosis of mealworms and set up the tables using Word processing to record their observations as the mealworms went through the stages of metamorphosis.
Curated OER
Worms and Spiders: "Critters That Crawl"
Students complete a unit of lessons on spiders and worms. They discuss worm and spider characteristics, create a garbage garden, observe worms, create gummy worm prints, read the book, 'The Very Busy Spider,' and construct a spider and...
Curated OER
Animals
Learners identify the names of animals in Spanish. Using plastic models, they point, touch and view the animal. They practice counting and stating the color of the animal as well. They make the sounds their favorite animal makes.
Curated OER
Life Cycles
Third graders investigate the stages of animal life cycles. They examine an egg and compare it to an inanimate object, read a booklet about the life cycle and define key vocabulary terms, and observe a mealworm. Students then design a...
Curated OER
Energy/Light/Heat/Sound
Fourth graders study the properties of heat in this series of lessons. They discuss sources of heat and experiment to determine its properties. They identify insulators and conductors by measuring temperatures, and graphing their data....
Curated OER
How Hot is Too Hot?
Fifth graders use the scientific method to conduct experiments on the temperature effects on organisms. In this temperature effects on organisms lesson plan, 5th graders observe and record the hatching or the developing of organisms into...