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- All about trash
- Students will discover which kinds of trash break down naturally and which do not when they make their own landfills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science)
- By Dawn Gilbert.
- Convection currents
- Students work together to show convection currents in the air. They construct a paper propeller that will be caused to spin as a result of the transfer of heat energy through the air.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
- By Jillian Dube.
- Decomposition
- Students will observe decomposition in a pile of grass clippings and in a compost heap over time.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
- By Monica Dubbs.
- The effects of acid rain on the environment
- This is an experiment in which groups of students are given healthy plants to water with different solutions of an acid rain mixture made in class. Students will document and present their findings. This lesson plan has modifications for an Intermediate Low English Language Learner (ESL student).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Development and Science)
- By Helen Beall and Heather Hughes-Buchanan.
- From dirt to dinner
- This lesson serves as an introductory study of the plant world. The lesson allows students to study seeds, parts of plants, microclimates, and how to grow seeds into vegetable plants for harvest. Parents are encouraged to assist at home.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Glenn Bass.
- From seed to plant
- This lesson will give students an opportunity to learn about seed parts, how a plant grows, and to compare plants.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science)
- By Gretchen Barkowitz.
- Getting down & dirty with soils
- In this lesson, we will explore different kinds of soil (humus, sand, clay). The students will plant seeds in the different soils as part of further exploration.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Amy Rhyne, Paulette Keys, and Sarah Carson.
- Growing cooties
- This lesson teaches the importance of washing hands to reduce the spread of germs. In this lesson, students will see mold develop over time on a potato as the result of handling the potato with dirty hands.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Healthful Living)
- By Ronda Odenwelder.
- How does your flower grow?
- Students will develop science process skills by observing plants in various conditions and recording their observation over a period of time
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science)
- By Bobbie Toler.
- Inside a baby seed
- Students will identify the three main parts of a seed after the bean/seeds have been soaked in water overnight.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science)
- By Thelma Pike.
- Magic water and convection
- This lesson will give students a demonstration of how heat affects water particles.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
- By JoAnne Pearson.
- MaraLIMAthon
- Kindergarten students will work with an older grade buddy (we worked with 1st grade students) to make predictions, and then over a two-week period, see changes in lima bean growth, and be able to document the lima bean's progress. The buddies will work together to create an illustrated short story about lima bean characters that they create.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Kristi Waddle.
- Savvy soil
- The students will compare and contrast the physical characteristics of three soils: clay, humus, and sand. They will create double bubble maps and list poems about the soils.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science)
- By Karen Smith.
- Weathering the water cycle: Condensation
- This lesson introduces students to condensation as one phase of the water cycle. Through the use of the four lessons in this series students will learn that the water cycle is a continuous cycle. The other lessons in this series include lessons on evaporation and precipitation as well as a conclusion.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science)
- By Cathie Hill, Jackie Parker, and Karen Neilson.
- What is static charge?
- This lab exercise uses ordinary household materials to explore static charge.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Leigh Kiser.
