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Design technology: Children's engineering
This unit includes design technology projects linked to major themes in engineering. All the lessons and activities support national and state standards. They include materials lists, procedures, student data sheets, and assessment strategies. The lessons vary in grade level and can be modified up or down.
Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
Project Groundhog
The students will determine the groundhog prediction of either six more weeks of winter or an early spring and see if the prediction was accurate by recording daily weather data for six weeks. Over that six week period the students will be comparing their weekly data with schools around the USA and Canada using the Project Groundhog website.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics and Science)
By Jane Diamond.
Solar energy hot box
This hands-on science lesson is great because it allows students to get out of their seats and move about, as well as allows students to work in cooperative groups. The teacher is more of a facilitator and students are more in charge of their own learning processes.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
By Nicole Albright.
Temperature graphs
In the following lesson students will locate and record daily high temperatures for several major cities. This data will then be displayed on line graphs. Students will choose one city, and based on its high temperatures, write a paragraph describing appropriate clothing and activities for that location. They will draw a picture of themselves dressed in the clothing and participating in an activity they described.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Kaye Clark.
Weather watchers
This is a week long activity during which the students record the weather, track weather changes, and make predictions about future weather patterns.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills, Information Skills, and Science)
By Virginia Shaddix.
Why does chemistry matter in my life?
This series of high school chemistry lesson plans addresses questions about the relevance of chemistry in everyday life.
Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)