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GK-12 Lessons, organized by grade and topic:
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Lesson Plan Format
Materials Request Form
Fellow Weekly Report
Teacher Weekly Report
Sample Data Sheet
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
3rd Grade Lessons
Life Science
Tools of the Trade
Force and Motion
Technology and Design
Rocks
Animal Classification
Ball Launcher
Centrifugal Force
Build a Card Tower
Inferring Rocks
Classification
Evaluating Observations
Forces
Building a Bridge
Rock Cycles
Classification of Objects
Length Measurement
Friction
A
B
Rocks & Minerals
Classifying Animals
Volume Measurement
Gears
Mohs Hardness
Classifying with a Dichotomous Key
Making Measurement
Gravity
Observing Rocks
Cycle Sequence of Events
Measuring Bubbles
Inclined Plane
A
B
C
Making Animal Fossils
Mealworm Cycles
Measuring Mass
Inclined Plane & Lever
A Day's Cycle
Measuring Objects
Levers
Butterfly Life Cycles
Tools of the Trade
Marshmallow Launch
Life Cycles
Standardized Measuring
Pulleys
A
B
Soil
Living & Nonliving
A
B
Tools for a Data Table
Screws
Soil Types
Plants in Changing Environment
Using a Balance & Ruler
Simple Machines Stations
Fossils Cookie Dig
Communicate Your Findings
Wheel & Axle
Fossils and Our Past
Describing Physical Features
Motion
Making Fossils
Time to Roll
Newton's 1st Law
Polar Bear Adaptations
Newton's 2nd Law
Life Cycle Jeopardy
Marshmallow Launch Design
Yummy Adaptations
Tug of War
Mighty Mealworms
Gravity Works
Animal Classification
4th Grade Lessons
Weather & Atmosphere
Nature of Matter
Changes in Earth's Surface
Plants
Cloud & Weather Patterns
Alka Seltzer Cannons
Ohio Changes
Cold as Ice
Basic Needs of Plants
WS
Exploring Weather Websites
Biscuit Chemical Changes
Physical & Chemical Changes
A
B
Cracked Marbles
Dichotomous Key with Plants
Forecasting Weather
Blizzard Ice Cream Changes
Refrigeration
Erosion & Weathing
Photosynthesis
Making a Rain Gauge
Change It
Rock Candy Physical Change
Erosion of Fossils
Plant Cycle
Making Hail
Changes in Matter
Same but Different
Freezing Cracks
Plant Life Cycle
Meet the Scientist
Chemical of Physical Change
Science Experiments
A
B
Grand Canyon
Plants in Changing Environments
Meteorologist for a Day
Condensation
Slimy Physical Changes
Making a Cave
Plants of the Past
Naming the Clouds
Dancing Kernels
Snowflake Crystals
Observation or Inference
Research Plants of Past
Temperature & Weather
Density
A
B
Solid, Liquid, & Gas
Smooth it Out
Eggs, Seeds, and the Avocado Pit
Weather
Densor Sensor
Spagetti Physical Change
Volcanic Eruptions
Do the Carbon Cycle
Weather Maps
Discover Physical Changes
States of Matter
A
B
Water Causes Weathering
Leaf Me Aloe
Weather: Piecing it all Together
Discover Chemical Changes
Strange States of Matter
Water Speed & Erosion
Leaf Me Aloe Continued
What Should I Wear Today
Evaporation
Penny Factory
Weathering
Dandelions Everywhere
Wind Vane
Ice Cream Physical Change
Water Cycle
Weathering Rocks
Plant Growth Challenge
Cloud Types & Their Weather
Making Toffee
What's the Matter?
Wind Erosion
Plant Part Pizza
Little Globes and the Earth
Ohio Physical & Chemical Changes
Chem. Change: Diet Coke & Mentos
Winds of Destruction
Stop Photosynthesis
Syringes, Pressure, & Denisty
Chemical Change with Yeast Balloons
Physical & Chemical Changes
Plants & Erosion
Wind Direction
Rotten Bananas Chemical Change
Physical Weathering
Eggtectonics
Fossilized Fudge
Changes in Earth's Surface (continued)
Volatile Volcanoes
Volcanic Eruption
Glaciers: Modes of Erosion
Wind Erosion
Glaciers: Icy Bulldozers
Glaciers & Erosion
5th Grade Lessons
Ecosystems
The Earth & Space
Recycle, Reuse, & Technology
Animal's Survival
Cactus Adaptations
Moon Phases
Building a Bridge
Basic Needs
A
B
C
Dirty Downstream
Seasons
Human Impact
Birdfeeders
Influence of Dynamics on a Biome
Shadows
Oil Spills
Camoflauge
Plant Survival Guide
Reasons for Seasons
Story Problems
Carrying Capacity
Flows of Energy through an Ecosystem
Day and Night
Tower Challenge
Changing Environments
Preparing for Winter
Rotation
Water Cycle
Floristic Relay Game
Exploring a Freshwater Ecosystem
Earth's Orbit and Gravity
Decomposers: Microbial Garden
Floristic Game Background
Forest Ecosystem
Earth's Revolution
Yeast & Decomposing Bananas
Floristic Game Board
&
Cards
Freshwater Ecosystem
Scaled Solar System
Greener Cleaner
Kill Terrariums
Earth is a Watery Planet
It's A Dirty Job
We Need Our Space
Earth's Orbit
Miniature Oceans
What is a Biome?
Phases of the Moon
Food Webs & Chains
Building a Sundial
Pollution and the Sick Salmon
Food Web
Light and Sound
Nature of Energy
Recycled Paper
Mice & Worms Camo
Good Vibrations
Electricity
Plant Dependencies
Sound Helmet
Forms of Energy
Nature of Energy (continued)
Producers & Enerygy Transfer
Laser Reflections
Potential Energy
Insulators on a Graph
Reactions to Environments
Prisms and CDs
Simple Circuit
Light it Up with a Closed Circuit
Recyclers
Tuning Fork Vibrations
Making Thermometers
Popcorn Heat it Up
Recyclers Revisited
Therminator
Soapy Convection Pie
Respiration
&
WS
Balloons in Cold Temperatures
Ice Cube Challenge
Sources of Energy
Convection Currents
Succession
Warm Polar Animals
What I Ate Today
Conduction Game
Science Fair
Useful Links:
National Science Foundation
Wonders of Our World (WOW)
Ohio Resource Center
The Ohio State University
Columbus Public Schools
Ohio Department of Education
Terrific Science
How Stuff Works
Wikipedia
Kitchen Science
Bridge - Ocean Sciences Education Center
University of Maine GK-12 Site
Rice University GK-12 Site
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