4th Grade

Students learn vocabulary and learn about how light and shadows interact. Students explore using flashlights and making shadow hand puppets.

Students learn about the gila woodpecker as well as the 5 S's of birdwatching. Students then make observations of birds in their schoolyard, summarize the findings on a graph and slideshow, and design

Dive into adaptations and an intro to evolution through activities, readings, analyzing data, and a virtual lab to determine what happens to a species over time. There are plenty of extensions and is

This lesson was for 2nd/3rd graders in an after-school class. Students were not familiar with 3D printing or Tinkercad. We spent 3 days to complete. Day 1 was learning about 3D printing, opening

Students will examine the pro's and con's of various types of vertical gardens and create fractional models of 3 gardens. They will select a garden to plant and provide their rationale.

This lesson is part 2 of a lesson based off of the Artemis Roads II developed by NASA. It moves from the research of the project to the engineering aspect.

This lesson is based off of the Artemis Roads II lesson developed by NASA. Students will be researching and developing a biome/lunar greenhouse. This is part 1 of 2 of the lesson plan.

Students will use Tinkercad's website to create a 3D box and lid. I provide step-by-step Google Slides on how students create this project, share videos of the directions, and additional resources for

In this hands-on lesson, students work collaboratively in groups to design models to represent the relative positions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon as they relate to each of the 8 phases of the moon