L1: Cells

Teachers don't talk trash, they talk COMPOST!! Compost is the best way to teach students the value of community as they create a Classroom Compost Program. In this 3-day introductory lesson, students

In this fifth grade lesson plan, students extract DNA after reading about a young girl who is persistent in showing her parents she can be responsible. Students engage in identifying character traits

This lesson has students create a unique graphical visual of the components of blood within a vial. These components of blood are then researched and used as a control for accomplishing two

This STEM Argumentative Research Project engages students in exploring the scientific, ethical, and societal implications of themes in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." Students will work in groups to

This hands-on lesson plan includes a lab that can be done to understand cell membrane properties. Students will provide evidence to support the claim that all biological systems demonstrate some

In this lesson, students use microscopes to find cells in the different stages of the cell cycle.

In this exciting 5th grade science lesson, students will delve into the microscopic world using microscopes and explore the field of nanotechnology. The lesson begins with an engaging introduction to

Continue the exploration of fungi and harvest the grown mushrooms in the classroom with this engaging lesson! Students will build a model of a chosen mushroom type, taste test and record observations

Explore the world of fungi by exposing students to how mushrooms grow, the differences between plants and fungi, growing mushroom examples in the classroom, dissecting various mushroom samples and