Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will be able to practice real life science and math through creating a personalized salsa recipe using fractions!
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will simulate the Oregon Trail journey using STEM to make decisions and analyze outcomes.
Grades:
6th Grade
Introduction to EdScratch using Edison Robots and modeling the flow of an ecosystem.
Grades:
6th Grade
Introduction to Tangible Coding and Sequencing to model the flow of an ecosystem.
Grades:
6th Grade
Illustrate and find the area and perimeter of the rockwool pattern. Create an expression to represent the number of seeds needed to plant their rockwool pattern. Plant rockwool garden. Illustrate the
Grades:
6th Grade
After completing a ratio table and researching the benefits of the ingredients in chicken feed, students will now be able to build a bag of chicken feed for a local farmer!
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson compares and contrasts different hydroponic systems and their benefits and setbacks. Then, the plan walks the students through the hands-on activity of creating a Kratky bin for hydroponic
Grades:
6th Grade
Stage one of a 4 stage project. Students will research crops and seasons to create a blueprint that will serve as the guidelines for building a small functioning farm.
Grades:
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students investigate and learn parts of an Earthworm inside and out. Students learn about the Earthworm life cycle and purpose.
Grades:
6th Grade
This lesson takes place in a classroom over two weeks. Students may work in small groups of 2-3. Prior to the robotics challenge, teachers should facilitate student discussion through guided lessons
Grades:
6th Grade
Students will create and study and ecosystem on a small scale with seeds.
Grades:
6th Grade
Students examine prior knowledge and apply their findings to design solutions. Students create an invention or app.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade
Summary - Students will be identifying the structures and functions of plant reproductive parts. Materials - Flowers, scissors, magnifying lenses, resource materials (internet/textbook)
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade
Summary: This lesson is to be done at the end of an ecosystem unit. The students will be creating their own alien ecosystem using a model. Materials for this lesson include 3D pens, cardboard boxes
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Students will summarize the environmental impact of obtaining and using fossil fuels and recommend solutions for reducing use of fossil fuels. Chocolate chip cookies toothpicks plates Cookie Mining
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Classes will prepare several garden bins for planting, by using a tape measure students take into consideration the recommended distances of seed planting described on the seed packet and the
Grades:
6th Grade
In this unit, students will study the effects of air pollution and engineer an environmentally friendly air filter to reduce pollutants in the air using common household items and recycled materials
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Agenda: build a moving car robot Program their car robot using coding Share or present their car robots going through the maze Objectives: Students will learn how to Construct a moving car robot
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade
You could do this together, step by step or give them all of the materials and information needed to do it by themselves. Could be a group activity or an individual activity so each student can take
Grades:
6th Grade
In this unit, students will study the effects of acid rain and chemically engineer an environmentally friendly solution to neutralize the acid in a simulated river contaminated by factory run-off
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Objectives: After this activity, students should be able to: Learn the concepts of what a robot is Building a model of a robot (not a functioning robot). Explain what is a robot, the parts of a robot
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Lesson Summary: Students code sprites in scratch to animate the Central Dogma of Biology Materials: Laptops Agenda: The teacher will introduce a list of items like the following: aquarium, bicycle
Grades:
6th Grade
In this lesson, students will be learning about the challenges of farming in space for future settlements. Specifically they will focus on the difficulty of testing whether plants will grow in soil
Grades:
6th Grade
Students will plant and observe plants from seed to full germination while making observations on growth. This will be done using a science notebook to record germination, height, and number of leaves