Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade
This lesson plan focuses around 4 key topics, with activities for each. The plan covers renewable energy, solar energy, why solar energy is important, and what the children can do to conserve energy
Grades:
8th Grade
OBJECTIVES: Today we will gather data about local tree diameters Today we will estimate the approximate age of trees Today we will build connections between a tree’s growth and environmental factors
Grades:
6th Grade
A mixture of 5E lessons on Nearpod and accompanying hands-on activity to help students see that gravity works at a distance and is affected by mass. Materials needed GraviTraks Lesson Packet (embedded
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this lesson, students will learn about the different components that make up soil. They will learn about particle sizes and other differences that are used to define clay, silt, sand, and humus
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Environmental Masters of Disaster Team (groups of 3-5 students) will choose an man-made environmental disaster, analyze its effects, then engineer a method or prototype to solve the problem.
Grades:
5th Grade
Have students create Earth, sun, moon, and planets that can go on robots. Have students experiment with light and movement to demonstrate the rotation of sun, earth, and moon Run the models Document
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade
This lesson is part of a school-wide project to renovate a greenhouse and create a native seed library. This lesson is intended to create intrinsic motivation to engage in the project. This lesson
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade
This is lesson 4 out of a unit of 4 lessons about habitats. In the preceeding lessons, students researched habitats and animal adaptations. This lesson is a presentation of information using a variety
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade
This lesson plan includes ideas and materials to last for 5 days. The students will be learning about human impact on tide pools and engineering their own solution. On the first day will be about
Grades:
4th Grade
Students will: *Construct a model of a volcano. *Produce lava flows. *Observe, draw, record, and interpret the history and stratification of a volcano produced by the students. *Make the connection
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade
Students will make up, describe, and draw an animal in a specific habitat. The students will determine what adaptations the animal needs to survive in the habitat. In the next lesson, they will build
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade
This lesson is an exploration of patterns in the students' environment. Hook: Display various patterns in nature (Can be from the book Patterns in Nature or the internet). Ask students to share what
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students will develop a deep understanding about environmental sustainability while creating an implementation plan for a UN sustainability goal.
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade
Students will research a variety of habitats. They will use this information in future lessons to build a model of a habitat and design an animal that will fit into the habitat.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will consider what they think about several different closed systems. Then, students will design and carry out investigations of living things to inform their closed-system models. Then, they
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
The objective for this assignment is to use creativity, imagination, and engineering skills to create a water conservation model that can be scaled up and used in a garden. Our theme with this unit is
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will explain how to design an earthquake-resistant structure. Materials: toothpicks, marshmallows, reading text, note-taking materials, Agenda: Warm-up, Test materials, Reading, Discussion
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Lego seismographs- Students use LEGOs to create a working seismograph. This can be done in 50-120 min classes, students will need vis a vis pens, LEGOs, string, tape, and paper. Attached pre and post
Grades:
4th Grade
Students will be able to design a method of protection for the Earth’s land that would withstand rainfall impact on soil and prevent erosion. The teacher will demonstrate rainfall effects on 4
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson allows students to explore the rock cycle and identify rocks found in a retail kit.