Grades:
8th Grade
OBJECTIVES: Today we will measure the height, diameter, and circumference of a tree Today we will determine a tree’s age by counting growth rings Today we will determine how rainfall affects the
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Summary: Students will design and create a model of a flowering plant that correctly displays its external structure. Materials: Straws, toothpicks, felt, paper, string, wooden skewers, modeling clay
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade
Overview of the challenge: To design a safety device (car/seatbelt) that can keep an egg (passenger) safe during a collision. The goal is to protect the egg from cracking during a roll down the ramp
Grades:
7th Grade
Context: This is Task 4 (Lesson 4) of four tasks (lessons) of an overall project of “Escaping 7th Grade Science Room” This lesson takes place in a classroom for one or more hours *You may shorten each
Grades:
5th Grade
Summary: This lesson is a precursor to subsequent lessons comparing how garden growing techniques determine plant growth/production. Students will be activating prior knowledge in the life sciences
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
The objective of this lesson is simply to introduce students to vermicomposting by explaining what it is and getting our bins set up. In 60 minutes, you will be able to discuss: What is recycling
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
This lesson is for 3rd-5th grade students to explore the concept of aquaponics and build a working aquaponics system.
Grades:
5th Grade
Students will create a simple machine they will use to retrieve objects through a makeshift storm drain. Materials include: Literature Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Ch 10 Rats or Worse Goes in
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
An alternative way of farming to encourage people in a community that does not have agricultural land. Vertical farming is often a suggested solution for urban gardening and farming.
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
A lesson plan for building alternative way of farming/gardening (Hydroponics), to encourage the community to do gardening/farming in non-agricultural area.
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:
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
Students will read Rosie Revere, Engineer to lay the foundation for what it means to fail forward and what it takes to be an engineer. Then, students will get to practice their own engineering skills